🏆 EU & UK VAT Number Validator & VIES Verifier Pro

Stop losing 19%–27% in retroactive EU tax penalties or getting blank --- company names for German (DE), Spanish (ES), and UK (GB) customers. Bulk-verify EU27, Northern Ireland (XI), and UK (GB) VAT numbers with official consultation numbers, unmasked legal company names, 4-column ERP addresses, 0% Reverse-Charge eligibility badges, and SHA-256 tax audit certificates — 15x faster than browser scrapers, $0 proxy cost, and all-inclusive base pricing ($2.20 / 1,000 verifications).

⚡ Start in 10 Seconds — Zero Setup, Zero Risk

• No Tax Portal Credentials, API Keys, or Proxies Needed: Works out of the box with zero registration or login cookies required.
• 1-Click First Run (~$0.0088 from your Free Apify Credit): Click the green Start button with the default 4-country preset (IE6388047V, DE260543043, NL805734958B01, SE556703748501) — or paste your own VAT numbers — to get your first 0% Reverse-Charge Audit Report in 3 seconds.

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🎯 What You Can Do With This Tool

Whether you are auditing quarterly EC Sales Lists (ZM), automating Stripe / Shopify B2B tax-exempt checkout, or scrubbing SAP / NetSuite / Odoo vendor master files, you can tailor the output to your exact workflow:

#	Team / Workflow	Common Challenge	How This Tool Solves It	Recommended Settings
1	B2B CFOs, Tax Controllers & Accounting Firms	Checking hundreds of customer VAT IDs manually on the EU portal takes hours and leaves no permanent audit proof for tax inspectors.	Bulk-verifies thousands of VAT numbers in seconds, extracts official consultation numbers (consultationNumber), and generates SHA-256 Audit Certificates (auditCertificate).	resultType: "verifications", requesterVatNumber: "IE6388047V", generateAuditCertificates: true
2	German (DE), Spanish (ES) & UK (GB) Trade Teams	The standard EU portal masks German and Spanish legal names as --- due to national privacy rules, and excludes UK (GB) VAT numbers entirely.	Automatically unmasks DE and ES legal names and registered addresses (companyName, street, postalCode, city) and verifies GB + XI + EU27 in one unified workflow.	vatNumbers: ["DE260543043", "ESB85638369", "GB999999973"], includeRegistryDetails: true
3	ERP Data Engineers (SAP, NetSuite, Odoo, HubSpot)	Official tax portals return raw multi-line address strings with inconsistent formatting, and dirty CRM exports contain typos and duplicates.	Runs a 0ms mathematical checksum pre-filter across 28 jurisdictions, merges duplicates (duplicateInputCount), and splits addresses into 4 clean ERP columns (street, postalCode, city, countryCode).	deduplicateEntities: true, onlyValid: true, defaultCountry: "AUTO"
4	Multi-Subsidiary Procurement & Master Data Teams	Multinational suppliers operate under 5–20 local VAT registrations across Europe, fragmenting vendor master records.	Aggregates verified regional VAT IDs into one consolidated Corporate Parent Entity row with active member states, LEI code, and primary HQ address.	resultType: "entities", includeRegistryDetails: true
5	Scheduled ERP & CRM Compliance Monitors	Re-verifying 10,000 existing vendors every week wastes budget when 99% of VAT statuses haven't changed.	Remembers each vendor's previous VAT status in a persistent store and only outputs and bills for newly revoked, expired, or changed VAT numbers.	onlyChangedStatus: true, generateAuditCertificates: true, downloadAssets: true

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⚡ Why B2B Finance, ERP & Tax Compliance Teams Switch To This Verifier

1. Unmasks German (DE), Spanish (ES) & UK (GB) Legal Entities (companyName Never Blank ---)

When you check a German (DE) or Spanish (ES) VAT number on the standard EU web form, national privacy rules hide the company name and address behind ---. Furthermore, post-Brexit UK (GB) VAT numbers fail on EU portals. This tool cross-references official corporate registry and LEI identifiers to unmask the exact legal company name, legal form, and registered headquarters address for DE, ES, and GB alongside all 27 EU member states and Northern Ireland (XI).

2. Instant 0ms Mathematical Checksum Pre-Filter (Zero Wasted Requests on Typos)

Before querying any national tax gateway, every input string is cleaned and validated against 28 country-specific modulo checksum algorithms (MOD 11, MOD 97-10, Luhn, and check-character matrices). Formatting typos or fake numbers are flagged in 0ms with isSyntaxValid: false without wasting time on dead network calls.

3. 4-Column ERP Address Normalization & Reverse-Charge Decision Badge

Stop writing brittle regexes to parse multi-line European addresses. Every verified record includes both the raw registered address and normalized street, postalCode, city, and countryCode columns ready for SAP S/4HANA, Oracle NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, Odoo, or Stripe Tax, plus an explicit reverseChargeTier badge:

• ✅ REVERSE_CHARGE_APPROVED (Active cross-border EU/XI VAT registration eligible for 0% intra-community reverse charge under Article 138 / 196)
• 🇬🇧 UK_B2B_EXPORT_ZERO_RATED (Verified UK GB VAT registration eligible for post-Brexit B2B export zero-rating)
• ⚠️ VALID_VAT_NAME_REDACTED (Active VAT registration where national privacy rules require registry enrichment)
• ❌ DO_NOT_ZERO_RATE_INVALID_VAT (Invalid, deactivated, or checksum-failed VAT number — must charge standard local VAT)

4. Official Consultation Numbers & SHA-256 Tax Audit Certificates Included Free

Enter your own company VAT ID in requesterVatNumber to receive an official member-state Consultation Reference (consultationNumber) together with a self-contained SHA-256 Audit Certificate (auditCertificate) and an AI Tax Compliance Memo Prompt (ai_analysis_prompt) at $0.00 extra cost in the base tier.

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📊 Feature & Total Cost Comparison

#	Capability	Basic Single-ID Scrapers	Enterprise VAT SaaS APIs	🏆 VoxaTools EU & UK VAT Verifier Pro
1	Effective Cost for 1,000 Verifications	$4.00 – $10.00 / 1k + Start Fee	$19.00 – $299.00 / month	$2.20 / 1,000 Verifications ($0.0022 / ID All-Inclusive)
2	Bulk Processing (Up to 10,000 IDs/Run)	❌ 1 VAT number per run	⚠️ Strict tier rate limits	✅ Up to 10,000 VAT Numbers per Run
3	German (DE) & Spanish (ES) Name Unmasking	❌ Returns blank ---	❌ Returns blank ---	✅ Unmasks Legal Name, LEI & HQ Address
4	Coverage: EU27 + Northern Ireland (XI) + UK (GB)	⚠️ EU27 only	⚠️ Separate UK add-on fee	✅ All 28 Jurisdictions Unified (EU27 + XI + GB)
5	0ms Mathematical Checksum Pre-Filter	❌ None	⚠️ Basic regex only	✅ 28 Official Modulo & Check-Digit Algorithms
6	4-Column ERP Address Parsing	❌ Raw unparsed text	⚠️ Extra enrichment credit	✅ Included Free (street, postalCode, city, countryCode)
7	Official Consultation Number & SHA-256 Proof	❌ None	⚠️ Enterprise plan only	✅ Included Free (consultationNumber + auditCertificate)
8	Duplicate VAT & Punctuation Deduplication	❌ Bills for every duplicate	❌ Bills for every duplicate	✅ Auto-Deduplicates (duplicateInputCount)
9	Corporate Parent Entity Consolidation	❌ None	❌ None	✅ Supported (resultType: "entities", $3.80 / 1k)
10	Scheduled Revocation Delta Monitor	❌ None	⚠️ Webhook tier required	✅ Supported (onlyChangedStatus: true)

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🚀 Key Operating Modes & Workflows

Mode 1 — 🧾 Bulk EU & UK VAT Audit + 0% Reverse-Charge Decision (resultType: "verifications")

Verify arrays of up to 10,000 VAT numbers or company names/domains in a single run. Every record returns isValid, isSyntaxValid, viesStatus, reverseChargeTier, companyName, legalForm, street, postalCode, city, consultationNumber, and auditCertificate.

Mode 2 — 🏛️ German (DE), Spanish (ES) & Corporate Registry Enrichment (includeRegistryDetails: true)

Enable includeRegistryDetails: true (+$1.80 / 1,000) to attach verified Global LEI (leiCode), National Commercial Registration Number (registrationNumber, e.g., HRB 158895 B), Registration Authority (registryAuthority), Entity Status (entityStatus), and Incorporation Date (incorporationDate).

Mode 3 — 🏢 Corporate Parent Entity Consolidation (resultType: "entities")

When auditing multinational suppliers or customers with multiple regional VAT numbers across Europe, set resultType: "entities" to group all branch VAT registrations into one master B2B Corporate Entity profile with totalVatIdsVerified, validVatCount, activeMemberStates, verifiedVatNumbers, and complianceSummary.

Mode 4 — 📜 Permanent Cloud Audit Certificate Archiving (downloadAssets: true)

Need immutable JSON tax certificates stored in your cloud bucket for a 7-year statutory tax audit trail? Enable downloadAssets: true (+$0.80 / 1,000 files) to save permanent VAT_CERT_<VAT>_<DATE>.json records directly into your Apify Key-Value Store (savedCertificateUrl).

Mode 5 — 📡 Scheduled VAT Revocation Delta Radar (onlyChangedStatus: true)

Run weekly or monthly ERP hygiene checks without paying to re-export unchanged vendors. With onlyChangedStatus: true, the Actor compares each VAT number against its previous state and only outputs and charges for VAT numbers whose validity or reverse-charge tier changed.

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📖 Quick-Start Guide & Copy-Paste Input Examples (Paste Into "Input → JSON")

To start a run, open the Input tab on Apify Console, switch from Form to JSON, and copy-paste any of the 5 ready-to-run configurations below:

Input Example 1 — Bulk EU & German (DE) VAT Audit With Official Consultation Numbers

{
  "resultType": "verifications",
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE260543043",
    "NL805734958B01",
    "SE556703748501",
    "FR40303265045"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "AUTO",
  "requesterVatNumber": "IE6388047V",
  "includeRegistryDetails": true,
  "onlyValid": false,
  "deduplicateEntities": true,
  "generateAuditCertificates": true,
  "maxResults": 100
}

Input Example 2 — Domain & Company Name to EU/UK VAT Discovery

{
  "resultType": "verifications",
  "vatNumbers": ["IE6388047V"],
  "domains": [
    "zalando.de",
    "spotify.com",
    "booking.com",
    "wise.com"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "AUTO",
  "includeRegistryDetails": true,
  "onlyValid": true,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Input Example 3 — Consolidated Corporate Parent Entities (1 Master Row per Legal Group)

{
  "resultType": "entities",
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE260543043",
    "NL805734958B01",
    "SE556703748501"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "AUTO",
  "includeRegistryDetails": true,
  "deduplicateEntities": true,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Input Example 4 — Archive Permanent SHA-256 Tax Audit Certificates to Key-Value Store

{
  "resultType": "verifications",
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE260543043",
    "GB999999973"
  ],
  "requesterVatNumber": "IE6388047V",
  "generateAuditCertificates": true,
  "downloadAssets": true,
  "maxResults": 25
}

Input Example 5 — Scheduled Monthly ERP Revocation Monitor (Only Output Changed Statuses)

{
  "resultType": "verifications",
  "vatNumbers": [
    "IE6388047V",
    "DE260543043",
    "NL805734958B01",
    "SE556703748501"
  ],
  "defaultCountry": "AUTO",
  "onlyChangedStatus": true,
  "generateAuditCertificates": true,
  "maxResults": 500
}

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🛠️ Input Parameters Reference

Below is the complete reference for all 12 configuration options available in the Input tab:

#	Parameter	Type & Default	Description
1	resultType	string ("verifications")	Choose "verifications" for individual VAT compliance & 0% reverse-charge audit records ($2.20/1k), or "entities" for consolidated corporate parent profiles ($3.80/1k).
2	vatNumbers	array (["IE6388047V", ...])	List of EU27, Northern Ireland (XI), or UK (GB) VAT numbers to verify. Punctuation, spaces, dots, and hyphens are cleaned automatically.
3	domains	array ([])	Optional list of company domains or legal names (e.g., ["zalando.de", "spotify.com"]) to resolve and verify against EU/UK VAT & LEI registries.
4	defaultCountry	string ("AUTO")	Fallback ISO country prefix ("AUTO", "DE", "FR", "NL", "IE", "ES", "IT", "SE", "PL", "BE", "AT", "GB", "XI", etc.) when inputs omit the 2-letter prefix.
5	requesterVatNumber	string ("")	Optional: Your own EU/UK VAT number (e.g., "IE6388047V") to obtain official member-state consultationNumber strings for tax authority inspections.
6	includeRegistryDetails	boolean (false)	Optional add-on (+$1.80/1k): Unmasks redacted German (DE) & Spanish (ES) entities and attaches Global LEI (leiCode), national commercial register ID (registrationNumber), and incorporation date.
7	onlyValid	boolean (false)	When enabled, filters out invalid or deactivated VAT numbers and outputs only active, verified VAT registrations.
8	deduplicateEntities	boolean (true)	Automatically merges duplicate VAT numbers (e.g., "DE 260.543.043" and "DE260543043") into one record with duplicateInputCount and mergedInputQueries so you never pay twice.
9	maxResults	integer (100)	Maximum number of verified records to output (1 to 10000). Strictly enforced.
10	onlyChangedStatus	boolean (false)	Stateful ERP monitoring mode: compares each VAT ID against the persistent Key-Value Store and outputs only VAT numbers whose status changed since the last run.
11	generateAuditCertificates	boolean (true)	Generates a structured auditCertificate object with an ISO timestamp, consultation reference, and cryptographic sha256Signature on every record at $0 extra cost.
12	downloadAssets	boolean (false)	Optional add-on (+$0.80/1k files): Archives standalone VAT_CERT_<VAT>_<DATE>.json compliance certificates into your Apify Key-Value Store (savedCertificateUrl).

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📦 Sample Dataset Output

A. Individual VAT Verification & Reverse-Charge Audit Record (resultType: "verifications")

{
  "resultType": "verifications",
  "query": "DE260543043",
  "normalizedVatNumber": "DE260543043",
  "countryCode": "DE",
  "countryName": "Germany",
  "vatDigits": "260543043",
  "isValid": true,
  "isSyntaxValid": true,
  "checksumAlgorithm": "MOD_11_10_ISO_7064 (Germany 9-digit USt-IdNr)",
  "viesStatus": "VIES_VALID_UNMASKED_REGISTRY",
  "reverseChargeTier": "✅ REVERSE_CHARGE_APPROVED",
  "companyName": "ZALANDO SE",
  "legalForm": "SE",
  "rawAddress": "VALESKA-GERT-STRASSE 5, 10243 BERLIN, DE",
  "street": "VALESKA-GERT-STRASSE 5",
  "postalCode": "10243",
  "city": "BERLIN",
  "consultationNumber": "WAPIAAAAZ3x8K9D260543043",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-10-23T09:15:00.000Z",
  "requesterVatNumber": "IE6388047V",
  "leiCode": "5493006P3Q9C9R7S8T44",
  "registrationNumber": "HRB 158895 B",
  "registryAuthority": "Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)",
  "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "incorporationDate": "2008-08-12",
  "duplicateInputCount": 1,
  "mergedInputQueries": ["DE260543043"],
  "auditCertificate": {
    "certificateId": "CERT-DE260543043-9F4A2C18B7E1",
    "vatNumber": "DE260543043",
    "countryCode": "DE",
    "companyName": "ZALANDO SE",
    "isValid": true,
    "reverseChargeTier": "✅ REVERSE_CHARGE_APPROVED",
    "consultationNumber": "WAPIAAAAZ3x8K9D260543043",
    "requesterVatNumber": "IE6388047V",
    "issuedAt": "2026-10-23T09:15:00.000Z",
    "regulatoryBasis": "EU Council Directive 2006/112/EC (Articles 138 & 196 Intra-Community Reverse Charge)",
    "sha256Signature": "9f4a2c18b7e14d33a80c5e2194f02d8a6c11e5f702b3d84a91e6c3f08a2b4d11"
  },
  "savedCertificateUrl": null,
  "ai_analysis_prompt": "Act as an EU Cross-Border Tax Director & Statutory Auditor..."
}

B. Consolidated Corporate Parent Entity Record (resultType: "entities")

{
  "resultType": "entities",
  "query": "DE260543043",
  "companyName": "ZALANDO SE",
  "legalForm": "SE",
  "primaryCountryCode": "DE",
  "primaryVatNumber": "DE260543043",
  "totalVatIdsVerified": 1,
  "validVatCount": 1,
  "invalidVatCount": 0,
  "reverseChargeEligible": true,
  "reverseChargeTier": "✅ REVERSE_CHARGE_APPROVED",
  "activeMemberStates": ["DE"],
  "verifiedVatNumbers": ["DE260543043"],
  "consultationNumbers": ["WAPIAAAAZ3x8K9D260543043"],
  "street": "VALESKA-GERT-STRASSE 5",
  "postalCode": "10243",
  "city": "BERLIN",
  "leiCode": "5493006P3Q9C9R7S8T44",
  "registrationNumber": "HRB 158895 B",
  "registryAuthority": "Amtsgericht Charlottenburg (Berlin)",
  "entityStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "incorporationDate": "2008-08-12",
  "duplicateInputCount": 1,
  "verifiedAt": "2026-10-23T09:15:00.000Z",
  "complianceSummary": "ZALANDO SE holds 1 active VAT registration(s) across DE. Eligible for 0% Intra-Community Reverse Charge.",
  "ai_analysis_prompt": "Act as a B2B Master Data & Tax Governance Architect..."
}

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💰 Simple, Transparent Modular Pricing

Every Apify account includes $5.00 in free monthly usage credit — enough to verify ~2,270 EU & UK VAT numbers (with 0ms checksum validation, 4-column ERP addresses, consultation numbers, and SHA-256 audit certificates) every month at zero cost.

#	Event Name	Price	What Is Included
1	VAT Verification Result (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.0022 / ID ($2.20 / 1,000 IDs)	All-Inclusive Base Tier: Live EU27/XI/GB VAT verification + 0ms Checksum Validation + Legal Company Name + 4-Column ERP Address (street, postalCode, city, countryCode) + Consultation Number + Reverse-Charge Badge + SHA-256 auditCertificate ($0 Actor Start fee, $0 Proxy cost — 45% below standard $4.00/1k VIES tools).
2	Corporate Parent Summary (advertiser)	$0.0038 / entity ($3.80 / 1,000 entities)	Triggered only when resultType: "entities": 1 consolidated Corporate Parent Entity row per legal group ($0.0022 dataset item + $0.0016 entity delta — 46% below $7.00/1k imprint scrapers).
3	Registry & LEI Unmasking (detail)	+$0.0018 / ID (+$1.80 / 1,000 IDs)	Triggered only when you explicitly enable includeRegistryDetails: true: Adds Global LEI (leiCode), national commercial register ID (registrationNumber), registry authority, and incorporation date.
4	Cloud Audit Certificate File (asset)	+$0.0008 / file (+$0.80 / 1,000 files)	Triggered only when you enable downloadAssets: true and a standalone VAT_CERT_<VAT>_<DATE>.json compliance file is archived to your Apify Key-Value Store.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions & Release Notes

Why do German (DE) and Spanish (ES) VAT numbers return --- on the standard EU web page?

German and Spanish national tax authorities restrict public display of company names on the anonymous EU web form. Our engine resolves verified corporate registry and Global LEI records so your ERP and tax audit files receive the real legal company name (companyName), legal form (legalForm), and registered address (street, postalCode, city).

What happens if a national member-state tax gateway is temporarily offline?

Member-state tax databases occasionally undergo brief nightly maintenance. Our engine automatically retries via backup protocols and isolates any unreachable member-state query with $0.00 charged for incomplete items.

Can I test a few VAT numbers for free before running a bulk ERP audit?

Yes — you can verify up to 3 VAT numbers interactively on our free web utility at VoxaTools — EU & UK VAT VIES Bulk Verifier.

Recent Updates (v1.0)

• 28-Jurisdiction 0ms Checksum Engine (EU27 + XI + GB): Pre-validates check digits mathematically before network resolution.
• German (DE), Spanish (ES) & UK (GB) Entity Unmasking: Eliminates blank --- company names and attaches leiCode and registrationNumber.
• 4-Column ERP Address Splitter & SHA-256 Audit Certificates: Outputs street, postalCode, city, countryCode, consultationNumber, and cryptographic auditCertificate proof in every record.