EU VAT number formats

Each EU member country has a slightly different format for their VAT number system, featuring a variation of numbers and letters. It is important that companies take close care in using the correct format as the numbers are frequently checked against the VIES system, and errors may create delays or even fines. Country codes, two letters, are inserted before the VAT number if the company is using the number for the purposes of intra-community trade.

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COUNTRY	COUNTRY CODE	FORMAT	CHARACTERS	NOTES
Austria	AT	U12345678	9 characters	The first character is always a ‘U’
Belgium	BE	1234567890	10 characters	Prefix with zero ‘0’ if the customer provides a 9-digit VAT number
Bulgaria	BG	123456789 1234567890	9 or 10 characters
Croatia	HR	12345678901	11 characters
Cyprus	CY	12345678X	9 characters. The last character must always be a letter
Czech Republic	CZ	12345678 123456789 1234567890	8, 9 or 10 characters. If more than 10 characters are provided, delete the first 3
Denmark	DK	12345678	8 characters
Estonia	EE	123456789	9 characters
Finland	FI	12345678	8 characters
France	FR	12345678901 X1234567890 1X123456789 XX123456789	11 characters. May include alphabetical characters, except O or I, as the first or second character, or both
Germany	DE	123456789	9 characters
Greece	EL	123456789	9 characters
Hungary	HU	12345678	8 characters
Ireland	IE	1234567WA (companies) 1234567FA (individuals)	8 or 9 characters. Includes one or two alphabetical characters	Letters may appear as the last character, second and last characters, or final two characters
Italy	IT	12345678901	11 characters
Latvia	LV	12345678901	11 characters
Lithuania	LT	123456789 123456789012	9 or 12 characters
Luxembourg	LU	12345678	8 characters
Malta	MT	12345678	8 characters
Netherlands	NL	123456789B01 123456789BO2	12 characters. The 10th character is always B	Companies forming a VAT Group have the suffix BO2
Norway (non-EU)		123456789MVA	9 digits followed by the letters ‘MVA’ to indicate VAT registration	The last, ninth digit is a MOD11 checksum digit
Poland	PL	1234567890	10 characters
Portugal	PT	123456789	9 characters
Romania	RO	1234567890	10 characters
Slovakia	SK	1234567890	10 characters
Slovenia	SI	12345678	8 characters
Spain	ES	X12345678 12345678X X1234567X	9 characters. Includes one or two alphabetical characters	Letters may appear at the beginning, end, or both
Sweden	SE	123456789012	12 characters
Switzerland (non-EU)	CHE	123.456.789	9 numbers plus MWST, TVA or IVA	German part: MWST French part: TVA Italian part: IVA