Company Registration Number on Invoice
Business customers are usually identified by their business name and a Company Registration Number (Business ID, Business Identification Code, Company Number), which may be mandatory in certain jurisdictions. On the bottom of this page you can find a list of European Union (EU) countries with its Company Registration Number equivalent.
When making a purchase as a business customer in Shopify, customer needs to fill in not only the Company Name (which Shopify supports out of the box) but also the Company Registration Number. To achieve this, one or many Shopify pages need to be extended with custom form fields.
You can collect customer's Company Registration Number on Customer registration, Cart and Checkout
Is your business registered for Company in European Union? Check out VAT section.
Custom fields can be added manually by inserting fields into particular template or snipper, or automatically by using a Zenvio Script. Once customer enters their Company Registration Number, this will later be stored in your Shopify admin as part of customer notes.
Customer registration
To capture customer's Company Registration Number when creating an account on your store, you need to add custom field on Customer Registration form or page.
You need to customize your Shopify store theme and here is how to proceed:
- Go to Shopify Admin → Online Store → Themes
- Click Edit code
- Search for Sections → main-register.liquid or customers/register.liquid in the left sidebar
- Add the following code snippet inside the
<form>
<div class="field">
<input id="zenvio_company_reg_no" type="text" name="customer[note][Company Registration Number]" placeholder="Company Registration Number">
<label for="zenvio_company_reg_no">Company Registration Number</label>
</div>
You can copy or modify the HTML code below and use it in your theme.
Cart or Cart Drawer
The use of cart attributes in the cart as in the code below will ensure a direct transfer to the order detail, and Zenvio will be able to read the information from there.
Depending on Cart mode, different template file needs to be modified
Cart Page
If your store uses cart page, this code snippet needs to be usually added to main-cart-footer.liquid
You can copy or modify the HTML code below and use it in your theme.
- Go to Shopify Admin → Online Store → Themes
- Click Edit code
- Search for Sections → cart.liquid or main-cart-footer.liquid in the left sidebar
- Add the following code snippet inside the
<form>
<div class="field">
<input class="field__input" name="attributes[Company Registration Number]" type="text" placeholder="Company Registration Number" value="{{ cart.attributes["Company Registration Number"] }}">
<label class="field__label">Company Registration Number</label>
</div>
Cart Drawer
If your store uses cart drawer, this code snippet needs to be added to different file, usually cart-drawer.liquid
List of EU Countries with Business ID
| Country | Business ID | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | Firmenbuchnummer (FN) | FN 123456a |
| Belgium | Enterprise Number (Numéro d'entreprise) | BE 0123.456.789 |
| Bulgaria | Unified Identification Code (UIC) | 123456789 |
| Croatia | Personal Identification Number (OIB) | 12345678901 |
| Cyprus | Company Registration Number (HE) | HE123456 |
| Czech Republic | Identification Number (IČ) | IČ 12345678 |
| Denmark | Central Business Register (CVR) Number | CVR 12345678 |
| Estonia | Commercial Register Code | 12345678 |
| Finland | Business ID (Y-tunnus) | 1234567-8 |
| France | SIREN (Système d'Identification du Répertoire des Entreprises) | 123 456 789 |
| Germany | Handelsregisternummer (HRB) | HRB 123456 |
| Greece | General Commercial Registry (GEMI) Number | 123456789000 |
| Hungary | Company Registration Number | 01-09-123456 |
| Iceland | Kennitala | 123456-7890 |
| Ireland | Company Registration Number (CRO) | 123456 |
| Italy | Codice Fiscale | 12345678901 |
| Latvia | Registration Number | 40003012345 |
| Lithuania | Legal Entity Code | 123456789 |
| Luxembourg | RCSL Number | B123456 |
| Malta | Company Registration Number | C 12345 |
| Netherlands | Chamber of Commerce Number (KvK) | 12345678 |
| Norway | Organisation Number | 123 456 789 |
| Poland | REGON | 123456789 |
| Portugal | Número de Identificação Fiscal (NIF) | 123456789 |
| Romania | Unique Registration Code (CUI) | RO12345678 |
| Slovakia | Identification Number (IČO) | IČO 12345678 |
| Slovenia | Company Registration Number | 12345678 |
| Spain | Código de Identificación Fiscal (CIF) | A12345678 |
| Sweden | Organisationsnummer | 123456-7890 |
| Switzerland | UID Number | CHE-123.456.789 |
| United Kingdom | Company Registration Number (CRN) | 12345678 |