Retail Barcodes EAN-13

All retail products use either EAN-13 or UPC-A format barcodes. These are used on every retail product with the exception of books and magazines. EAN-13 barcodes are used predominantly throughout the world in all countries except for The United States and Canada where UPC-A Barcodes are more common. The differences between UPC-A and EAN-13 can be seen here.

Please follow the links below for instruction on obtaining the relevant retail barcodes.

EAN-13 Barcodes – For retail products outside of the USA and Canada

International Article Numbers, formerly EAN (European Article Numbers) comprise 13-digits. They are used worldwide on all retail products excluding books and magazines. They are the most widely used barcodes globally with the exception of in the USA and Canada where UPC-A(Universal Product Codes) barcodes are more common.
Each EAN-13 is product-specific and encoded into a barcode image. This means that when the barcode is scanned into store systems, price and inventory data related to your product is recorded. A different EAN-13 number, therefore, is required for each unique product.