diff --git a/supabase/functions/buildium-payee-backfill/index.ts b/supabase/functions/buildium-payee-backfill/index.ts
index 65fafab..74ea7a7 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/buildium-payee-backfill/index.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/buildium-payee-backfill/index.ts
@@ -310,9 +310,13 @@ Deno.serve(async (req) => {
       const customerByUnitNo = new Map<string, string>();
       for (const c of (await supabase.schema("accounting").from("customers").select("id,unit_number").eq("company_id", companyId)).data ?? [])
         if (c.unit_number) customerByUnitNo.set(norm(c.unit_number), c.id);
+      // Local income/expense accounts by code → {id,name}, for the category.
+      const acctByCode = new Map<string, { id: string; name: string }>();
+      for (const a of (await supabase.schema("accounting").from("accounts").select("id,code,name,type").eq("company_id", companyId)).data ?? [])
+        if (a.code && (a.type === "income" || a.type === "expense")) acctByCode.set(String(a.code).trim(), { id: a.id, name: a.name });
 
       const rows: any[] = [];
-      let vendorHits = 0, customerHits = 0;
+      let vendorHits = 0, customerHits = 0, categoryHits = 0;
       for (const tx of txns) {
         const id = String(tx?.Id ?? "");
         if (!id) continue;
@@ -323,14 +327,30 @@ Deno.serve(async (req) => {
         if (payeeType === "Vendor" && name) vendor_id = vendorByName.get(norm(name)) ?? null;
         const unitNo = tx?.UnitNumber;
         if (!vendor_id && typeof unitNo === "string" && unitNo.trim()) customer_id = customerByUnitNo.get(norm(unitNo)) ?? null;
-        // owner payment with no UnitNumber: try the payee name against customers
-        if (!vendor_id && !customer_id && name && payeeType && payeeType !== "Vendor") {
-          // fall through — name match handled in SQL if needed; leave null here
+
+        // Category: the dominant income/expense GL account across the journal
+        // lines (Buildium expands a check/bill/payment to its category lines).
+        const byCode = new Map<string, number>();
+        for (const ln of (tx?.Journal?.Lines ?? [])) {
+          const t = String(ln?.GLAccount?.Type ?? "");
+          if (t !== "Expense" && t !== "Income") continue;
+          const code = String(ln?.GLAccount?.AccountNumber ?? "").trim();
+          if (!code) continue;
+          byCode.set(code, (byCode.get(code) ?? 0) + Math.abs(Number(ln?.Amount) || 0));
         }
+        let category_name: string | null = null;
+        let coa_account_id: string | null = null;
+        if (byCode.size) {
+          const topCode = [...byCode.entries()].sort((a, b) => b[1] - a[1])[0][0];
+          const acct = acctByCode.get(topCode);
+          if (acct) { category_name = acct.name; coa_account_id = acct.id; }
+        }
+
         if (vendor_id) vendorHits++;
         if (customer_id) customerHits++;
-        if (name || vendor_id || customer_id)
-          rows.push({ company_id: companyId, external_id: id, party_name: name, vendor_id, customer_id, party_type: payeeType || null });
+        if (coa_account_id) categoryHits++;
+        if (name || vendor_id || customer_id || coa_account_id)
+          rows.push({ company_id: companyId, external_id: id, party_name: name, vendor_id, customer_id, party_type: payeeType || null, category_name, coa_account_id });
       }
       // Upsert in batches.
       let staged = 0;
@@ -340,7 +360,7 @@ Deno.serve(async (req) => {
         if (error) throw error;
         staged += batch.length;
       }
-      return json({ mode, company: company.name, window: [dateFrom, dateTo], txns: txns.length, staged, vendorHits, customerHits });
+      return json({ mode, company: company.name, window: [dateFrom, dateTo], txns: txns.length, staged, vendorHits, customerHits, categoryHits });
     }
 
     // Load this company's imported entries and compute the new description.
diff --git a/supabase/migrations/20260615190000_buildium_party_map_category.sql b/supabase/migrations/20260615190000_buildium_party_map_category.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e242c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/migrations/20260615190000_buildium_party_map_category.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+-- Extend the payee/payor staging table to also carry the resolved income/expense
+-- category (the dominant Journal line of each Buildium GL transaction) and its
+-- local account, used to backfill accounting.transactions.category on the
+-- materialized bank register of imported-GL companies.
+alter table accounting.buildium_party_map
+  add column if not exists category_name text,
+  add column if not exists coa_account_id uuid;