ISO 6523 ICD Codes for Organizations in Google Search

At the end of November 2023 Google announced extended structured data support for Organizations. This included the option to provide ISO 6523 identifiers for your organization via the iso6523Code schema.org property. These identifiers consist of an ICD (International Code Designator) that indicates the type of identifier and the identifier itself. e.g. Our Australian Business Number (ABN) identifiers have an ICD of 0151, making my business iso6523Code “0151:55609885501”. This property can accept an array of values, letting you identify your business in multiple ways. Many countries have an ICD for their business tax identifier (e.g. VAT number), and there are some more global ones available, e.g.:

  • 0060: Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
  • 0088: GS1 Global Location Number (GLN)
  • 0199: Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

Here’s a simple example of an Organization listing some business identifiers. This was provided by Matthias Wiesmann, who knows a thing or two about this stuff (as in a lot):

{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "Organization",
  "name": "Klick-Tipp Limited",
  "url" : "https://www.klicktipp.com/",
  "iso6523Code": ["0199:9845000B1ED2C9F55818", "0060:2216853822", "9932:113364153"], 
  "address" : {
    "@type" : "PostalAddress",
    "addressCountry": "UK",
    "addressLocality": "London",
    "streetAddress": ["15 Cambridge Court", "210 Shepherd’s Bush Road"],
    "postalCode": "W6 7NJ"
  }
 }
source

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It’s quite hard to find the ICDs that are appropriate for online businesses. So I decided to list them here:

ICDName
0002System Information et Repertoire des Entreprise et des Etablissements: SIRENE
0007Organisationsnummer
0009SIRET-CODE
0037LY-tunnus
0060Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S Number)
0088EAN Location Code
0096DANISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Scheme (EDIRA compliant)
0097FTI – Ediforum Italia, (EDIRA compliant)
0106Vereniging van Kamers van Koophandel en Fabrieken in Nederland (Association of
Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands), Scheme (EDIRA compliant)
0130Directorates of the European Commission
0135SIA Object Identifiers
0142SECETI Object Identifiers
0147Standard Company Code
0151Australian Business Number (ABN) Scheme
0170Teikoku Company Code
0183Numéro d’identification suisse des enterprises (IDE), Swiss Unique Business Identification Number (UIDB)
0184DIGSTORG
0188Corporate Number of The Social Security and Tax Number System
0190Dutch Originator’s Identification Number
0191Centre of Registers and Information Systems of the Ministry of Justice
0192Enhetsregisteret ved Bronnoysundregisterne
0193UBL.BE party identifier
0194KOIOS Open Technical Dictionary
0195Singapore UEN identifier
0196Kennitala – Iceland legal id for individuals and legal entities
0198ERSTORG
0199Global legal entity identifier (GLEIF)
0200Legal entity code (Lithuania)
0201Codice Univoco Unità Organizzativa iPA
0202Indirizzo di Posta Elettronica Certificata
0203eDelivery Network Participant identifier
0204Leitweg-ID
0205CODDEST
0208Numero d’entreprise / ondernemingsnummer / Unternehmensnummer
0209GS1 identification keys
0210CODICE FISCALE
0211PARTITA IVA
0212Finnish Organization Identifier
0213Finnish Organization Value Add Tax Identifier
0215Net service ID
0216OVTcode
0217The Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Industry establishment number
0218Unified registration number (Latvia)
0221The registered number of the qualified invoice issuer
0225FRCTC ELECTRONIC ADDRESS
0230National e-Invoicing Framework
9901Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health
9910Hungary VAT number
9913Business Registers Network
9914Österreichische Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer
9915Österreichisches Verwaltungs bzw.
Organisationskennzeichen
9918SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL, TELECOMMUNICATION S.W.I.F.T
9919Kennziffer des Unternehmensregisters
9920Agencia Española de Administración Tributaria
9922Andorra VAT number
9923Albania VAT number
9924Bosnia and Herzegovina VAT number
9925Belgium VAT number
9926Bulgaria VAT number
9927Switzerland VAT number
9928Cyprus VAT number
9929Czech Republic VAT number
9930Germany VAT number
9931Estonia VAT number
9932United Kingdom VAT number
9933Greece VAT number
9934Croatia VAT number
9935Ireland VAT number
9936Liechtenstein VAT number
9937Lithuania VAT number
9938Luxemburg VAT number
9939Latvia VAT number
9940Monaco VAT number
9941Montenegro VAT number
9942Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of VAT number
9943Malta VAT number
9944Netherlands VAT number
9945Poland VAT number
9946Portugal VAT number
9947Romania VAT number
9948Serbia VAT number
9949Slovenia VAT number
9950Slovakia VAT number
9951San Marino VAT number
9952Turkey VAT number
9953Holy See (Vatican City State) VAT number
9957French VAT number
9959Employer Identification Number (EIN, USA)
ISO 6523 ICDs