---
id: "nz_nzbn"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["companies"]
country: ["NZ"]
langs: ["en"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/nz_nzbn"
---

# New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) (`nz_nzbn`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

New Zealand Business Number (NZBN), the 13-digit identifier of a business, charity, trust or government body in New Zealand. ORG-ID.guide lists the register as NZ-NZBN; with that prefix an identifier reads NZ-NZBN-9429046393920.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Companies/business/organizations (companies)
- Countries: New Zealand (NZ)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^\d{13}$
```

## Examples

- `9429046393920` — example from ORG-ID.guide
- `9429050294954` — example from ORG-ID.guide
- `9429042872504` — Royal New Zealand Ballet
- `9429046844125` — Cofactor

## Mappings

- fhir: `https://standards.digital.health.nz/ns/hpi-nzbn`
- orgid: `NZ-NZBN`
- wikidata: `P5687`

## Supported by tools

- `databricks`
- `snowflake`

## Sources

- doc: <https://www.nzbn.govt.nz/>
- other: <https://org-id.guide/list/NZ-NZBN>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P5687>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/nz_nzbn.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/NZ/companies/nz_nzbn.yaml>