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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