For customs, logistics & onboarding software

EORI validation API.
One key.
Clear results.

Name: EORICheck EORI & VAT Validation API
Brand: EORICheck
Price: 9 EUR

Check customs registration inside your software. Get EORI validity, the register source and a timestamp as JSON. EU VAT checks use the same key. Results may be served from a cache of up to 24 hours; read checked_at before relying on one.

Start with a Free key

See a supplier-list review example →

100 validations / month · 10 requests / minute
Shared across EORI + VAT. No card required.

Need more capacity or daily watches? Paid plans start at €9/month. Compare plans →

Response → your next step

Interactive sample

Choose a response to see what to do

/v1/eori

Valid at the sample check time

Illustrative only · no register check performed

Example source: EU TAXUD
Example freshness: Register response
Fictional check time (UTC): 15 Jan 2026 · 09:30

What your integration should do

Record the returned status, source and UTC check time with your own reference. Keep unresolved checks out of an automatic approval.

Run a first server request →

Scope: EORI registration only. It does not establish ownership, trading history, VAT registration or customs clearance.

Example JSON and scope

{
  "estado": "valido",
  "fuente": "taxud",
  "checked_at": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
}

This sample provides no observation date or validity period. Register publication date is not supplied.

No email, API key or register request needed. No allowance is used.

Want a real public lookup instead?

Public demoNo API key needed

Public example

IT00159560366

See what your software gets

A status you can act on.

Run a real public lookup to see the validity decision, register source and check time.

This demo uses the public website lookup. Integrate with your private key at /v1/eori. Results may come from a 24h cache.

GB EORIUK HMRC

XI + EU-27 EORIEU TAXUD

EU VATEU VIES

One key · two controls

EORI and VAT answer
different questions.

EORI checks customs registration. EU VAT checks VAT registration through VIES. A valid result in one does not establish the other; keep each result, source and check time separately.

Checking VAT manually? Use the VATValidate EU checker → For repeated checks, stay here: one API key covers both. No identifier or API key is passed to VATValidate.

01 / Get access

Try one check.
Then build your integration.

Use a supported identifier from your workflow. Save the new key securely, inspect the result, then check your remaining allowance. Stay on Free if it fits.

01Request access
02Save the key privately
03Check on your server

Free includes EORI + VAT validation. Recurring watches require a paid plan. Keep API keys on your server, out of browser code and recordings.

Already paid? Check your delivered key

02 / Quickstart

One request.
A useful first result.

1. Save your Free key in the server environment variable EORI_API_KEY.
2. Run the EORI request. Inspect estado, fuente and checked_at.
3. Check /v1/usage. EORI and VAT consume the same allowance. For VAT, use /v1/vat?number=IE6388047V.

Full OpenAPI 3.1 specification →

Need a manual pre-check before integrating? Read the EU EORI lookup guide for EU-27 and XI customs workflows.

Server-side only

# Set EORI_API_KEY privately in your shell first.
curl --fail-with-body 'https://eoricheck.com/v1/eori?number=IT00159560366' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EORI_API_KEY"

# Same key, shared EORI + VAT allowance:
curl --fail-with-body 'https://eoricheck.com/v1/usage' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EORI_API_KEY"

Customs software

Check the EORI entered on a booking; route unresolved results to review.

Supplier onboarding

Keep EORI and VAT checks separate in your decision, using one API key.

Your audit record

Store the returned status, source and UTC check time alongside your reference.

03 / Choose capacity when you need it

Start Free.
Pay for the workload you have.

Stay on Free for up to 100 shared validations per month. Mini includes 500 shared validations and one daily EORI watch for €9/month. Choose Starter or above when you need more capacity. Confirm countries, monthly volume and peak request rate before choosing.

Free / Try and keep using

100 shared validations / month

10 requests/min · No recurring watches · No card

Starter / More capacity + monitoring

5,000 shared validations / month

60 requests/min · 5 daily EORI watches

Base €19/month. The checkout shows the amount due before payment.

Moving to a paid plan: receipt, key email, then usage

Find the receipt and the key email. Check the inbox and spam folder for the address used at checkout. A receipt confirms the transaction details; it does not prove key delivery. The EORICheck key email uses Isabella Franco | EORICheck <hello@eoricheck.com>.
Use the delivered paid key. Your first paid purchase delivers a separate key. Your original Free key stays Free; requesting another Free key will not recover paid access. One delivered key supports EORI and VAT with a shared allowance.
Check the plan before adding watches. Run GET /v1/usage with the delivered key on your server. This reads your plan and remaining allowance without consuming a validation. Compare tier, quota and rate_per_minute with the plan on your receipt.

# Set EORI_API_KEY privately to the key from your paid delivery email.
curl --fail-with-body 'https://eoricheck.com/v1/usage' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EORI_API_KEY"

Expected API limits for your paid plan
Tier	Shared validations/month	Requests/min
mini	500	10
starter	5,000	60
growth	25,000	120
scale	100,000	300

Already paid but still seeing Free, an error or no key email? Do not purchase again to fix access. Confirm that you used the delivered key, then contact EORICheck support with the receipt reference, purchase time and error code. Never send API keys or card details. A failed request leaves access unverified.

Once the expected plan is confirmed, run your first API check or open monitoring with the delivered key. Adding the first watch creates its initial record; email alerts are sent when the result changes, not merely when a watch is added.

Find the smallest plan for your workload

Count EORI and VAT API validations together. Scheduled monitoring checks do not use that API allowance. These estimates stay in your browser.

API validations per monthPeak API requests per minuteIdentifiers to monitorMonitoring frequency

Free fits this capacity: €0/month base. No purchase needed for these limits. Get a Free key

Capacity fit is not confirmation of country coverage, payment availability or activation. Monitoring alerts go to one account email; webhooks are not included. Confirm supported countries and the final checkout currency and taxes before paying.

Free

Kick the tyres. No card.

€0/mo

100 validations / month
EORI + VAT from one key
10 requests / minute
Official HMRC + TAXUD + VIES responses · cache up to 24h

Get free key

Mini

For a small recurring workflow.

€9/mo

500 shared EORI + VAT validations / month
10 requests / minute
1 daily EORI watch + change alerts
Email support

Your first purchase delivers a new paid key. Replace the Free key in your integration with the delivered key; the original Free key stays Free.

Fulfillment target: key email within 10 minutes after the payment is confirmed. Support response target: 2 business days.

Choose Mini

Starter

For a single integration.

€19/mo

5,000 validations / month
60 requests / minute
EORI + VAT from one key
Dated CSV export with source + UTC
5 daily EORI watches + change alerts
Email support

Your first purchase delivers a new paid key. Replace the Free key in your integration with the delivered key; the original Free key stays Free.

Fulfillment target: key email within 10 minutes after the payment is confirmed. Support response target: 2 business days.

Choose Starter

Higher volume

Growth

For a busy customs desk.

€49/mo

25,000 validations / month
120 requests / minute
Batch CSV upload + dated report
50 daily EORI watches + change alerts
Priority email support

Your first purchase delivers a new paid key. Replace the Free key in your integration with the delivered key; the original Free key stays Free.

Fulfillment target: key email within 10 minutes after the payment is confirmed. Support response target: 1 business day.

Choose Growth

Scale

For platforms and brokers.

€99/mo

100,000 validations / month
300 requests / minute
Bulk + PDF verification records
250 EORI watches · checks every 6 hours
SLA available on request

Your first purchase delivers a new paid key. Replace the Free key in your integration with the delivered key; the original Free key stays Free.

Fulfillment target: key email within 10 minutes after the payment is confirmed. Support response target: 1 business day.

Choose Scale

Base prices are in EUR. A “Choose” button opens a secure Stripe checkout that shows the amount due before payment. A “Request” button only sends your contact request; it does not activate a subscription or take payment. Paid plans renew monthly. To cancel, email hello@eoricheck.com from the address used at checkout. The key keeps its paid limits until the end of the month already paid, then returns to Free limits. If a renewal is charged after you asked us to cancel, we refund it.

Operated by Covo Franco Digital LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company · 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801. Contact EORICheck.

Already have a key or lost it?

Free key: check your password manager or server configuration. It was shown when issued and was not emailed. Requesting it again with the same email will not reveal the secret.
Paid key: check the inbox and spam folder for the address used at checkout. Your first purchase sends a separate key; your original Free key stays Free. Check paid access.
Still unable to access it? Email EORICheck support from the address used to request the key or pay. Include the approximate request date, any error code and, for a paid key, the receipt reference. Support must verify account ownership before changing access. Never send API keys or card details.

Do not purchase another plan to recover access. If you no longer control the original email address, mention that in your support request; an email lookup alone cannot establish ownership.

API reference

Endpoints & response handling

https://eoricheck.com

GET/v1/eori?number=IT00159560366GB → HMRC · XI / EU-27 → TAXUD

GET/v1/vat?number=IE6388047VEU VAT → VIES · same key and quota

GET/v1/usagePlan, current period, used and remaining validations

GET/v1/monitoringEORI watches and your plan allowance

POST/v1/monitoring/watchesCreate a paid-plan EORI watch with an initial register check

Read the result, not just HTTP 200

valido means valid at the check time; no_valido means not valid. Other states need review or retry. A response from kv-cache may be up to 24 hours old. Read registro when supplied for the original EORI register.

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer <key> or x-api-key. Inspect X-Quota-* headers and /v1/usage for remaining capacity.

401

Missing or invalid key.

402

Validation paused: monthly quota reached or key canceled. Read the error message and the guide below.

403

Feature not included in your tier.

422

Malformed EORI or VAT number.

429

Rate limit reached. Respect Retry-After.

502

Troubleshooting · HTTP 402

Quota reached, or a canceled key?

The same HTTP status can have different causes. Read the response's error message before deciding what to do. A 402 is not an EORI or VAT validity result.

Message says monthly quota reached

Pause the validation queue. Repeating the same request immediately does not restore the monthly allowance.
On your server, inspect GET /v1/usage with the same key. Compare period, used, quota and remaining. EORI and VAT share this allowance.
If capacity is exhausted, wait for the next monthly period before resuming. Concurrent requests can temporarily reserve capacity; a later usage snapshot may differ from the moment the request was refused.

Message says this key is canceled

Pause retries and confirm which key your server is configured to use. Waiting for a new month does not resolve a canceled-key message.
Follow the existing key access steps. Do not purchase another plan just to recover access.
A successful /v1/usage response describes capacity; it does not report whether the key is canceled. A positive remaining value alone does not prove that validation is available.

Different message, or usage unavailable? Keep the cause unresolved. Save the HTTP status, endpoint path and UTC time for your own review. If you need help, use the existing support steps; never send a key, authorization header or full request URL containing credentials. Reading this guide sends no API request.

Before you integrate

Common questions.

EORICheck is independent of HMRC, the European Commission, TAXUD and VIES.

What does an EORI validation API do?

It checks whether an EORI customs registration number is valid in the relevant register and returns a result your software can read. EORICheck returns JSON with a validity status, source and check time. A valid EORI is not a guarantee that a shipment will clear customs.

Which countries and registers are supported?

GB EORI numbers are checked through UK HMRC. XI and EU-27 EORI numbers use EU TAXUD. EU VAT validation uses VIES through a separate endpoint with the same key. EORICheck is independent of these authorities and does not provide worldwide tax-ID validation.

Is the API free, and when would I need a paid plan?

Free includes 100 EORI and VAT validations per month combined, at up to 10 requests per minute, with no recurring watches. Stay on Free if it fits. Mini is EUR9/month for 500 shared validations, 10 requests per minute and one daily EORI watch. Starter has a base price of EUR19/month, 5,000 shared validations, 60 requests per minute and 5 daily EORI watches. Confirm your countries, monthly volume and peak rate before choosing a paid plan.

Are results always fresh?

API results may come from a 24-hour cache. Read checked_at for the time of the underlying check, fuente for the response source and registro when supplied for the EORI register. A cached response is not a new register check. Scheduled monitoring performs live checks at the plan cadence.

How should my integration handle an unavailable register?

Treat network failures, non-success HTTP responses and an error or unsupported status as no validity decision. Do not mark the number invalid. Use a bounded retry policy and review unresolved cases; respect Retry-After for rate limits.

Does Free include monitoring and alerts?

No. Mini includes one daily EORI watch. Starter includes up to 5 daily EORI watches, Growth up to 50 daily watches, and Scale up to 250 watches checked every 6 hours. Watch checks do not consume the API validation quota. Alerts go to one email destination when a status changes; the initial check is not a change alert.

Need a workflow around the API?

Validate a list, or check EORI status on a schedule.

Batch CSV tool →EORI monitoring →

EORI validation API.One key.Clear results.

What your integration should do

EORI and VAT answerdifferent questions.

Try one check.Then build your integration.

One request.A useful first result.

Customs software

Supplier onboarding

Your audit record

Start Free.Pay for the workload you have.

Find the smallest plan for your workload

Free

Mini

Starter

Growth

Scale

Already have a key or lost it?

Endpoints & response handling

Read the result, not just HTTP 200

Common questions.

Need a workflow around the API?

EORI validation API.
One key.
Clear results.

EORI and VAT answer
different questions.

Try one check.
Then build your integration.

One request.
A useful first result.

Start Free.
Pay for the workload you have.