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

# EU VAT ID (`vatin`)

A value-added tax identification number or VAT identification number (VATIN) is an identifier used in many countries, including the countries of the European Union, for value-added tax purposes.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Companies/business/organizations (companies)
- Countries: European Union (EU)
- Languages: English (en)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{2}[A-Z\d]+$
```

## Examples

- `FI15243611` — Sanoma Corporation
- `BG200356710` — Ontotext

## Mappings

- bioregistry: `vat`
- fibo: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/BE/LegalEntities/FormalBusinessOrganizations/ValueAddedTaxIdentificationNumber>
- google_dlp: `VAT_NUMBER`
- schema_org: `vatID`
- stdnum: `vatin`, `eu.vat`
- wikidata: `P3608`

## Supported by tools

- `dataprep`
- `googledlp`
- `pythonstdnum`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P3608>

## Quality

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

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