List of GS1 country codes

Bar Code

This is a list of country codes used by GS1.

Source: GS1 Company Prefix

Code  | Country

|

001–019 | UPC-A compatible \-  United States
020–029 | UPC-A compatible \- Used to issue restricted circulation numbers within a geographic region [1]
030–039 | UPC-A compatible \-  United States drugs (see United States National Drug Code)
040–049 | UPC-A compatible \- Used to issue restricted circulation numbers within a company
050–059 | UPC-A compatible \- GS1 US reserved for future use
060–099 | UPC-A compatible \-  United States
100–139 |  United States
200–299 | Used to issue GS1 restricted circulation number within a geographic region[1]
300–379 |  France and  Monaco
380 |  Bulgaria
383 |  Slovenia
385 |  Croatia
387 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
389 |  Montenegro
390 |  Republic of Kosovo (EAN-imposed, no GS1 Member Organisation)[2]
400–440 |  Germany (440 code inherited from former  East Germany upon reunification in 1990)
450–459 |  Japan (new Japanese Article Number range)
460–469 |  Russia (barcodes inherited from the  Soviet Union)
470 |  Kyrgyzstan
471 |  Taiwan
474 |  Estonia
475 |  Latvia
476 |  Azerbaijan
477 |  Lithuania
478 |  Uzbekistan
479 |  Sri Lanka
480 |  Philippines
481 |  Belarus
482 |  Ukraine
483 |  Turkmenistan
484 |  Moldova
485 |  Armenia
486 |  Georgia
487 |  Kazakhstan
488 |  Tajikistan
489 |  Hong Kong
490–499 |  Japan (original Japanese Article Number range)
500–509 |  United Kingdom
520–521 |  Greece
528 |  Lebanon
529 |  Cyprus
530 |  Albania
531 |  North Macedonia
535 |  Malta
539 |  Ireland
540–549 |  Belgium and  Luxembourg
560 |  Portugal
569 |  Iceland
570–579 |  Denmark,  Faroe Islands and  Greenland
590 |  Poland
594 |  Romania
599 |  Hungary
600–601 |  South Africa
603 |  Ghana
604 |  Senegal
607 |  Oman
608 |  Bahrain
609 |  Mauritius
611 |  Morocco
613 |  Algeria
615 |  Nigeria
616 |  Kenya
617 |  Cameroon
618 |  Ivory Coast
619 |  Tunisia
620 |  Tanzania
621 |  Syria
622 |  Egypt
623 | "Managed by GS1 Global Office for future MO" (was  Brunei until May 2021[3])
624 |  Libya
625 |  Jordan
626 |  Iran
627 |  Kuwait
628 |  Saudi Arabia
629 |  United Arab Emirates
630 |  Qatar
631 |  Namibia[4]
640–649 |  Finland
680–681 |  China
690–699 |  China
700–709 |  Norway
729 |  Israel
730–739 |  Sweden
740 |  Guatemala
741 |  El Salvador
742 |  Honduras
743 |  Nicaragua
744 |  Costa Rica
745 |  Panama
746 |  Dominican Republic
750 |  Mexico
754–755 |  Canada
759 |  Venezuela
760–769 |  Switzerland and  Liechtenstein
770–771 |  Colombia
773 |  Uruguay
775 |  Peru
777 |  Bolivia
778–779 |  Argentina
780 |  Chile
784 |  Paraguay
786 |  Ecuador
789–790 |  Brazil
800–839 |  Italy,  San Marino and  Vatican City
840–849 |  Spain and  Andorra
850 |  Cuba
858 |  Slovakia
859 |  Czech Republic (barcode inherited from  Czechoslovakia)
860 |  Serbia (barcode inherited from  Yugoslavia and  Serbia and Montenegro)
865 |  Mongolia
867 |  North Korea
868–869 |  Turkey
870–879 |  Netherlands
880–881 |  South Korea
883 |  Myanmar
884 |  Cambodia
885 |  Thailand
888 |  Singapore
890 |  India[5]
893 |  Vietnam
896 |  Pakistan
899 |  Indonesia
900–919 |  Austria
930–939 |  Australia
940–949 |  New Zealand
950 | GS1 Global Office: Used to support territories & countries where no GS1 Member Organisation operates
951 | Used to issue General Manager Numbers for the EPC General Identifier (GID) scheme as defined by the EPC Tag Data Standard
952 | Used for demonstrations and examples of the GS1 system
955 |  Malaysia
958 |  Macau
960–961 | GS1 UK Office: GTIN-8 allocations
962–969  | GS1 Global Office: GTIN-8 allocations
977 | Serial publications (ISSN)
978–979 | "Bookland" (ISBN) – 979-0 used for sheet music ("Musicland", ISMN-13, replaces deprecated ISMN M- numbers)
980 | Refund receipts
981–983 | GS1 coupon identification for common currency areas
990–999 | GS1 coupon identification

Note GS1 member companies can manufacture products anywhere in the world and can license prefixes from the GS1 organisation of their choice, GS1 prefixes do not identify the country of origin for a given product. GS1 prefixes not listed above are reserved by GS1 Global Office for allocations in countries where no GS1 Member Organisation established and for future use within the GS1 system. These are:

* 140–199
* 381, 382, 384, 386 & 388
* 390–399
* 441–449
* 472 & 473
* 510–519
* 522–527
* 532–534 & 536–538
* 550–559
* 561–568
* 580–589
* 591–593 & 595–598
* 602 & 605–606
* 610, 612, 614 & 623
* 632–639
* 650–679
* 682–689
* 710–728
* 747–749
* 751–753 & 756–758
* 772, 774 & 776
* 781–783, 785, 787 & 788
* 791–799
* 851–857
* 861–864 & 866
* 882, 886, 887 & 889
* 891, 892, 894, 895, 897 & 898
* 920–929
* 953, 954, 956, 957 & 959
* 970–976
* 984–989

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b defined by GS1 Member Organisations
2. ^ Agreement on barcode for Kosovo businesses (Economic Initiative for Kosovo - ECIKS, 1 December 2004)
3. ^ "GS1 Company Prefix | GS1". Archived from the original on 2021-05-09.
4. ^ "Namibia now has own barcode".
5. ^ "Barcodes". Retrieved 2021-07-21. "An item incorporating a barcode with prefix number '890' signifies ownership by an Indian organisation."

## External links[edit]

* List of Assigned GS1 Prefixes
* Snopes article regarding barcodes