Validate VAT Number

Validates a VAT number from any of the supported countries and returns its validity and company information

Request Method: GET
Request URL: https://api.vatcheckapi.com/v2/check?vat_number=[[ vat_number ]]

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
apikey	string	️	Your API Key
vat_number	string	️	The VAT number to check. Include the two-letter country prefix (e.g. LU26375245), or omit it and pass country_code separately
country_code	string		An ISO Alpha 2 Country Code for the VAT number (e.g. LU). Required if the vat_number has no country prefix

Sample Request

curl "https://api.vatcheckapi.com/v2/check?vat_number=LU26375245" \
    -H "apikey: YOUR-APIKEY"

Sample Response

{
    "country_code": "LU",
    "vat_number": "26375245",
    "format_valid": true,
    "checksum_valid": true,
    "registration_info": {
        "is_registered": true,
        "name": "AMAZON EUROPE CORE S.A R.L.",
        "address": "38, AVENUE JOHN F. KENNEDY\nL-1855  LUXEMBOURG",
        "address_parts": null,
        "checked_at": "2023-01-11T12:30:28.000000Z"
    },
    "registration_info_history": []
}

Supported Countries

The API validates VAT numbers from the following 29 countries: the 27 EU member states, the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland (which uses the XI prefix for goods trade with the EU). Note that Greece uses the VAT-specific country code EL.

Code	Country	Code	Country
AT	Austria	IT	Italy
BE	Belgium	LT	Lithuania
BG	Bulgaria	LU	Luxembourg
CY	Cyprus	LV	Latvia
CZ	Czechia	MT	Malta
DE	Germany	NL	Netherlands
DK	Denmark	PL	Poland
EE	Estonia	PT	Portugal
EL	Greece	RO	Romania
ES	Spain	SE	Sweden
FI	Finland	SI	Slovenia
FR	France	SK	Slovakia
GB	United Kingdom	XI	Northern Ireland
HR	Croatia
HU	Hungary
IE	Ireland

Requests with any other country code fail with a 422 validation error (opens new window).