EU Country Codes and VAT Number Formats Guide
Country (including code) | VAT number format | Useful Tip |
Austria* | U12345678 | First character will always be U. |
(AT) | (9 characters) | |
Belgium* | 1234567890 | If your customer only provides a nine digit VAT number, prefix with a zero to create a ten digit number. |
(BE) | (10 characters) | |
Bulgaria* | 123456789 | Joined the EU on 1 January 2007. |
(BG) | 1234567890 | |
(9 or 10 characters) | ||
Cyprus* | 12345678X | Last character must be a letter. |
(CY) | (9 characters) | |
Czech Republic* | 12345678 | Where 11, 12 or 13 numbers are quoted, delete the first three as these are a tax code. |
(CZ) | 123456789 | |
1234567890 | ||
(8, 9 or 10 characters) | ||
Denmark, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland | 12345678 | |
(DK) | (8 characters) | |
Estonia | 123456789 | |
(EE) | (9 characters) | |
Finland, but excluding the Åland Islands | 12345678 | |
(FI) | (8 characters) | |
France*, including Monaco but excluding Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and French Guiana | 12345678901 | May include alphabetical characters (any except O or I) as first or second or first and second characters. |
(FR) | X1234567890 | |
1X123456789 | ||
XX123456789 | ||
(11 characters) | ||
Germany*, except Busingen and the Isle of Heligoland | 123456789 | Must be the nine digit 'Umsatzsteuer Identifikationsnummer'. |
(DE) | (9 characters) | |
Greece | 123456789 | |
(EL) | (9 characters) | |
Hungary | 12345678 | |
(HU) | (8 characters) | |
Ireland* | 1234567X | Includes one or two alphabetical characters (last or second and last). |
(IE) | 1X23456X | |
(8 characters) | ||
Italy, except the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano | 12345678901 | |
(IT) | (11 characters) | |
Latvia | 12345678901 | |
(LV) | (11 characters) | |
Lithuania | 123456789 | |
(LT) | 1.23457E+11 | |
(9 or 12 characters) | ||
Luxembourg | 12345678 | |
(LU) | (8 characters) | |
Malta | 12345678 | |
(MT) | (8 characters) | |
Netherlands* | 123456789B01 | The tenth character is always B. |
(NL) | (12 characters) | |
Poland | 1234567890 | |
(PL) | (10 characters) | |
Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira | 123456789 | |
(PT) | (9 characters) | |
Romania* | 12 | Joined the EU on 1 January 2007. |
(RO) | 123 | |
1234 | ||
12345 | ||
123456 | ||
1234567 | ||
12345678 | ||
123456789 | ||
1234567890 | ||
(from 2 to 10 characters) | ||
Slovak Republic | 1234567890 | |
(SK) | (10 characters) | |
Slovenia | 12345678 | |
(SI) | (8 characters) | |
Spain*, including the Balearic Islands but excluding Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands | X12345678 | Includes one or two alphabetical characters (first or last or first and last). |
(ES) | 12345678X | |
X1234567X | ||
(9 characters) | ||
Sweden | 1.23457E+11 | |
(SE) | (12 characters) |
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