GS1 barcode country prefixes

The first two or three digits of an EAN-13 barcode are the GS1 prefix — they show which national GS1 organisation registered the barcode (not necessarily where the product was manufactured).

Click a country to browse the barcodes registered under its prefix in our database.

Prefix	Country / region
000–139	USA and Canada
20–29	internal use
30–37	France
50	Great Britain
54	Belgium and Luxembourg
57	Denmark
64	Finland
70	Norway
73	Sweden
76	Switzerland and Liechtenstein
80–83	Italy
84	Spain
87	Netherlands
90–91	Austria
93	Australia
94	Japan
94	New Zealand
380	Bulgaria
383	Slovenia
385	Croatia
387	Bosnia-Herzegowina
400–440	Germany
460–469	Russia
471	Taiwan
474	Estonia
475	Latvia
476	Aserbeidjan
477	Lithuania
478	Uzbekistan
479	Sri Lanka
480	Philippines
481	Belorussia
482	Ukraine
484	Moldawien
485	Armenien
486	Georgien
487	Kazakhstans
489	Hong Kong
520	Greece
528	Lebanons
529	Cyprus
531	Macedonians
535	Maltas
539	Ireland
560	Portugal
569	Iceland
590	Poland
594	Rumania
599	Hungary
600–601	South Africa
608	Bahrein
609	Mauritius
611	Morocco
613	Algeria
616	Kenya
619	Tunisia
621	Syria
622	Egypt
624	Lybien
625	Jordan
626	Irans
627	Kuwait
628	Saudi-Arabien
629	United Arab Emirates
690–695	China
729	Israels
740–745	Central America (Guatemala)
740–745	Central America (El Salvador)
740–745	Central America (Honduras)
740–745	Central America (Nicaragua)
740–745	Central America (Costa Rica)
740–745	Central America (Panama)
746	Dominican Republic
750	Mexico
759	Venezuelas
770	Colombia
773	Uruguay
775	Peru
777	Bolivia
779	Argentina
780	Chile
784	Paraguay
786	Ecuador
789–790	Brazil
850	Cuba
858	Slovakia
859	Czech Republic
860	Yugoslavia
867	Nord-Korea
869	Turkey
880	South Korea
885	Thailand
888	Singapore
890	India
893	Vietnam
899	Indonesia
955	Malaysia
958	Makao
977	Magazines (ISSN)
978–979	Bücher (ISBN)
979	Books (ISBN)
980–999	voucher codes

Prefixes 20–29 and similar ranges are reserved for in-store / restricted use and don't identify a country.

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