diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 23d4bdb..f51c333 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import StoreDetailView from './components/StoreDetailView';
 import DispatchHubView from './components/DispatchHubView';
 import LoginView from './components/LoginView';
 import UserStorePage from './components/UserStorePage';
+import SuperAdminPage from './components/SuperAdminPage';
 import AwaitingApi from './components/AwaitingApi';
 import ComparisonModal from './components/ComparisonModal';
 import CatalogueBrowser from './components/CatalogueBrowser';
@@ -568,6 +569,17 @@ export default function App() {
     );
   }
 
+  // Platform operator, not scoped to any tenant — never sees the merchant
+  // console (dashboard/inventory/catalogue/etc), only tenant onboarding.
+  if (authRole === 'super_admin' && authUser) {
+    return (
+      <Routes>
+        <Route path="/superadmin/*" element={<SuperAdminPage onLogout={handleLogout} user={authUser} />} />
+        <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="/superadmin/onboarding" replace />} />
+      </Routes>
+    );
+  }
+
   const AdminConsole = (
     <div className="min-h-screen bg-[#f8fafc] text-[#0f172a] font-sans antialiased overflow-x-hidden">
       {/* Navbar segment */}
diff --git a/src/components/AdminConsole.tsx b/src/components/AdminConsole.tsx
index 5f126b4..234b889 100644
--- a/src/components/AdminConsole.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AdminConsole.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function AdminConsole({ activeTab: propActiveTab, showHeader = tr
   // ----------------------------------------------------
   // Form State: Tenant Onboarding
   // ----------------------------------------------------
-  const [tenantForm, setTenantForm] = useState({
+  const TENANT_FORM_INITIAL = {
     tenantname: '',
     companyname: '',
     primarycontact: '',
@@ -61,7 +61,15 @@ export default function AdminConsole({ activeTab: propActiveTab, showHeader = tr
     city: 'Coimbatore',
     state: 'Tamil Nadu',
     postcode: '',
-  });
+    // Primary outlet — created in the same call as the tenant, so a fresh
+    // tenant is never left without a location to actually operate from.
+    locationname: '',
+    // 1 Food & Dining, 2 Grocery & Daily, 3 Pharmacy, 4 Retail — the same
+    // categories categoryName() in fiestaMappers.ts already displays.
+    categoryid: 2,
+    applocationid: 1,
+  };
+  const [tenantForm, setTenantForm] = useState(TENANT_FORM_INITIAL);
   const [tenantSuccess, setTenantSuccess] = useState<any>(null);
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -124,7 +132,7 @@ export default function AdminConsole({ activeTab: propActiveTab, showHeader = tr
   // ----------------------------------------------------
   const handleTenantSubmit = async (e: React.FormEvent) => {
     e.preventDefault();
-    if (!tenantForm.tenantname || !tenantForm.companyname || !tenantForm.primarycontact || !tenantForm.primaryemail) {
+    if (!tenantForm.tenantname || !tenantForm.companyname || !tenantForm.primarycontact || !tenantForm.primaryemail || !tenantForm.locationname) {
       alert('Kindly fill in all required fields.');
       return;
     }
@@ -133,6 +141,20 @@ export default function AdminConsole({ activeTab: propActiveTab, showHeader = tr
         ...tenantForm,
         approved: 1,
         status: 'Active',
+        // Reuses the tenant's own address for its primary location — a
+        // freshly onboarded single-location merchant's outlet address is
+        // the same as their registered one.
+        tenantlocations: {
+          locationname: tenantForm.locationname,
+          email: tenantForm.primaryemail,
+          contactno: tenantForm.primarycontact,
+          address: tenantForm.address,
+          suburb: tenantForm.suburb,
+          city: tenantForm.city,
+          state: tenantForm.state,
+          postcode: tenantForm.postcode,
+          applocationid: tenantForm.applocationid,
+        },
       });
       setTenantSuccess(res);
       alert('Tenant Onboarded successfully!');
@@ -244,7 +266,7 @@ VALUES (${newUserId}, 1, 'Active', NOW());
                 </p>
                 <button
                   type="button"
-                  onClick={() => { setTenantSuccess(null); setTenantForm({ tenantname: '', companyname: '', primarycontact: '', primaryemail: '', address: '', suburb: '', city: 'Coimbatore', state: 'Tamil Nadu', postcode: '' }); }}
+                  onClick={() => { setTenantSuccess(null); setTenantForm(TENANT_FORM_INITIAL); }}
                   className="bg-emerald-600 hover:bg-emerald-700 text-white font-bold text-xs uppercase tracking-wider px-5 py-2.5 rounded-lg border-none cursor-pointer"
                 >
                   Onboard Another Tenant
@@ -300,6 +322,33 @@ VALUES (${newUserId}, 1, 'Active', NOW());
                   </div>
                 </div>
 
+                <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
+                  <div className="space-y-1">
+                    <label className="text-[10px] font-bold text-slate-450 uppercase tracking-widest">Primary Outlet Name (*)</label>
+                    <input
+                      type="text"
+                      placeholder="e.g. Kaveri Groceries - Main Branch"
+                      value={tenantForm.locationname}
+                      onChange={(e) => setTenantForm({ ...tenantForm, locationname: e.target.value })}
+                      className="w-full border border-slate-250 rounded-xl p-3 bg-slate-50/40 hover:bg-slate-100 focus:bg-white outline-none focus:border-purple-500 transition-all font-semibold text-xs text-slate-800"
+                      required
+                    />
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="space-y-1">
+                    <label className="text-[10px] font-bold text-slate-450 uppercase tracking-widest">Business Category</label>
+                    <select
+                      value={tenantForm.categoryid}
+                      onChange={(e) => setTenantForm({ ...tenantForm, categoryid: Number(e.target.value) })}
+                      className="w-full border border-slate-250 rounded-xl p-3 bg-slate-50/40 hover:bg-slate-100 focus:bg-white outline-none focus:border-purple-500 transition-all font-semibold text-xs text-slate-800 cursor-pointer"
+                    >
+                      <option value={1}>Food & Dining</option>
+                      <option value={2}>Grocery & Daily</option>
+                      <option value={3}>Pharmacy</option>
+                      <option value={4}>Retail</option>
+                    </select>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+
                 <div className="space-y-1">
                   <label className="text-[10px] font-bold text-slate-450 uppercase tracking-widest">HQ Street Address</label>
                   <input
@@ -972,7 +1021,7 @@ VALUES (${newUserId}, 1, 'Active', NOW());
                     Tenant <strong>{tenantForm.tenantname}</strong> has been provisioned. An administrator account has been dispatched with credentials tied to <strong>{tenantForm.primaryemail}</strong>.
                   </p>
                   <button
-                    onClick={() => { setTenantSuccess(null); setTenantForm({ tenantname: '', companyname: '', primarycontact: '', primaryemail: '', address: '', suburb: '', city: 'Coimbatore', state: 'Tamil Nadu', postcode: '' }); }}
+                    onClick={() => { setTenantSuccess(null); setTenantForm(TENANT_FORM_INITIAL); }}
                     className="bg-emerald-600 hover:bg-emerald-700 text-white font-bold text-xs uppercase tracking-wider px-5 py-2.5 rounded-lg border-none cursor-pointer"
                   >
                     Onboard Another Tenant
diff --git a/src/components/SuperAdminPage.tsx b/src/components/SuperAdminPage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a7539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/SuperAdminPage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Exclusive landing page for issuperadmin logins — a platform operator, not
+ * scoped to any tenant. Deliberately minimal: no sidebar, no merchant nav,
+ * just the shared Header (for logout) and the existing tenant/store/rider
+ * onboarding wizard (AdminConsole), which until now was only reachable
+ * scoped to a single tenant's own Settings page.
+ */
+
+import React from 'react';
+import { Routes, Route, Navigate } from 'react-router-dom';
+import Header from './Header';
+import AdminConsole from './AdminConsole';
+import type { AuthUser } from '../services/auth';
+
+interface SuperAdminPageProps {
+  user: AuthUser;
+  onLogout: () => void;
+}
+
+export default function SuperAdminPage({ user, onLogout }: SuperAdminPageProps) {
+  const profile = { name: user.name, role: 'Super Admin', email: user.email };
+
+  return (
+    <div className="min-h-screen bg-slate-50 flex flex-col">
+      <Header
+        isSidebarOpen={false}
+        onToggleSidebar={() => {}}
+        onHelpClick={() => {}}
+        onLogoutClick={onLogout}
+        profile={profile}
+      />
+      <main className="flex-1 p-4 md:p-6">
+        <Routes>
+          <Route path="onboarding" element={<AdminConsole showHeader />} />
+          <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="onboarding" replace />} />
+        </Routes>
+      </main>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/services/auth.ts b/src/services/auth.ts
index 074c34c..d6a097a 100644
--- a/src/services/auth.ts
+++ b/src/services/auth.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ const RESPONSE_FIELDS = {
   applocation: 'applocation',
   locationid: 'locationid',
   locationname: 'locationname',
+  // Server-derived flag, checked before roleid: a platform operator who
+  // isn't scoped to any tenant. Never inferred client-side (a roleid the
+  // client could send/expect would be spoofable) — this comes back on the
+  // login row itself, gated server-side in AppLogin.
+  issuperadmin: 'issuperadmin',
 } as const;
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ const ADMIN_ROLE_IDS = new Set<number>([1, 3]);
 
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-export type LoginRole = 'admin' | 'user';
+export type LoginRole = 'admin' | 'user' | 'super_admin';
 
 export interface AuthUser {
   role: LoginRole;
@@ -87,6 +92,8 @@ export interface AuthUser {
   email: string;
   userid?: number;
   roleid?: number;
+  /** Platform operator, not scoped to any tenant — see RESPONSE_FIELDS.issuperadmin. */
+  issuperadmin?: boolean;
   /** Phone number on the user record. */
   contactno?: string;
   /** The merchant/tenant this user belongs to — scopes every Fiesta query. */
@@ -229,15 +236,20 @@ export function matchTenantUser(users: Row[], email: string): Row | null {
 /** Assemble the final AuthUser (role + identity) from a resolved user record. */
 export function buildAuthUser(row: Row | null, email: string): AuthUser {
   const roleid = row ? num(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.roleid]) : 0;
+  const issuperadmin = Boolean(row && row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.issuperadmin]);
   const applocation = row ? str(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.applocation]).trim() : '';
   const locationname = row ? str(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.locationname]).trim() : '';
   const contactno = row ? str(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.contactno]).trim() : '';
   return {
-    role: roleFromRoleId(roleid),
+    // issuperadmin is checked first: it's a server-derived flag from the
+    // login row, not something the client asserts, so it takes priority
+    // over the roleid-based admin/user split.
+    role: issuperadmin ? 'super_admin' : roleFromRoleId(roleid),
     name: displayName(row ?? {}, email),
     email,
     userid: row && row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.userid] != null ? num(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.userid]) : undefined,
     roleid,
+    issuperadmin: issuperadmin || undefined,
     contactno: contactno || undefined,
     tenantid: row && row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.tenantid] != null ? num(row[RESPONSE_FIELDS.tenantid]) : undefined,
     applocationid:
diff --git a/src/services/fiestaApi.ts b/src/services/fiestaApi.ts
index 54e30b1..52d043b 100644
--- a/src/services/fiestaApi.ts
+++ b/src/services/fiestaApi.ts
@@ -1015,6 +1015,18 @@ export async function updateUser(input: UpdateUserInput): Promise<Row> {
   return fiestaSend<Row>('users/update', 'PUT', input);
 }
 
+export interface CreateTenantLocationPayload {
+  locationname: string;
+  email?: string;
+  contactno?: string;
+  address?: string;
+  suburb?: string;
+  city?: string;
+  state?: string;
+  postcode?: string;
+  applocationid?: number;
+}
+
 export interface CreateTenantInput {
   tenantname: string;
   companyname: string;
@@ -1027,11 +1039,15 @@ export interface CreateTenantInput {
   postcode?: string;
   approved?: number;
   status?: string;
+  applocationid?: number;
+  categoryid?: number;
+  /** Auto-provisions the tenant's primary (Active) location in the same call. */
+  tenantlocations?: CreateTenantLocationPayload;
 }
 
-/** POST /tenants/createtenantuser — Onboard a new tenant and create their admin user. */
+/** POST /tenants/createtenantuser — Onboard a new tenant, primary location, and admin user. */
 export async function createTenantUser(input: CreateTenantInput): Promise<Row> {
-  const res = await fetch(`${FIESTA_MOB_BASE}/tenants/createtenantuser`, {
+  const res = await fetch(`${FIESTA_BASE}/tenants/createtenantuser`, {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: { Accept: 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
     body: JSON.stringify(input),