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GS1 Prefix List

See which GS1 organization issued the first digits of a barcode.

About GS1 prefixes

The first three digits of an EAN-13 are its GS1 Prefix. For a 12-digit UPC-A, add a zero in front first, so a UPC starting 614 has the prefix 061; for a 14-digit GTIN, ignore the first (indicator) digit. The prefix is the start of the company prefix that a national GS1 Member Organization licensed to a business, which is why the ranges below are often called barcode country codes.

The prefix doesn't show where a product was made. A company can license numbers from the GS1 organization of its choice, usually where it's based, and make its products anywhere; a product with a 690 prefix was registered with GS1 China, and one with a 500 prefix with GS1 UK. Some ranges aren't countries at all: 020-029, 040-049 and 200-299 are restricted circulation numbers for in-store and variable-weight items, 977 is for magazines (ISSN), 978-979 for books (ISBN), 980 for refund receipts and 981-983 and 990-999 for coupons. Paste a number into the GTIN validator to look up its prefix.

144 entries

GS1 Prefixes

Ranges not listed are reserved by GS1 Global Office. Source: GS1's list of assigned GS1 Prefixes.

PrefixIssued byCountry, region or use
000-019GS1 USUnited States and Canada (UPC-A compatible)
020-029Restricted circulationStore and in-house numbers within a geographic region, defined by the local GS1 organization
030-039GS1 USUnited States (UPC-A compatible; used for drugs)
040-049Restricted circulationNumbers for use within a company, such as in-store labels
050-059GS1 USReserved by GS1 US for future use
060-099GS1 USUnited States and Canada (UPC-A compatible)
100-139GS1 USUnited States
200-299Restricted circulationVariable-measure items and in-store numbers within a geographic region, defined by the local GS1 organization
300-379GS1 FranceFrance and Monaco
380GS1 BulgariaBulgaria
381GS1 KosovoKosovo
383GS1 SlovenijaSlovenia
385GS1 CroatiaCroatia
387GS1 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina
389GS1 MontenegroMontenegro
400-440GS1 GermanyGermany
450-459GS1 JapanJapan
460-469GS1 RussiaRussia
470GS1 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan
471GS1 Chinese TaipeiTaiwan
474GS1 EstoniaEstonia
475GS1 LatviaLatvia
476GS1 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan
477GS1 LithuaniaLithuania
478GS1 UzbekistanUzbekistan
479GS1 Sri LankaSri Lanka
480GS1 PhilippinesPhilippines
481GS1 BelarusBelarus
482GS1 UkraineUkraine
483GS1 TurkmenistanTurkmenistan
484GS1 MoldovaMoldova
485GS1 ArmeniaArmenia
486GS1 GeorgiaGeorgia
487GS1 KazakstanKazakhstan
488GS1 TajikistanTajikistan
489GS1 Hong Kong, ChinaHong Kong
490-499GS1 JapanJapan
500-509GS1 UKUnited Kingdom
520-521GS1 Association GreeceGreece
528GS1 LebanonLebanon
529GS1 CyprusCyprus
530GS1 AlbaniaAlbania
531GS1 MacedoniaNorth Macedonia
535GS1 MaltaMalta
539GS1 IrelandIreland
540-549GS1 Belgium & LuxembourgBelgium and Luxembourg
560GS1 PortugalPortugal
569GS1 IcelandIceland
570-579GS1 DenmarkDenmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland
590GS1 PolandPoland
594GS1 RomaniaRomania
599GS1 HungaryHungary
600-601GS1 South AfricaSouth Africa
603GS1 GhanaGhana
604GS1 SenegalSenegal
605GS1 UgandaUganda
606GS1 AngolaAngola
607GS1 OmanOman
608GS1 BahrainBahrain
609GS1 MauritiusMauritius
610GS1 Global OfficeManaged by GS1 Global Office for a future Member Organization
611GS1 MoroccoMorocco
613GS1 AlgeriaAlgeria
614GS1 Global OfficeManaged by GS1 Global Office for a future Member Organization
615GS1 NigeriaNigeria
616GS1 KenyaKenya
617GS1 CameroonCameroon
618GS1 Côte d'IvoireCôte d'Ivoire
619GS1 TunisiaTunisia
620GS1 TanzaniaTanzania
621GS1 SyriaSyria
622GS1 EgyptEgypt
623GS1 Global OfficeManaged by GS1 Global Office for a future Member Organization
624GS1 LibyaLibya
625GS1 JordanJordan
626GS1 IranIran
627GS1 KuwaitKuwait
628GS1 Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia
629GS1 EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
630GS1 QatarQatar
631GS1 NamibiaNamibia
632GS1 RwandaRwanda
640-649GS1 FinlandFinland
680-681GS1 ChinaChina
690-699GS1 ChinaChina
700-709GS1 NorwayNorway
729GS1 IsraelIsrael
730-739GS1 SwedenSweden
740GS1 GuatemalaGuatemala
741GS1 El SalvadorEl Salvador
742GS1 HondurasHonduras
743GS1 NicaraguaNicaragua
744GS1 Costa RicaCosta Rica
745GS1 PanamaPanama
746GS1 Republica DominicanaDominican Republic
750GS1 MexicoMexico
754-755GS1 CanadaCanada
758GS1 Global OfficeManaged by GS1 Global Office for a future Member Organization
759GS1 VenezuelaVenezuela
760-769GS1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein
770-771GS1 ColombiaColombia
773GS1 UruguayUruguay
775GS1 PeruPeru
777GS1 BoliviaBolivia
778-779GS1 ArgentinaArgentina
780GS1 ChileChile
784GS1 ParaguayParaguay
786GS1 EcuadorEcuador
789-790GS1 BrasilBrazil
800-839GS1 ItalyItaly, San Marino and Vatican City
840-849GS1 SpainSpain and Andorra
850GS1 CubaCuba
858GS1 SlovakiaSlovakia
859GS1 CzechCzech Republic
860GS1 SerbiaSerbia
865GS1 MongoliaMongolia
867GS1 North KoreaNorth Korea
868-869GS1 TürkiyeTürkiye
870-879GS1 NetherlandsNetherlands
880-881GS1 South KoreaSouth Korea
883GS1 MyanmarMyanmar
884GS1 CambodiaCambodia
885GS1 ThailandThailand
887GS1 LaosLaos
888GS1 SingaporeSingapore
890GS1 IndiaIndia
893GS1 VietnamVietnam
894GS1 Global OfficeManaged by GS1 Global Office for a future Member Organization
896GS1 PakistanPakistan
899GS1 IndonesiaIndonesia
900-919GS1 AustriaAustria
930-939GS1 AustraliaAustralia
940-949GS1 New ZealandNew Zealand
950GS1 Global OfficeCountries and territories where no GS1 Member Organization operates
951GS1 Global OfficeGeneral Manager Numbers for the EPC General Identifier (RFID)
952GS1 Global OfficeDemonstrations and examples of the GS1 system
955GS1 MalaysiaMalaysia
958GS1 Macau, ChinaMacau
960-969GS1 Global OfficeGTIN-8 numbers (960, 961 and 9620-9624 issued by GS1 UK, 9625-9626 by GS1 Poland)
977ISSNSerial publications such as magazines and journals (ISSN)
978-979BooklandBooks (ISBN); 979-0 is used for printed music (ISMN)
980Refund receiptsRefund receipts
981-983CouponsGS1 coupons for common currency areas
990-999CouponsGS1 coupon identification

Good to know

Why do US and Canadian UPCs start with 0?

UPC-A predates EAN-13 and has only 12 digits. Written as an EAN-13 it gains a leading zero, so UPCs fall in the 000-139 ranges, which GS1 US and GS1 Canada issue from. GS1 Canada also issues EAN-13 numbers starting 754-755.

GTIN-8 prefixes

EAN-8 numbers have their own allocation. GTIN-8s starting with 0 or 2 are restricted circulation numbers for use inside a company, and 960-969 are issued by GS1 Global Office, GS1 UK and GS1 Poland.

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