Make an EAN-13 barcode for a product - type 12 digits and we add the 13th, the check digit.
Download it at the true print size as a PNG, SVG, EPS or PDF, or print a whole sheet of labels.
Every change is scan-tested by our own reader, and the GS1 prefix shows which country your number was registered in. Only need to check a number? Use the Check Digit Calculator.
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Dates are YYMMDD. Fixed-length fields (01, 00, dates) need their exact number of digits - we check the GTIN and SSCC check digits for you.
Start with an AI in brackets, like (01)09501101530003(17)271231, and it becomes a GS1 Data Matrix - the one used on medicine and food. Anything else is stored as plain text.
Shoppers' phones open this link; tills read the GTIN, lot and dates from it. Point your own domain at a page for the product, or use id.gs1.org, which forwards to the brand's registered page.
Retail barcodes should keep their digits - cashiers type them in when a code will not scan. OCR-B is the classic barcode font many packaging printers and book publishers ask for - we draw it as outlines, so no file ever has a missing font.
One code per line - or a CSV with the columns content, name (file name) and label (text on a label sheet). Every barcode gets the current type, size and format. Pick PDF with the Labels page to print the whole list on label sheets.
Selling in the US and Canada too? Tills there read EAN-13 just fine, but some retailers still ask for a UPC barcode. Need hundreds of codes? Open Many barcodes at once for a CSV or a numbered series.
An EAN-13 number has four parts.
| Part | Example | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| GS1 prefix | 590 | The GS1 office the company joined - 590 is Poland |
| Company number | 1234 | Your company, given by GS1 |
| Item number | 12345 | The product, chosen by you |
| Check digit | 7 | Worked out from the other 12 digits |
The prefix says where the brand joined GS1, not where the product was made. Company and item numbers share 9 digits, so a bigger company gets a shorter company number and room for more products.
Scanners use the last digit to catch misreads.
Multiply the 12 digits by 1, 3, 1, 3... from the left, add the results, and the check digit is whatever brings the total up to the next multiple of 10. For 590123412345 the sum is 83, so the check digit is 7.
See every step for your own number in the Check Digit Calculator - it checks UPC, GTIN-14, ISBN and SSCC numbers too.
| Magnification | Bar width (X) | Size with margins |
|---|---|---|
| 80% (smallest) | 0.264 mm | 29.83 x 20.74 mm |
| 100% (standard) | 0.330 mm | 37.29 x 25.93 mm |
| 120% | 0.396 mm | 44.75 x 31.12 mm |
| 150% | 0.495 mm | 55.94 x 38.90 mm |
| 200% (largest) | 0.660 mm | 74.58 x 51.86 mm |
Keep the full bar height and the white margins on both sides - they are part of the barcode. Printing on a dark or red pack? Dark bars on a white box work; red bars do not, because till scanners use red light.
One thing to know before you print: a barcode is only a picture of a number. For shops, Amazon and other marketplaces the number itself has to be yours - you get it from GS1 or, for books, from your national ISBN agency. Made-up or bought-on-eBay numbers can get listings removed.
Yes - no sign-up, no watermark, and the files are yours to use on anything you sell. The barcode is only the picture, though: the number should come from GS1 so shops and marketplaces accept it.
From GS1, the organisation that runs product barcodes - join the GS1 office in your country and you get a company prefix for your products. Small shops that only sell in their own store can use in-store numbers starting with 2 instead.
The 13th digit, worked out from the other 12 so a scanner can tell when it misread a bar. Type 12 digits and we add it; type 13 and we tell you if it is right. The Check Digit Calculator shows the maths.
No. The first three digits are the GS1 prefix - they show which GS1 office the brand owner joined. A German company making goods in China still has a 400-440 prefix. We show the prefix country under the number so you can check yours.
The standard size (100%) is 37.29 x 25.93 mm including the white margins. You can go from 80% to 200%; under 80% many tills struggle. Download a PDF or EPS and the size is exact in millimetres.
EAN-13 for almost every country. UPC-A is the 12-digit US and Canadian version - an EAN-13 starting with 0 is the same number. Some US retailers still ask for UPC-A: make it with the UPC Barcode Generator.
Yes. In Many barcodes at once, paste a list, load a CSV or make a numbered series - you get a ZIP of files or a label-sheet PDF. To read a printed batch back, use the Barcode Scanner.
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