# Number of access tokens for a merchant

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/number-of-access-tokens-for-a-merchant/11630>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** oauth-api\
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/number-of-access-tokens-for-a-merchant/11630 "2023-12-19T21:36:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![thafeez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@thafeez](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/thafeez)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/number-of-access-tokens-for-a-merchant/11630/1 "2023-12-19T21:36:28Z")

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If I have 1 merchant, and 1 merchant has 5 locations, does each location issue me an access token (5 tokens, 1 for each location)? or do I get 1 access token per merchant?

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/number-of-access-tokens-for-a-merchant/11630/2 "2023-12-19T21:38:43Z")

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You’ll get one access token for the merchant with 5 location. This is because access tokens are scoped to a merchant account which includes every location for the account. 🙂