# EU VAT Number Validator API: Bulk VIES Check (`clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator`) Actor

Bulk-validate EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's official VIES service. Get valid/invalid, registered company name and address, and a consultation number. $3.60 per 1,000 valid.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator.md
- **Developed by:** [Six Figure Salute](https://apify.com/clearpathdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.60 / 1,000 valid vat numbers

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## EU VAT Number Validator API: Bulk VIES Check

Bulk-validate EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's official VIES service. Get valid/invalid, registered company name and address, and a consultation number. $3.60 per 1,000 valid.

### What does it do?

**EU VAT Number Validator** bulk-checks EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's official **VIES** service and returns valid/invalid, the registered company name and address (where the member state shares it), and a request date/consultation number for your audit trail.

- ✅ Official public data source: no login, no cookies, no proxies
- ✅ Fast: plain API calls, typical runs finish in seconds
- ✅ Clean, flat JSON / CSV / Excel output, ready for Sheets, BI tools or AI agents
- ✅ Pay only for results: no monthly rental

### Use cases

- **Finance & AP:** validate supplier VAT IDs before reverse-charge invoicing.
- **E-commerce & SaaS billing:** B2B tax-exempt checks.
- **KYB:** verify EU businesses.

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**. The input is prefilled with a working example.
2. Edit the input (see examples below) and click **Start**.
3. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or pull them via API.

### Input examples

**Two VAT numbers**

```json
{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "NL004495445B01"
  ]
}
```

### Output

Sample rows:

| input | countryCode | valid | name | address | requestDate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IE6388047V | IE | True | GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED | 3RD FLOOR, GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET, DUBLIN 4 | 2026-10-17T00:53:38.915Z |
| NL004495445B01 | NL | True | OPENJONGERENVERENIGING DE KOORNBEURS | VOLDERSGRACHT 00001, 2611ET DELFT | 2026-10-17T00:53:39.845Z |
| DE000000000 | DE | False |  |  | 2026-10-17T00:53:40.489Z |

Sample JSON record (long fields shortened):

```json
{
  "input": "IE6388047V",
  "countryCode": "IE",
  "vatNumber": "6388047V",
  "source": "European Commission VIES REST API",
  "checked": true,
  "valid": true,
  "name": "GOOGLE IRELAND LIMITED",
  "address": "3RD FLOOR, GORDON HOUSE, BARROW STREET, DUBLIN 4",
  "requestDate": "2026-10-17T00:53:38.915Z",
  "consultationNumber": null
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$0.0036 per valid VAT number** ($3.60 per 1,000). No start fee, no monthly rental. Rows for not-found inputs and errors are free.

| Results | Cost |
|---|---|
| 100 valid VAT numbers | $0.36 |
| 1,000 valid VAT numbers | $3.60 |
| 10,000 valid VAT numbers | $36.00 |

Apify's free plan includes monthly platform credit, so you can try it at no cost.

### Integrations

- **Google Sheets:** use Apify's Google Sheets integration, or import the dataset CSV link with `=IMPORTDATA()`.
- **Zapier & Make:** trigger runs and receive the dataset via the official Apify apps.
- **Webhooks & schedules:** run daily or hourly and post results anywhere.
- **AI agents (MCP):** available to Claude, ChatGPT and other agents through the Apify MCP server.
- **API & SDKs:** call from Python, JavaScript or any HTTP client:

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/clearpathdata~eu-vat-vies-validator/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"vatNumbers": ["IE6388047V", "NL004495445B01"]}'
```

### FAQ

**What am I charged for?**

Only VAT numbers VIES confirms as valid.

**VIES is down for a country?**

Member-state outages return a not-checked row you can retry.

**Something not working?**

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab, and it will be fixed quickly.

### More details

Bulk-validate EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's official VIES service. Get valid/invalid, registered name and address, and a consultation number.

Validate **EU VAT numbers in bulk** against **VIES**, the European Commission's official VAT Information Exchange System. You get validity, the **registered trader name and address** (where the member state shares them), the request date and, if you provide your own VAT number, a **consultation number** you can keep as audit evidence for zero-rated B2B invoices.

**Uses:** e-commerce and SaaS checkout reverse-charge checks, onboarding/KYB for marketplaces, cleaning ERP/CRM supplier master data, periodic re-validation of customer VAT IDs (schedule it monthly).

##### Output fields

input, countryCode, vatNumber, checked, valid, name, address, requestDate, consultationNumber, error.

##### Pricing note

You are charged **only for numbers that VIES confirms are valid**. Invalid numbers, malformed input and member-state outages (`MS_UNAVAILABLE`, which we retry with backoff) are free.

##### Notes

VIES queries national databases live; some states (e.g. DE) do not return name and address. Requests are sent sequentially with a delay, following VIES capacity guidance. The European Commission accepts no responsibility for VIES accuracy, so keep your own records for tax audits. Not affiliated with the European Commission.

##### Pricing

Pay per event: **vat-validated** at $0.0036 ($3.6 per 1,000). Charged per VAT number confirmed VALID by VIES. Invalid numbers and errors are free. You pay only for results; not-found and error rows are free. Apify platform usage is included.

##### Example input

```json
{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "NL004495445B01",
    "DE000000000",
    "US123456"
  ]
}
```

Built by clearpathdata, a maker of official open-data Actors. Questions and feature requests are welcome in the Issues tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `vatNumbers` (type: `array`):

EU VAT numbers with country prefix, e.g. IE6388047V, DE 811 128 135, FR40303265045. Spaces/dots are stripped; GR is converted to EL; XI = Northern Ireland.

## `requesterVatNumber` (type: `string`):

Your own EU VAT number. When provided, VIES returns a consultation number you can keep as proof of the check.

## `delaySeconds` (type: `number`):

Pause between requests to respect VIES capacity limits.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "NL004495445B01"
  ],
  "delaySeconds": 0.5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "vatNumbers": [
        "IE6388047V",
        "NL004495445B01"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "vatNumbers": [
        "IE6388047V",
        "NL004495445B01",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "NL004495445B01"
  ]
}' |
apify call clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,clearpathdata/eu-vat-vies-validator"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yWkzEBLTP7LqKc9l3/builds/Ce27myuiIvPaNFfoA/openapi.json