---
id: "se_vat"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["finances"]
country: ["SE"]
langs: ["sv"]
quality: 100
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/se_vat"
---

# Swedish VAT number (momsregistreringsnummer) (`se_vat`)

> **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.

Momsregistreringsnummer, the VAT number in Sweden: SE, the 10-digit organisation number (organisationsnummer) of the business and the suffix 01. A sole trader uses the 10-digit personal identity number (personnummer) in place of the organisation number. The tenth digit is a Luhn check digit.

- Parent datatype: `vatin`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Finances and banking (finances)
- Countries: Sweden (SE)
- Languages: Swedish (sv)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:SE[ -]?)?\d{10}01$
```

Check digit algorithm: `se_vat`

## Examples

- `SE556012579001` — Aktiebolaget Volvo, organisation number 556012-5790
- `556012579001` — The same number without the country prefix
- `SE556012579101` (invalid example) — Check digit does not match
- `SE5560125790` (invalid example) — The suffix 01 is missing

## Mappings

- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `se.vat`

## Supported by tools

- `awsglue`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Translations

- sv: Momsregistreringsnummer

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number>
- doc: <https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/>
- other: <https://arthurdejong.org/python-stdnum/doc/2.2/stdnum.se.vat.html>

## Quality

Score 100/100.

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