# Validate a list of EU VAT numbers against VIES

**Use case:** 

Check EU VAT numbers against the European Commission's VIES service and get, for each one, whether it is valid today, plus the registered trader name and address where the member state publishes them. A number that could not be checked because a national database was down is reported as unverifiable, never as invalid.

## Input

```json
{
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE811907980",
    "FR40303265045",
    "LU26375245",
    "NL853746380B01",
    "BE0417497106"
  ],
  "checkServiceStatusFirst": true,
  "skipFormatInvalid": true,
  "skipChecksumInvalid": false,
  "concurrency": 2
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "input": {
    "label": "Input"
  },
  "countryCode": {
    "label": "Country"
  },
  "vatNumber": {
    "label": "Number"
  },
  "valid": {
    "label": "Valid"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "companyName": {
    "label": "Registered name"
  },
  "companyAddress": {
    "label": "Registered address"
  },
  "formatValid": {
    "label": "Format"
  },
  "checksumValid": {
    "label": "Check digit"
  },
  "traderNameMatch": {
    "label": "Name match"
  },
  "traderStreetMatch": {
    "label": "Street match"
  },
  "traderPostalCodeMatch": {
    "label": "Postcode match"
  },
  "traderCityMatch": {
    "label": "City match"
  },
  "requestDate": {
    "label": "Consulted"
  },
  "requestIdentifier": {
    "label": "Consultation number"
  },
  "explanation": {
    "label": "Explanation"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [EU VAT Number Validator — VIES, Bulk, With Company Name](https://apify.com/dalbian/eu-vat-number-validator-vies.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/dalbian/eu-vat-number-validator-vies.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/dalbian/eu-vat-number-validator-vies.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).