diff --git a/app/admin/organisations.rb b/app/admin/organisations.rb
index bbf9efe90..4d24a6c44 100644
--- a/app/admin/organisations.rb
+++ b/app/admin/organisations.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ActiveAdmin.register Organisation do
   permit_params do
     permitted = %i[name
                    phone
-                   org_type
+                   providertype
                    address_line1
                    address_line2
                    postcode
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ActiveAdmin.register Organisation do
     selectable_column
     id_column
     column :name
-    column :org_type
+    column :providertype
     column "Address Line 1", :address_line1
     column "Address Line 2", :address_line2
     column :postcode
diff --git a/app/constants/db_enums.rb b/app/constants/db_enums.rb
index ee5769409..d7187ae18 100644
--- a/app/constants/db_enums.rb
+++ b/app/constants/db_enums.rb
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ module DbEnums
     }
   end
 
-  def self.org_type
+  def self.providertype
     {
       "LA" => 1,
       "PRP" => 2,
diff --git a/app/models/case_log.rb b/app/models/case_log.rb
index ea0278cf0..cc9358467 100644
--- a/app/models/case_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/case_log.rb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ private
     self.incref = 1 if net_income_known == "Prefer not to say"
     self.hhmemb = other_hhmemb + 1 if other_hhmemb.present?
     self.renttype = RENT_TYPE_MAPPING[rent_type]
-    self.lettype = "#{renttype} #{needstype} #{owning_organisation.org_type}" if renttype.present? && needstype.present? && owning_organisation.org_type.present?
+    self.lettype = "#{renttype} #{needstype} #{owning_organisation.providertype}" if renttype.present? && needstype.present? && owning_organisation.providertype.present?
   end
 
   def all_fields_completed?
diff --git a/app/models/organisation.rb b/app/models/organisation.rb
index c550bf375..14649f8d7 100644
--- a/app/models/organisation.rb
+++ b/app/models/organisation.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class Organisation < ApplicationRecord
   has_many :managed_case_logs, class_name: "CaseLog", foreign_key: "managing_organisation_id"
 
   include DbEnums
-  enum org_type: DbEnums.org_type, _suffix: true
+  enum providertype: DbEnums.providertype, _suffix: true
 
   def case_logs
     CaseLog.for_organisation(self)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20211201144335_rename_org_type.rb b/db/migrate/20211201144335_rename_org_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4a7b6a3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20211201144335_rename_org_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class RenameOrgType < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    rename_column :organisations, :org_type, :providertype
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index ce175dafd..c9570f994 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_12_01_114814) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_12_01_144335) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2021_12_01_114814) do
   create_table "organisations", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
     t.integer "phone"
-    t.integer "org_type"
+    t.integer "providertype"
     t.string "address_line1"
     t.string "address_line2"
     t.string "postcode"
diff --git a/spec/controllers/admin/organisations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/organisations_controller_spec.rb
index 276742898..2afa99b44 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/admin/organisations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/organisations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe Admin::OrganisationsController, type: :controller do
 
     it "creates a new admin users" do
       expect(page).to have_field("organisation_name")
-      expect(page).to have_field("organisation_org_type")
+      expect(page).to have_field("organisation_providertype")
       expect(page).to have_field("organisation_phone")
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/organisation.rb b/spec/factories/organisation.rb
index 74bd0e44a..48d7de4ff 100644
--- a/spec/factories/organisation.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/organisation.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FactoryBot.define do
   factory :organisation do
     name { "DLUHC" }
-    org_type { "LA" }
+    providertype { "LA" }
     address_line1 { "2 Marsham Street" }
     address_line2 { "London" }
     postcode { "SW1P 4DF" }
diff --git a/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb b/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
index 064429a64..6f2e151f2 100644
--- a/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/case_log_spec.rb
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ RSpec.describe Form, type: :model do
 
   describe "derived variables" do
     require "date"
-    let(:organisation) { FactoryBot.create(:organisation, org_type: "PRP") }
+    let(:organisation) { FactoryBot.create(:organisation, providertype: "PRP") }
     let!(:case_log) do
       CaseLog.create({
         managing_organisation: organisation,
diff --git a/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb b/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
index c5f2aaffc..94c7ac7a2 100644
--- a/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/organisation_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ RSpec.describe Organisation, type: :model do
     let(:organisation) { user.organisation }
 
     it "has expected fields" do
-      expect(organisation.attribute_names).to include("name", "phone", "org_type")
+      expect(organisation.attribute_names).to include("name", "phone", "providertype")
     end
 
     it "has users" do