{"id":1362547,"date":"2018-12-21T21:01:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T19:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/?page_id=1362547"},"modified":"2025-09-29T04:21:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T01:21:28","slug":"barcode-company-prefix","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/en\/barcode-company-prefix\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcode Company Prefix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Barcode Company Prefix<\/h1>\n<p>Some manufacturers wish to have a unique company prefix for their barcodes.<\/p>\n<p>There are only two sure ways to get a company prefix like this \u2013 you can join GS1 (&amp; pay their expensive joining fee and annual fees for the rest of your product life), or you can purchase barcodes from us in blocks of 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000. We are the ONLY barcode seller that we know of that provides unique company prefixes like this.<\/p>\n<p>If you purchase 1 barcode number, then you will not be supplied with a company prefix (no barcode company supplies this).<\/p>\n<p>However if you purchase barcodes in lots of 10, 100, 1000 etc from us, then they will have a unique company prefix.<br \/>\nThe length of the company prefix will be dependent upon how many variations are required to make a total of 13 digits.<br \/>\nFor example \u2013 if you purchase 10 barcode numbers, then of the 13 digits, the first 11 will be your company prefix, the 12th digit will vary from 0-9 (giving you 10 different barcode numbers), and the last digit is a calculated checksum.<br \/>\nSimilarly if you purchase 20 barcode numbers, you will get 2 company prefixes (giving 10 barcodes for each).<br \/>\nIf you purchase 100 barcode numbers, then of the 13 digits, the first 10 will be your company prefix, the 11th &amp; 12th digits will vary from 00-99 (giving you 100 different barcode numbers), and the last digit is a calculated checksum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barcodes can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/barcode-images\/\">Barcode image<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Manufacturer Code \u2013 Myth<\/h2>\n<p>There is common myth that a barcode number is split into 4 parts. eg this from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/International_Article_Number\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The 13-digit EAN-13 number consists of four components:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Prefix \u2013 3 digits (often called a country code) <a href=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/WqAl6muh7RUCdAv19QoG6A\/9e8903c8-7500-4d19-3ac0-c34a2b706c00\/public\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redX\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1362550\" src=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png\" alt=\"redX\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 29px) 100vw, 29px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Manufacturer Code \u2013 variable length <a href=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/WqAl6muh7RUCdAv19QoG6A\/9e8903c8-7500-4d19-3ac0-c34a2b706c00\/public\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redX\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1362550\" src=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png\" alt=\"redX\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 29px) 100vw, 29px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/WqAl6muh7RUCdAv19QoG6A\/9e8903c8-7500-4d19-3ac0-c34a2b706c00\/public\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redX\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1362550\" src=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png\" alt=\"redX\" width=\"29\" height=\"29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2018\/12\/redX.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 29px) 100vw, 29px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Product Code \u2013 variable length<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Check digit<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyloaded alignnone wp-image-1400612\" title=\"EAN-13\" src=\"https:\/\/Barcodesegypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2017\/09\/EAN-13-Jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"EAN-13\" width=\"230\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This concept was true-ish for many years. Originally GS1 issued blocks of 100,000 numbers to maufacturers \u2013 these were numbered 00000 to 99999 and were digits 8-12 of the 13 digit numbers. When combined with a 3 digit country code at the start of the number, this left digits 4 to 7 for the \u2018manufacturer code\u2019.<br \/>\nHowever, GS1 realised that issuing blocks of 100,000 numbers to companies that might only need a few barcode numbers was very wasteful, and with a limited quantity of EAN13 numbers available (a million million are available worldwide at the most), they needed to change their system.\u00a0 So in various countries the starting block of numbers issued was reduced to 10,000 or 1,000 or 100 or 10 \u2026 or even 1.<\/p>\n<p>So \u2013 considering the number above \u2013 if it was issued as a block of 100,000 numbers, then it could be broken down as \u2013<br \/>\n070 = country code\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5632 = manufacturer code\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 44194 = product code\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7 = check digit<br \/>\nThis can be written as\u00a0 cccmmmmpppppc (ccc = country code, mmmm = manufacturer code, ppppp= product code, c = check digit)<\/p>\n<p>However, if only 10,000 numbers are issued to the manufacturer, then the breakdown is cccmmmmmppppc<br \/>\nAnd for 1,000 numbers it is cccmmmmmmpppc<br \/>\nAnd for 100 numbers it is cccmmmmmmmppc<br \/>\nAnd for 10 numbers it is ccmmmmmmmmpc<br \/>\nYou will see with this pattern that the ccc and mmm parts would be expected to stay the same for a manufacturer, and their produc variations would be denoted by the pp part of the number.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But<\/strong> what would happen if GS1 issued a single number? How could a single number have a common \u2018manufacturer code\u2019 and then a part that varies (the product code)?<br \/>\nFollowing this pattern, the code (for a single number) should be cccmmmmmmmmmc \u2013 but this is meaningless as there is no \u201cproduct code\u201d.\u00a0 So in reality a number like this should be expressed as cccpppppppppc \u2013 where the full sequence of \u2018p\u2019 is the product code, and there is no manufacturer code.\u00a0 (or even as pppppppppppc)<br \/>\nObviously this is logical \u2013 if a single number is issued, then that full number is the product code and there is no common \u2018manufacturer code\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So<\/strong> \u2013 if GS1 issued single barcode numbers to manufacturers, they would be effectively demonstrating that this breakdown of barcode numbers into country code \/ manufacturer code \/ product code \/ check digit is a myth, as they would be issing number that had no identifiable manufacturer code and product code.<br \/>\n<strong>And<\/strong> \u2013 this is what GS1 has done in New Zealand &amp; Australia at least \u2013 they issue single numbers to manufacturers, and in doing so they clearly demonstrate that this \u2018manufacturer code\u2019 concept is not always true, and is definitely not important or essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcode Company Prefix Some manufacturers wish to have a unique company prefix for their barcodes. There are only two sure ways to get a company prefix like this \u2013 you can join GS1 (&amp; pay their expensive joining fee and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barcodesegypt.com\/en\/barcode-company-prefix\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1362547","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Barcode Company Prefix - Barcodesegypt.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wrong concept on Barcode Company Prefix and country code (International Article Number, EAN-13, UPC) Manufacturer Code \u2013 Myth. 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