EU VAT ID Validator API

EU VAT identification number format validation as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The validate endpoint takes a VAT number, strips spaces, dots and hyphens, reads the two-letter country prefix and checks the remaining body against that member state’s official structure — Germany’s nine digits, Austria’s U-plus-eight, the Netherlands’ nine-digits-B-two, France’s two-character prefix plus nine digits, Italy’s eleven digits, and so on for all 27 EU countries plus Northern Ireland (XI), correctly using EL for Greece rather than GR. It returns whether the format is valid, the country, and the expected pattern, so DE123456789 and ATU12345678 pass while a German number with only eight digits or a US prefix is rejected. The format endpoint looks up the expected VAT pattern for any country code, or lists all supported ones. This is an offline structure check — a valid format does not prove the number is registered, for which a live VIES lookup is needed. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for e-commerce, invoicing, accounting, B2B-checkout and tax-compliance app developers, VAT-field validation and onboarding tools, and finance software. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 2 endpoints. This validates VAT-number format; for VAT tax rates use a VAT/tax API.