Commercial and Government Entity Code - Syntax

Syntax

CAGE codes are all five characters in length. There is no meaning encoded in the code itself, other than the underlying NCB; it is simply a unique identifier.

Australia

The first character is the letter Z and the last character must be a numeral. Example: Z13R9

France

The first character is the letter F or M and the last character must be a numeral. Example: F1234

United Kingdom

The first character is either the letter U or K and the last character must be a numeral. Example: K1F21

United States

The first and last characters must be numerals; the remaining characters can be numerals or any letter except for I or O. Example: 81349

Spain

The last character is the letter B and the first character must be a numeral. Example: 001ZB

See the Code Chart provided by the NATO AC/135 committee (the group of National Directors on Codification) for the syntax of CAGE codes in various countries.