The legal entity is your registered business with a unique VAT, TaxID, or registration number. As part of the KYC checks, Adyen verifies with your local commercial registry that your legal entity is an active, registered company.
Some of the information may already be filled in, in case we received it from your franchisor. When you submit your application, make sure this information is correct, and update if necessary.
Required information
- Legal Business Name
- Trading name
- Type of company
- Registration number: To see which registration number you need to provide, refer to Registration number.
- Registration address of the legal entity
- Tax Information (VAT number), if applicable in your country. For information on the required format, refer to VAT numbers. If your company does not have a VAT number, select the Exempted form tax checkbox.
- You can optionally also provide a company registration document.
Make sure that the information matches your company registration documents exactly. For example, if your official company name is John Johnston LLC., entering John Johnston Company would cause the KYC check to fail.
Registration number
Use the following table to identify which registration number is required. If multiple registration numbers are given for a country, you can choose which one to provide.
| Country | Registration number | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN) |
ABN: 51 064 874 531 ACN: 064 874 531 |
| Austria | Firmenbuchnummer | FN123456m |
| Belgium | Company Number/Numéro d'entreprise | 1234567890 |
| Brazil | CNPJ | 42.318.949/0001-84 |
| Canada | Business Number | 123456789 |
| Czech Republic | IČO | 123 45 678 |
| Denmark | CVR-nummer | 22756214 |
| Estonia | Registrikood | 10345833 |
| Finland | Y-TUNNUS | 1234567-8 |
| France | SIRET number or SIREN number |
SIRET: 542051180-00066 SIREN: 542051180 |
| Germany | Handelsregisternummer | HRB 100484 |
| Greece | GEMI number ΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ Γ.Ε.ΜΗ ( Γενικού Εμπορικού Μητρώου) |
757001000000 |
| Hungary | Cégjegyzékszám | 01-17-000705 |
| Ireland | Company Number | 123456 |
| Italy | Codice fiscale or CCIAA number |
Codice fiscale: 00470400011 CCIAA number: TO0091712 |
| Latvia | Reģistrācijas numurs | 50003251661 |
| Lithuania | Įmonės kodas | 210316340 |
| Luxembourg | RCS number Registernummer Numéro RCS |
9999999999999 |
| Netherlands | Kamer van Koophandel (KvK) | 34179503 |
| Norway | Organisasjonsnummer | 923 609 016 |
| Poland | Numer KRS or Numer identyfikacyjny REGON |
Numer KRS: 0000123456 Numer identyfikacyjny REGON: 610188201 |
| Portugal | NIPC | 123456789 |
| Spain | Número de Identificación Fiscal (NIF) | A39000013 |
| Slovakia | Identifikačné číslo (IČO) | 12345679 |
| Slovenia | Matična številka | 0101006500006 |
| Sweden | Organisationsnummer | 202100-5489 |
| Switzerland | UID/IDE/IDI or CH-number |
UID/IDE/IDI: CHE123456789 CH-number: CH-550.0.067.293-5 |
| United Kingdom | Company Number | 04366849 |
| United States | Employer Identification Number (EIN) | 101002749 |
VAT numbers
Use the following table to identify what format of VAT number is required. For some countries, you can choose which format to provide.
| Country | Accepted formats |
|---|---|
| Albania | ALJ + 8 letters or numbers + 1 letter |
ALK + 8 letters or numbers + 1 letter |
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| Argentina | AR + 11 numbers |
| Austria | ATU + 8 numbers |
| Australia | 11 numbers |
| Belgium | BE0 + 9 numbers |
BE1 + 9 numbers |
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| Bulgaria | BG + 9 numbers |
BG + 10 numbers |
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| Bolivia | BO + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Brazil | 14 numbers |
2 numbers + . + 3 numbers + . + 3 numbers + / + 4 numbers + - + 2 numbers: 22.333.333/4444-22 |
|
| Belarus | BY + 9 numbers |
| Canada | 9 numbers |
| Switzerland | CH + 6 numbers |
CHE + 9 numbers + TVA |
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CHE + 9 numbers + MWST |
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CHE + 9 numbers + IVA |
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| Chile | CL + 8 numbers + - + 1 number |
| Colombia | CO + 10 numbers |
| Costa Rica | CR + 9 numbers |
CR + 10 numbers |
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CR + 11 numbers |
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CR + 12 numbers |
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| Cyprus | CA + 9 letters or numbers |
| Czech Republic | CZ + 8 numbers |
CZ + 9 numbers |
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CZ + 10 numbers |
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| Germany | DE + 9 numbers |
| Denmark | DK + 8 numbers |
| Dominican Republic | DO + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Default | Any sequence of letters, numbers, _, ., <space> and/or-` |
| Ecuador | EC + 12 numbers |
| Estonia | EE + 9 numbers |
| Greece | EL + 9 numbers |
| Spain | ES + 1 letter or number + 7 numbers + 1 letter or number |
| Finland | FI + 8 numbers |
| France | FR + 2 uppercase letters or numbers + 9 numbers |
| Great Britain | GB + 9 numbers |
GB + 9 numbers in 3 blocks: GB333 4444 22 |
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GB + 12 numbers |
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GB + 12 numbers in 4 blocks: GB333 4444 22 333 |
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GBGD + 3 digit number between 000 and 499: GBGD000 - GBGD499 |
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GBHA + 3 digit number between 500 and 999: GBHA500 - GBHA999 |
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| Guatemala | GT + 7 numbers + - + 1 number |
| Honduras | HN + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Croatia | HR + 11 numbers |
| Hungary | HU + 8 numbers |
| Ireland | IE + 7 numbers + one uppercase letter |
IE + 7 numbers + two uppercase letters |
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IE + one number + one uppercase letter + 5 numbers + one uppercase letter |
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IE + one number + + + 5 numbers + one uppercase letter |
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IE + one number + * + 5 numbers + one uppercase letter |
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| Isle of Man | GB + 9 numbers (starting with 00): GB003456789 |
GB + 9 numbers in blocks (333 4444 22, first block starting with 00): GB003 4444 22 |
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GB + 12 numbers (starting with 00): GB003456789012 |
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GB + 12 numbers in blocks (333 4444 22 333, first block starting with 00): GB003 4444 22 333 |
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| India | IN + 11 numbers + V |
IN + 11 numbers + C |
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| Italy | IT + 11 numbers |
| Japan | 13 numbers |
| Lithuania | LT + 9 numbers |
LT + 12 numbers |
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| Luxembourg | LU + 8 numbers |
| Latvia | LV + 11 numbers |
| Malta | MT + 8 numbers |
| Mexico | 3 letters + 6 numbers + 3 letters |
| Nicaragua | NI + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Netherlands | NL + 9 numbers + B + 2 numbers |
| Norway | NO + 9 numbers + MVA |
| New Zealand | 8 or 9 letters or numbers mixed |
| Panama | PA + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Peru | PE + 11 numbers |
| Philippines | 12 numbers |
| Poland | PL + 10 numbers (optionally separated by - characters) |
| Portugal | PT + 9 numbers |
| Paraguay | PY + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Romania | RO + 2 numbers |
RO + 3 numbers |
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RO + 4 numbers |
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RO + 5 numbers |
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RO + 6 numbers |
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RO + 7 numbers |
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RO + 8 numbers |
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RO + 9 numbers |
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RO + 10 numbers |
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| Serbia | RS + 9 numbers |
| Russia | RU + 10 numbers |
RU + 12 numbers |
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| Sweden | SE + 10 numbers + 01 |
| Singapore | 9 or 10 letters or numbers mixed |
| Slovenia | SI + 8 numbers |
| Slovakia | SK + 10 numbers |
| San Marino | SM + 5 numbers |
| El Salvador | SV + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Turkey | TR + 10 numbers |
| Ukraine | UA + 12 numbers |
| United States | Valid SSN: 9 numbers |
Valid SSN: 3 numbers + - + 2 numbers + - + 4 numbers: 333-22-4444 |
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Valid EIN: 2 numbers + - + 7 numbers: 22-7777777 |
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| Uruguay | UY + any amount of characters or symbols |
| Venezuela | VEE- + 9 numbers |
VEE- + 8 numbers + - + 1 number |
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VEJ- + 9 numbers |
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VEJ- + 8 numbers + - + 1 number |
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VEG- + 9 numbers |
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VEG- + 8 numbers + - + 1 number |
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VEV- + 9 numbers |
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VEV- + 8 numbers + - + 1 number |
Exempted from tax
If your company doesn't have a valid VAT number, select the Exempted from tax checkbox, and fill in the reason. Adyen will then ask you to provide either one or both of the following documents:
- Confirmation of legal counsel / accountant to confirm the reason why a tax number is not present.
- Signed confirmation by Authorized Signatory, to whom your legal entity is paying local taxes.
Registration document
Providing the company registration document is optional. We recommend that you provide it, as this will speed up the process of the KYC review, and allow us to give you more accurate feedback in case there is an issue with your application.
The company registration document must be:
- Issued by a reliable, independent source (RIS) such as the national commercial register of the country where the business is registered.
- Issued within the last year, or contain a signature and a state of affairs with the date not older than one year.
When you upload a company registration document, it must meet the following requirements:
- Allowed formats: JPEG, JPG, PNG, or PDF (max. 2 pages)
- Minimum allowed size: 1 KB for PDF, 100 KB for other formats
- Maximum allowed size: 4 MB