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Merchant

Merchant object represents the business operating with SumUp.

A Merchant is a business and a User can own and/or manage multiple businesses. Within SumUp every Merchant is identified by its merchant code, typically a string like MK01A8C2. For a detailed list of properties of the Merchant, please have a look at the Merchants API reference.

The company field of the Merchant contains the business’s legal information. This is the data SumUp checks when verifying the merchant before enabling products.

A key part of the company data are identification numbers contained in the identifiers array. Each identifier is a CompanyIdentifier object with:

  • ref (string): the unique reference for the identifier type
  • value (string): the actual identifier value

For every identifier, we use a unique reference as key following the pattern {country_code}.{identifier_type}. The prefix indicates the country (using ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes), and the suffix identifies the specific type of identifier.

CountryNameReference
Argentina (AR)Clave Única de Identificación Tributariaar.cuit
Australia (AU)Australian Business Numberau.abn
Australia (AU)Australian Company Numberau.acn
Austria (AT)Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummerat.uid
Austria (AT)Abgabenkontonummerat.abgabenkontonummer
Austria (AT)Zentrale Vereinsregister-Zahlat.zvr
Austria (AT)Firmenbuchnummerat.fn
Belgium (BE)Belasting over de Toegevoegde Waarde nummerbe.btw
Belgium (BE)Ondernemingsnummerbe.ondernemingsnummer
Brazil (BR)Cadastro Nacional de Pessoa Juridicabr.cnpj
Bulgaria (BG)Identifikacionen nomer po DDSbg.dds
Bulgaria (BG)BULSTAT Unified Identification Codebg.uic
Canada (CA)Business Numberca.business_number
Canada (CA)GST/HST Numberca.gst_hst_number
Canada (CA)QST Number (Quebec)ca.qst_number
Chile (CL)Rol Único Tributariocl.rut
Colombia (CO)Número de Identificación Tributariaco.nit
Croatia (HR)Osobni identifikacijski brojhr.oib
Cyprus (CY)Arithmós Engraphḗs phi. pi. a.cy.fpa
Cyprus (CY)Company Registration Numbercy.crn
Czech Republic (CZ)Daňové identifikační číslocz.dic
Czech Republic (CZ)Identifikační číslo osobycz.ico
Denmark (DK)CVR-nummerdk.cvr
Denmark (DK)CVR-nummerdk.cvr
Estonia (EE)Käibemaksukohustuslase numberee.kmkr
Estonia (EE)Äriregistri Koodee.reg
Finland (FI)Arvonlisäveronumero Mervärdesskattenummerfi.alv
Finland (FI)Y-tunnusfi.yt
France (FR)Numéro d'identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée / Numéro de TVA intracommunautairefr.tva
France (FR)Système d'identification du répertoire des entreprisesfr.siren
France (FR)Système d’identification du répertoire des établissementsfr.siret
France (FR)Numéro Répertoire national des associations / Numéro RNAfr.rna
Germany (DE)Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummerde.ust_idnr
Germany (DE)Handelsregister A Nummerde.hra
Germany (DE)Handelsregister B Nummerde.hrb
Germany (DE)Vereinsregenister Nummerde.vr
Germany (DE)Other registration numbersde.other
Greece (GR)Arithmós Forologikou Mētrṓou - ΑΦΜgr.afm
Greece (GR)General Commercial Registry number.gr.gemi
Hungary (HU)Közösségi adószámhu.anum
Hungary (HU)Cégjegyzékszámhu.cegjegyzekszam
Hungary (HU)Adószámhu.adoszam
Ireland (IE)Value added tax identification no.ie.vat
Ireland (IE)Tax Registration Numberie.trn
Ireland (IE)Value added tax identification no.ie.crn
Ireland (IE)Tax identification number for charitiesie.chy
Italy (IT)Partita IVAit.p_iva
Italy (IT)REA Numberit.rea_number
Latvia (LV)PVN reģistrācijas numurslv.pvn
Latvia (LV)Reģistrācijas numurlv.registracijas_numur
Lithuania (LT)PVM mokėtojo kodaslt.pvm_kodas
Lithuania (LT)Įmonės kodaslt.imones_kodas
Luxembourg (LU)Numéro d'identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutéelu.tva
Luxembourg (LU)Matriculelu.matricule
Luxembourg (LU)Numéro d'identification uniquelu.rcs
Malta (MT)Numru tal-VATmt.vat_no
Malta (MT)Business Registration Numbermt.brn
Mexico (MX)Registro Federal de Contribuyentesmx.rfc
Netherlands (NL)Btw-nummernl.btw
Netherlands (NL)Kamer van Koophandel nummernl.kvk
Norway (NO)MVA-nummerno.mva
Norway (NO)Organisasjonsnummerno.orgnr
Poland (PL)Numer identyfikacji podatkowejpl.nip
Poland (PL)Numer Krajowego Rejestru Sądowegopl.krs
Poland (PL)Numer Rejestr Gospodarki Narodowejpl.regon
Portugal (PT)Número de Identificação Fiscalpt.nif
Portugal (PT)Número de Identificação de Pessoa Coletivapt.nipc
Portugal (PT)Código de acesso à certidão permanentept.codigo
Romania (RO)Codul de TVAro.cui
Romania (RO)Codul Unic de Înregistrarero.cui
Romania (RO)Codul de identificare fiscalăro.cif
Romania (RO)Numărul de ordine în registrul comerţuluiro.onrc
Slovakia (SK)Identifikačné číslo pre daň z pridanej hodnotysk.dph
Slovakia (SK)Identifikačné číslo organizáciesk.ico
Slovenia (SI)Identifikacijska številka za DDVsi.ddv
Slovenia (SI)Matična številkasi.maticna
Spain (ES)Número de Identificación Fiscales.nif
Spain (ES)Certificado de Identificación Fiscales.cif
Sweden (SE)VAT-nummerse.momsnr
Sweden (SE)Organisationsnumretse.orgnr
Switzerland (CH)Mehrwertsteuernummer / Taxe sur la valeur ajoutée / Imposta sul valore aggiuntoch.mwst
Switzerland (CH)Unternehmens-Identifikationsnummerch.uid
United Kingdom (GB)Value added tax registration numbergb.vrn
United Kingdom (GB)The company registration number for companies registered with Companies Housegb.crn
United States (US)Social Security Numberus.ssn
United States (US)Employer Identification Numberus.ein
United States (US)Social Security Numberus.itin
United States (US)Social Security Numberus.ssn
United States (US)Employer Identification Numberus.ein
United States (US)Social Security Numberus.itin

Example:

{
"identifiers": [
{
"ref": "de.hrb",
"value": "HRB 123456 B"
},
{
"ref": "de.ust_idnr",
"value": "DE123456789"
}
]
}

Legal type is the official way the business is set up and recognized by the law. Legal types are of the pattern {country_code}.{identifier_type}. The prefix indicates the country (using ISO3166-1 alpha-2(Opens in a new tab)), and the suffix identifies the specific legal type within that country.

CountryDescriptionReference
Argentina (AR)Persona Naturalar.pers
Argentina (AR)Empresa Unipersonal (E.U.)ar.eu
Argentina (AR)Sociedad Anónima (S.A.)ar.sa
Argentina (AR)Sociedad Anónima Unipersonal (S.A.U.)ar.sau
Argentina (AR)Sociedad Anónima Cerrada (S.A.C.)ar.sas
Argentina (AR)Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (S.R.L.)ar.srl
Argentina (AR)Sociedad Colectivaar.sociedad_colectiva
Argentina (AR)Sociedad en Comandita por Accionesar.sociedad_en_comandita_por_acciones
Argentina (AR)Sociedad en Comandita Simplear.sociedad_en_comandita_simple
Argentina (AR)Asociación Civilar.asociación_civil
Argentina (AR)Fundaciónar.fundación
Australia (AU)Agentau.agt
Australia (AU)Trustau.trust
Australia (AU)Co-operativeau.coop
Australia (AU)Sole Traderau.st
Australia (AU)Companyau.co
Australia (AU)Partnershipau.pship
Australia (AU)Associationau.assoc
Austria (AT)Alle nicht registrierten Einzelunternehmen und freien Berufe ohne andere Gesellschaftsformat.freiberufler
Austria (AT)Eingetragenes Einzelunternehmen (e. U.)at.eu
Austria (AT)Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts (GesbR)at.gesbr
Austria (AT)Offene Gesellschaft (OG)at.og
Austria (AT)Kommanditgesellschaft (KG)at.kg
Austria (AT)Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)at.gmbh
Austria (AT)Aktiengesellschaft (AG)at.ag
Austria (AT)Vereinat.verein
Austria (AT)Andere Rechtsformenat.andere
Belgium (BE)Entreprise individuellebe.ei
Belgium (BE)Partenariatbe.partenariat
Belgium (BE)Société en Nom Collectif (SNC)be.vof
Belgium (BE)Société en Commandite par Action (SCA)be.sca
Belgium (BE)Société en Commandite Simple (SCS)be.cv
Belgium (BE)Société Anonyme (SA)be.nv
Belgium (BE)Société à responsabilité limitée (S.R.L.)be.sprl
Belgium (BE)Fondationsbe.stichting
Belgium (BE)Association Sans But Lucratif (ASBL)be.asbl
Belgium (BE)Société Coopérative à Responsabilité Limitée (SC/SCRL)be.scscrl
Belgium (BE)Société Coopérative à Responsabilité Illimitée (SCRI)be.scri
Belgium (BE)Agence Publiquebe.state_agency
Brazil (BR)Pessoa Físicabr.pessoa_fisica
Brazil (BR)LTDAbr.ltda
Brazil (BR)S/A Capital Abertobr.sa_capital_aberto
Brazil (BR)S/A Capital Fechadobr.sa_capital_fechado
Brazil (BR)Sociedade Simplesbr.sociedade_simples
Brazil (BR)Cooperativabr.cooperativa
Brazil (BR)Associaçãobr.associacao
Brazil (BR)Fundaçãobr.fundacao
Brazil (BR)Outrosbr.outros
Brazil (BR)Entidade Sindicalbr.entidade_sindical
Brazil (BR)Empresa de Pequeno Porte (EPP)br.empresa_pequeno_porte
Brazil (BR)Empresa Individual de Responsabilidade Limitada (Eireli)br.eireli
Brazil (BR)Pessoa Jurídica paylevenbr.pessoa_juridica_payleven
Brazil (BR)Micro Empreendedor Individual (MEI)br.empresario_individual
Brazil (BR)Pessoa Jurídicabr.pessoa_juridica
Brazil (BR)Empresa individual (EI)br.empresa_individual
Bulgaria (BG)Събирателно дружествоbg.general_partnership
Bulgaria (BG)Командитно дружествоbg.limited_partnership
Bulgaria (BG)Командитно дружество с акцииbg.limited_partnership_with_shares
Bulgaria (BG)Дружество с ограничена oтговорностbg.private_limited_company
Bulgaria (BG)Еднолично дружество с ограничена отговорностbg.private_limited_company_with_a_single_member
Bulgaria (BG)Акционерно дружествоbg.joint-stock_company
Bulgaria (BG)Консорциумbg.association
Bulgaria (BG)Фондацияbg.foundation
Bulgaria (BG)Кооперацияbg.cooperative
Bulgaria (BG)Другоbg.other
Bulgaria (BG)Едноличен търговецbg.sole_trader
Bulgaria (BG)Професионалист на свободна практикаbg.freelancer
Bulgaria (BG)Еднолично акционерно дружествоbg.sole_shareholding_company
Canada (CA)Sole proprietorshipca.sp
Canada (CA)Private companyca.bsns
Canada (CA)Listed public companyca.lpc
Canada (CA)Governmental organizationca.gorg
Canada (CA)Association incorporatedca.asinc
Canada (CA)Nonprofit or charitable organisationca.npro
Canada (CA)Unincorporated partnershipca.unincpar
Canada (CA)Incorporated partnershipca.pship
Chile (CL)Persona Naturalcl.sole_trader
Chile (CL)Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitadacl.ltda
Chile (CL)Sociedad Anónimacl.sa
Chile (CL)Sociedad por Accionescl.sca
Chile (CL)Empresas Individuales de Responsabilidad Limitadacl.eirl
Chile (CL)Sociedad en Comandita Simplecl.scs
Colombia (CO)Sociedad por Acciones Simplificadas (S.A.S.)co.sas
Colombia (CO)Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada (Ltda.)co.ltda
Colombia (CO)Sociedad Colectiva (S.C.)co.sc
Colombia (CO)Sociedad Comandita Simple (S. en C.)co.sec
Colombia (CO)Persona Naturalco.pers
Colombia (CO)Empresa Unipersonal (E.U.)co.eu
Colombia (CO)Sociedad Comandita por Acciones (S.C.A.)co.sca
Colombia (CO)Sociedad Anónima (S.A.)co.sa
Croatia (HR)udrugahr.association_new
Croatia (HR)obrthr.sole_trader_new
Croatia (HR)javno trgovačko društvohr.general_partnership_new
Croatia (HR)komanditno društvohr.limited_partnership_new
Croatia (HR)društvo s ograničenom odgovornošćuhr.private_limited_company_new
Croatia (HR)dioničko društvohr.public_limited_company_new
Croatia (HR)zadrugahr.cooperative_new
Croatia (HR)Drugohr.other_new
Croatia (HR)Ortaštvohr.partnership_of_two_or_more_sole_traders_new
Cyprus (CY)Δημόσια εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνηςcy.public_limited_company
Cyprus (CY)Ατομική επιχείρησηcy.sole_trader
Cyprus (CY)Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης δια μετοχώνcy.private_limited_company
Cyprus (CY)Άλλοcy.other
Cyprus (CY)Εταιρεία περιορισμένης ευθύνης με εγγύησηcy.company_limited_by_guarantee
Cyprus (CY)Ομόρρυθμη εταιρείαcy.general_partnership
Cyprus (CY)Συνεταιρισμόςcy.associations
Cyprus (CY)Ίδρυμαcy.foundation
Cyprus (CY)Ετερόρρυθμη εταιρείαcy.limited_partnership
Czech Republic (CZ)Živnostcz.sole_trader
Czech Republic (CZ)Společnostcz.unregistered_partnership
Czech Republic (CZ)Veřejná obchodní společnostcz.general_partnership
Czech Republic (CZ)Komanditní společnostcz.limited_partnerhip
Czech Republic (CZ)Společnost s ručením omezenýmcz.private_limited_company
Czech Republic (CZ)Akciová společnostcz.public_limited_company
Czech Republic (CZ)Družstvocz.cooperative
Czech Republic (CZ)Zapsaný spolekcz.association
Czech Republic (CZ)Nadační fondcz.foundation
Czech Republic (CZ)jinýcz.other
Denmark (DK)Enkeltmandsvirksomheddk.sole_trader
Denmark (DK)Interessentskabdk.general_partnership
Denmark (DK)Kommanditselskabdk.limited_partnership
Denmark (DK)Partnerselskab or Kommanditaktieselskabdk.partnership_limited_by_shares
Denmark (DK)Anpartsselskabdk.private_limited_company
Denmark (DK)Aktieselskabdk.public_limited_company
Denmark (DK)Andelsselskab med begrænset ansvardk.limited_liability_co-operative
Denmark (DK)Forening med begrænset ansvardk.limited_liability_voluntary_association
Denmark (DK)Foreningdk.association
Denmark (DK)Erhvervsdrivende fonddk.commercial_foundation
Denmark (DK)Ikke-erhvervsdrivende fonddk.non_commercial_foundation
Denmark (DK)Andendk.other
Estonia (EE)Füüsilisest Isikust Ettevõtjaee.sole_trader
Estonia (EE)Täisühingee.general_partnership
Estonia (EE)Usaldusühingee.limited_partnership
Estonia (EE)Osaühingee.private_limited_company
Estonia (EE)Aktsiaseltsee.public_limited_company
Estonia (EE)Ühistuee.cooperative
Estonia (EE)Muud liikiee.other
Estonia (EE)Tulundusühistuee.commercial_association
Finland (FI)Avoin yhtiöfi.general_partnership
Finland (FI)Kommandiittiyhtiöfi.limited_partnership
Finland (FI)Osakeyhtiöfi.private_limited_company
Finland (FI)Julkinen osakeyhtiöfi.public_limited_company
Finland (FI)Osuuskuntafi.cooperative
Finland (FI)Rekisteröity yhdistysfi.registered_association
Finland (FI)Säätiöfi.foundation
Finland (FI)Muutfi.other
Finland (FI)Yksityinen elinkeinonharjoittajafi.sole_trader
France (FR)Entrepreneur Individuel is a sole trader legal type.fr.ei
France (FR)EURLfr.eurl
France (FR)SARLfr.sarl
France (FR)SAfr.sa
France (FR)SASfr.sas
France (FR)SASUfr.sasu
France (FR)SNCfr.snc
France (FR)Associationfr.association
France (FR)Autresfr.autres
Germany (DE)Alle nicht registrierten Einzelunternehmen und freien Berufe ohne andere Gesellschaftsformde.freiberufler
Germany (DE)Eingetragener Kaufmann / Eingetragene Kauffrau (e.K., e.Kfm. oder e.Kfr.)de.ekfr
Germany (DE)Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts (GbR)de.gbr
Germany (DE)Offene Handelsgesellschaft (OHG)de.ohg
Germany (DE)Kommanditgesellschaft (KG)de.kg
Germany (DE)Unternehmergesellschaft (UG (haftungsbeschränkt))de.ug
Germany (DE)Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH)de.gmbh
Germany (DE)GmbH & Co. KGde.gmbhco
Germany (DE)Aktiengesellschaft (AG)de.ag
Germany (DE)Eingetragener Verein (e.V.)de.ev
Germany (DE)Andere Rechtsformende.andere
Germany (DE)Stiftungde.stiftung
Germany (DE)Genossenschaft (eG)de.genossenschaft
Germany (DE)Körperschaft öffentlichen Rechts (KöR)de.koerperschaft
Greece (GR)Atomikí epicheírisi / ατομική επιχείρησηgr.sole_trader
Greece (GR)Omórithmi Etaireía / Ομόρρυθμη Εταιρείαgr.general_partnership
Greece (GR)Eterórithmi Etaireía / Ετερόρρυθμη Εταιρίαgr.limited_partnership
Greece (GR)Anónimi Etaireía / Ανώνυμη Εταιρείαgr.public_limited_company
Greece (GR)Etaireía Periorisménis Euthínis / Εταιρεία Περιορισμένης Ευθύνηςgr.private_limited_company
Greece (GR)Monoprósopi Etaireía Periorisménis Euthínis / Μονοπρόσωπηgr.ltd_with_a_single_member
Greece (GR)Άλλοgr.other
Greece (GR)Συνεταιρισμόςgr.association
Greece (GR)Ίδρυμαgr.foundation
Hungary (HU)Egyéni vállalkozóhu.sole_trader
Hungary (HU)Egyéni céghu.registered_sole_trader
Hungary (HU)Betéti társasághu.limited_partnership
Hungary (HU)Közkereseti társasághu.general_partnership
Hungary (HU)Korlátolt felelősségű társasághu.private_limited_company
Hungary (HU)Nyilvánosan működő részvénytársasághu.public_limited_company
Hungary (HU)Zártközűen működő részvénytársasághu.privately_held_company
Hungary (HU)Társasághu.cooperative
Hungary (HU)Szövetséghu.association
Hungary (HU)Alapítványhu.foundation
Hungary (HU)Máshu.other
Ireland (IE)Sole proprietorship / sole traderie.sole_trader
Ireland (IE)All clubs or societiesie.society
Ireland (IE)All schools, colleges or universitiesie.edu
Ireland (IE)All other legal formsie.other
Ireland (IE)Private limited companyie.limited
Ireland (IE)All partnershipsie.partnership
Italy (IT)Società a responsabilità limitata semplificata (Srls)it.srls
Italy (IT)Società a responsabilità limitata unipersonale (Srl Uni)it.srl_uni
Italy (IT)Società Semplice (S.s.)it.ss
Italy (IT)Libero Professionistait.libero
Italy (IT)Imprenditore individualeit.individuale
Italy (IT)Società in nome collettivo (S.n.c.)it.snc
Italy (IT)Società in accomandita semplice (S.a.s)it.sas
Italy (IT)Società Cooperativait.societa_cooperative
Italy (IT)Società per Azioni (Spa)it.spa
Italy (IT)Società a responsabilità limitata (Srl)it.srl
Italy (IT)Società di capitaliit.società_di_capitali
Italy (IT)Società di personeit.società_di_persone
Italy (IT)Società in accomandita per azioniit.siapa
Italy (IT)Agenzia Stataleit.agenzia_statale
Italy (IT)Associazioniit.associazioni
Latvia (LV)Individuālais komersantslv.sole_trader
Latvia (LV)Komandītsabiedrībalv.limited_partnership
Latvia (LV)Pilnsabiedrībalv.general_partnership
Latvia (LV)Sabiedrība ar ierobežotu atbildībulv.private_limited_company
Latvia (LV)Akciju sabiedrībalv.public_limited_company
Latvia (LV)Asociācijalv.association
Latvia (LV)Fondslv.foundation
Lithuania (LT)Individuali veiklalt.sole_trader
Lithuania (LT)Individuali įmonėlt.individual_company
Lithuania (LT)Tikroji ūkinė bendrijalt.general_partnership
Lithuania (LT)Komanditinė ūkinė bendrijalt.limited_partnership
Lithuania (LT)Mažoji bendrijalt.small_partnership
Lithuania (LT)Uždaroji akcinė bendrovėlt.private_limited_company
Lithuania (LT)Akcinė bendrovėlt.public_limited_company
Lithuania (LT)Kooperatinė bendrovėlt.cooperative
Lithuania (LT)Asociacijalt.association
Lithuania (LT)Fondaslt.foundation
Lithuania (LT)Kitaslt.other
Luxembourg (LU)Entrepreneur Individuallu.sole_trader
Luxembourg (LU)Société en commandite simplelu.limited_partnership
Luxembourg (LU)Sociéteé civil or sociéteé en nom collectiflu.general_partnership
Luxembourg (LU)Société en commandité par actionslu.partnership_limited_by_shares
Luxembourg (LU)Société à responsabilitée limitéelu.private_limited_company
Luxembourg (LU)Société anonymelu.public_limited_company
Luxembourg (LU)Société co-opérativelu.cooperative
Luxembourg (LU)Associationlu.association
Luxembourg (LU)Autreslu.other
Malta (MT)Sole tradermt.sole_trader
Malta (MT)Limited partnershipmt.limited_partnership
Malta (MT)General partnershipmt.general_partnership
Malta (MT)Private limited companymt.private_limited_company
Malta (MT)Public limited companymt.public_limited_company
Malta (MT)Associationmt.associations
Malta (MT)Foundationmt.foundation
Malta (MT)Othermt.other
Mexico (MX)Persona fisicamx.persona_fisica
Mexico (MX)Persona moralmx.persona_moral
Mexico (MX)Empresa sin fin de lucromx.empresa_sin_fin_de_lucro
Netherlands (NL)Zzp (Zelfstandige Zonder Personeel)nl.zzp
Netherlands (NL)Eenmanszaak (KvK registratie)nl.kvk
Netherlands (NL)Maatschapnl.maatschap
Netherlands (NL)Vennootschap Onder Firma (VOF)nl.vof
Netherlands (NL)Commanditaire Vennootschap (CV)nl.cv
Netherlands (NL)Naamloze Vennootschap (NV)nl.nv
Netherlands (NL)Besloten Vennootschap (BV)nl.bv
Netherlands (NL)Stichtingnl.stichting
Netherlands (NL)Vereniging met volledige rechtsbevoegdheidnl.vvr
Netherlands (NL)Vereniging met beperkte rechtsbevoegdheidnl.vbr
Netherlands (NL)Coöperatie en Onderlinge Waarborgmaatschappijnl.cow
Netherlands (NL)Overheidsinstellingnl.overheidsinstelling
Netherlands (NL)Verenigingnl.vereniging
Norway (NO)Enkeltpersonforetakno.sole_trader
Norway (NO)Kommandittselsjapno.limited_partnership
Norway (NO)Ansvarlig Selskapno.general_partnership
Norway (NO)Aksjeselskapno.private_limited_company
Norway (NO)Allmennaksjeselskapno.public_limited_company
Norway (NO)Samvirkeforetakno.cooperative
Norway (NO)Stiftelseno.foundation
Norway (NO)Foreningno.association
Norway (NO)Norskregistrert Utenlandsk Foretakno.norwegian_registered_foreign_enterprise
Norway (NO)Annenno.other
Peru (PE)Persona Naturalpe.pers
Peru (PE)Empresa Unipersonal (E.U.)pe.eu
Peru (PE)Empresa Individual de Responsabilidad Limitada (E.I.R.L.)pe.eirl
Peru (PE)Sociedad Anónima (S.A.)pe.sa
Peru (PE)Sociedad Anónima Abierta (S.A.A.)pe.saa
Peru (PE)Sociedad Anónima Cerrada (S.A.C.)pe.sac
Peru (PE)Sociedad Comercial de Responsabilidad Limitada (S.R.L.)pe.srl
Peru (PE)Sociedad por Acciones Cerrada Simplificada (S.A.C.S.)pe.sacs
Peru (PE)Associaciónpe.associación
Peru (PE)Fundaciónpe.fundación
Peru (PE)Comitépe.comité
Poland (PL)Spółka Cywilnapl.cywilna
Poland (PL)Indywidualna działalność gospodarczapl.indywidualna
Poland (PL)Stowarzyszenie/Fundacjapl.stowarzyszenie_fundacja
Poland (PL)spółka komandytowo-akcyjnapl.komandytowo-akcyjna
Poland (PL)spółka komandytowapl.komandytowa
Poland (PL)spółka jawnapl.jawna
Poland (PL)spółka akcyjnapl.akcyjna
Poland (PL)spółka z o.o.pl.zoo
Poland (PL)spółka partnerskapl.partnerska
Portugal (PT)Empresário em nome individualpt.eni
Portugal (PT)Associação/Organização sem fins lucrativospt.asfl
Portugal (PT)Sociedade Civilpt.sociedad
Portugal (PT)Sociedade por Quotaspt.sociedad_limitada
Portugal (PT)Sociedade Anônimapt.sociedad_anonima
Portugal (PT)Sociedade em Comanditapt.sociedad_comanditaria
Portugal (PT)Sociedade em Nome Colectivopt.sociedad_colectiva
Portugal (PT)Cooperativaspt.sociedad_cooperativa
Portugal (PT)Espresa Estatalpt.state_agency
Portugal (PT)Pessoas Colectivas de Direito Públicopt.pcdp
Romania (RO)Persoana fizica autorizataro.sole_trader
Romania (RO)Asociere fără personalitate juridicăro.unregistered_partnership
Romania (RO)Societatea în nume colectivro.general_partnership
Romania (RO)Societatea în comandită simplăro.limited_partnership
Romania (RO)Societatea în comandită pe acțiuni,ro.partnership_limited_by_shares
Romania (RO)Societatea pe acțiuniro.public_limited_company
Romania (RO)Societatea cu răspundere limitatăro.private_limited_company
Romania (RO)Societatea cu răspundere limitată cu proprietar unicro.private_limited_company_with_sole_owner
Romania (RO)Cooperativăro.cooperative
Romania (RO)Asociațiero.association
Romania (RO)Fundațiero.foundation
Romania (RO)Altro.other
Slovakia (SK)akciová spoločnosťsk.public_limited_company
Slovakia (SK)verejná obchodná spoločnosťsk.general_partnership
Slovakia (SK)komanditná spoločnosťsk.limited_partnership
Slovakia (SK)spoločnosť s ručením obmedzenýmsk.private_limited_company
Slovakia (SK)živnostníksk.sole_trader
Slovakia (SK)Združenie bez právnej subjektivitysk.unregistered_partnership
Slovakia (SK)Združeniesk.association
Slovakia (SK)Nadáciask.foundation
Slovakia (SK)Podnik / Organizačná zložka podniku zahraničnej osobsk.enterprise_or_foreign_company
Slovakia (SK)Inýsk.other
Slovakia (SK)Družstvosk.cooperative
Slovenia (SI)Komanditna delniška družbasi.partnership_limited_by_shares
Slovenia (SI)Združenjesi.foundation
Slovenia (SI)Samostojni podjetniksi.sole_trader
Slovenia (SI)Komanditna družbasi.limited_partnership
Slovenia (SI)Družba z neomejeno odgovornostjosi.private_unlimited_company
Slovenia (SI)Družba z omejeno odgovornostjosi.private_limited_company
Slovenia (SI)Delniška družbasi.public_limited_company
Slovenia (SI)Zadrugasi.cooperative
Slovenia (SI)Drugasi.other
Slovenia (SI)Društvo, zveza društevsi.association
Spain (ES)Empresario Individual/autónomoes.autonomo
Spain (ES)Comunidad de Bieneses.comunidad
Spain (ES)Sociedad Civiles.sociedad
Spain (ES)Asociaciones sin ánimo de lucroes.asociaciones
Spain (ES)Sociedad Colectivaes.sociedad_colectiva
Spain (ES)Sociedad Limitadaes.sociedad_limitada
Spain (ES)Sociedad Anónimaes.sociedad_anonima
Spain (ES)Sociedad Comanditariaes.sociedad_comanditaria
Spain (ES)Sociedad Cooperativaes.sociedad_cooperativa
Spain (ES)Agencia Estatales.state_agency
Sweden (SE)Enskildnärings - verksamhetse.sole_trader
Sweden (SE)Kommanditbolagse.limited_partnership
Sweden (SE)Aktiebolagse.limited
Sweden (SE)Handelsbolagse.trading_partnership
Sweden (SE)Föreningse.economic_association
Switzerland (CH)Kollektivgesellschaftch.kollektivgesellschaft
Switzerland (CH)Kollektivgesellschaft (OLD)ch.kollektivgesellschaft
Switzerland (CH)Einzelfirmach.einzelfirma
Switzerland (CH)Kommanditgesellschaftch.kommanditgesellschaft
Switzerland (CH)Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftungch.gesellschaft_haftung
Switzerland (CH)Aktiengesellschaft/ Société anonymech.aktiengesellschaft_societe
Switzerland (CH)Vereinch.ch_verein
Switzerland (CH)Einfache Gesellschaftch.einfachegesellschaft
United Kingdom (GB)All partnershipsgb.partnership
United Kingdom (GB)Sole proprietorship / sole tradergb.sole_trader
United Kingdom (GB)All clubs or societiesgb.society
United Kingdom (GB)All schools, colleges or universitiesgb.edu
United Kingdom (GB)All other legal formsgb.other
United Kingdom (GB)Private limited companygb.limited
United States (US)Limited Partnershipus.partnership
United States (US)Limited Liability Partnershipus.llp
United States (US)Limited Liability Limited Partnershipus.lllp
United States (US)Limited Companyus.lc
United States (US)Limited Liability Companyus.llc
United States (US)Professional Limited Liability Companyus.pllc
United States (US)Single Member Limited Liability Companyus.smllc
United States (US)Corporation Incorporatedus.corp_inc
United States (US)Professional Corporationus.pc
United States (US)Non-profit Organisationus.uba_org
United States (US)Sole proprietorshipus.sole_trader

A Merchant’s business profile contains information that a Merchant wants to be publicly visible for their customers, for example on their website.

For address structure, fields, and country-specific requirements, see the Address glossary.

A Person is someone who plays some legally relevant role in the Merchant.

Persons can have various roles within a merchant:

  • Legal Representative: the person legally representing the business towards SumUp
  • Business Owner: owner of the business (especially for sole traders)
  • Business Officer: officer of the business (for corporations)
CountryNameReference
Argentina (AR)Código Único de Identificación Laboralar.cuil
Argentina (AR)Documento Nacional de Identidadar.dni
Belgium (BE)Numéro de registre nationalbe.nn
Brazil (BR)Cadastro de Pessoas Físicabr.cpf
Bulgaria (BG)Единен граждански номер (Edinen grazhdanski nomer)bg.egn
Chile (CL)Rol Único Nacionalcl.run
Chile (CL)Número de Documentocl.id_card_serial
Colombia (CO)Número Único de Identificación Personalco.nuip
Cyprus (CY)Δελτίο Ταυτότηταςcy.identity_card
Czech Republic (CZ)Občanský průkazcz.civil_card
Denmark (DK)Det Centrale Personregister nummerdk.cpr
Estonia (EE)Isikukoodiee.isikukoodi
Finland (FI)Henkilötunnusfi.hetu
Hungary (HU)Személyi igazolványhu.szemelyi
Hungary (HU)Adóazonosító jelhu.adoazonosito_jel
Italy (IT)Carta d'identitàit.cie
Italy (IT)Codice fiscaleit.cf
Italy (IT)Codice fiscaleit.itax
Latvia (LV)Personas kodslv.personas_kods
Lithuania (LT)Asmens tapatybės kortelėlt.asmens
Luxembourg (LU)Matriculelu.matricule
Malta (MT)Karta tal-Identitàmt.karta_tal_identita
Mexico (MX)Clave Única de Registro de Poblaciónmx.curp
Mexico (MX)Régimen Fiscalmx.tax_regimen
Norway (NO)Fødselsnummerno.fodelsnummer
Peru (PE)Cédula Única de Identidadpe.cui
Poland (PL)Powszechny Elektroniczny System Ewidencji Ludnościpl.pesel
Portugal (PT)Cartão de Cidadãopt.cc
Romania (RO)Codul numeric personalro.cnp
Slovakia (SK)Rodné číslosk.rc
Slovenia (SI)Enotna matična številka občana (Unique Master Citizen Number)si.emso
Spain (ES)Número de Identificación de Extranjeroes.nie
Spain (ES)Documento Nacional de Identidades.dni
Sweden (SE)Personnummerse.pn
United States (US)Social Security Numberus.ssn