UK VAT registration number
ID gb_vat
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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VAT registration number of businesses in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The standard form has nine digits with a weighted check, sometimes followed by a 3-digit branch code; government departments (GD) and health authorities (HA) have short 5-character numbers. Northern Ireland businesses use the XI prefix for trade with the EU.
- Parent datatype
- EU VAT ID
vatin - Categories
- Finances and banking
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- FTA
IDENTITY.VAT_GB,IDENTITY.VAT_UK- Schema.org
vatID- python-stdnum
stdnum.gb.vat- Quality
- 88/100 · missing: authoritative source link, translation
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- AWS Glue Sensitive Data Detection, DataPrep, FTA (Fast Text Analysis), python-stdnum
Regular expression
^(?:(?:GB|XI)[ -]?)?(?:\d{3} ?\d{4} ?\d{2}(?: ?\d{3})?|GD\d{3}|HA\d{3})$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| XI 432525179 | Real-world value published online |
| 432 5251 79 | The first example in its printed form |
| 4325251797 invalid | One character too many |
Sources
- other: https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.gb.vat.html
- other: https://docs.dataprep.ai/user_guide/clean/clean_gb_vat.html
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gb_vat - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/GB/finances/gb_vat.yamlon GitHub