diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e499368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using barkmanapi;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    [Migration("20260716004134_AddCustomerModel")]
+    partial class AddCustomerModel
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.1")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.Customers", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Address")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("address");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BillingTerms")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("billing_terms");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Company")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("company");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("email");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("phone_number");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_customers");
+
+                    b.ToTable("customers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Barcode")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("barcode");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("brand");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("rental_price");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("replacement_cost");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("serial_number");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("StatusId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status_id");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("Weight")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("weight");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_inventory");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Barcode")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_barcode");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("StatusId")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_status_id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_item_status");
+
+                    b.ToTable("item_status", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", "Status")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("StatusId")
+                        .HasConstraintName("fk_inventory_item_status_status_id");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Status");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c77df68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716004134_AddCustomerModel.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class AddCustomerModel : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "customers",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    id = table.Column<int>(type: "integer", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("Npgsql:ValueGenerationStrategy", NpgsqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityByDefaultColumn),
+                    name = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    company = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    email = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    phone_number = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: false),
+                    address = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    billing_terms = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true),
+                    notes = table.Column<string>(type: "text", nullable: true)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("pk_customers", x => x.id);
+                });
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "customers");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.Designer.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fe82f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.ValueConversion;
+using Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Metadata;
+using barkmanapi;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(BarkContext))]
+    [Migration("20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt")]
+    partial class customerPhoneOpt
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "9.0.1")
+                .HasAnnotation("Relational:MaxIdentifierLength", 63);
+
+            NpgsqlModelBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumns(modelBuilder);
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.Customers", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Address")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("address");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BillingTerms")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("billing_terms");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Company")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("company");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Email")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("email");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("phone_number");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_customers");
+
+                    b.ToTable("customers", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("integer")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    NpgsqlPropertyBuilderExtensions.UseIdentityByDefaultColumn(b.Property<int>("Id"));
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Barcode")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("barcode");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Brand")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("brand");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Notes")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("notes");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("RentalPrice")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("rental_price");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("ReplacementCost")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("replacement_cost");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("SerialNumber")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("serial_number");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("StatusId")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("status_id");
+
+                    b.Property<float?>("Weight")
+                        .HasColumnType("real")
+                        .HasColumnName("weight");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_inventory");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Barcode")
+                        .IsUnique()
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_barcode");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("StatusId")
+                        .HasDatabaseName("ix_inventory_status_id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("inventory", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<string>("Id")
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("id");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasColumnType("text")
+                        .HasColumnName("name");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id")
+                        .HasName("pk_item_status");
+
+                    b.ToTable("item_status", (string)null);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("barkmanapi.InventoryItems", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("barkmanapi.ItemStatus", "Status")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("StatusId")
+                        .HasConstraintName("fk_inventory_item_status_status_id");
+
+                    b.Navigation("Status");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db55c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/20260716012558_customerPhoneOpt.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+
+#nullable disable
+
+namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
+{
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public partial class customerPhoneOpt : Migration
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "phone_number",
+                table: "customers",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: true,
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "text");
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AlterColumn<string>(
+                name: "phone_number",
+                table: "customers",
+                type: "text",
+                nullable: false,
+                defaultValue: "",
+                oldClrType: typeof(string),
+                oldType: "text",
+                oldNullable: true);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 0929965..c59a956 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/Migrations/BarkContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ namespace barkmanapi.Migrations
                         .HasColumnName("notes");
 
                     b.Property<string>("PhoneNumber")
-                        .IsRequired()
                         .HasColumnType("text")
                         .HasColumnName("phone_number");
 
diff --git a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
index 2dd528b..479bca8 100644
--- a/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
+++ b/barkmanAPI/barkDbModel.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class Customers
     public required string Name { get; set; }
     public string? Company { get; set; }
     public required string Email { get; set; }
-    public required string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
+    public string? PhoneNumber { get; set; }
     public string? Address { get; set; }
     public string? BillingTerms { get; set; }
     public string? Notes { get; set; }