Peppol Lookup: Is This Company on Peppol?
Check any company by UK VAT number, GLN, Peppol ID or name. See whether it is registered on Peppol and which invoices and orders it can receive. Free, no sign-up, live from the Peppol network.
How to check if a company is on Peppol
Peppol has two public records, and they answer different questions. This tool reads both.
| Record | What it tells you | Definitive? |
|---|---|---|
| SML and SMP | Whether a Peppol ID is registered, which SMP holds it, and which document types it accepts. Access points read this before every delivery. | Yes, for a given ID |
| Peppol Directory | A searchable list of names, countries and IDs that access points choose to publish. | No, listing is optional |
- Turn what you have into a Peppol ID. A UK VAT number becomes 9932:GB123456789. A GLN becomes 0088:5012345000008. The tool tries the common variants for you.
- Query the SML. The Peppol Service Metadata Locator is a DNS zone run for OpenPeppol. A hashed record for the ID points to the SMP that holds the registration. No record means the ID is not on Peppol.
- Read the SMP. The Service Metadata Publisher lists every document type the company can receive, such as Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 invoices or BIS Ordering 3.0 purchase orders, plus an optional business card with its name.
To learn what the IDs and providers mean, read do I need a Peppol access point? and Peppol in the UK. For the 2029 rules, see the UK e-invoicing mandate guide.
Invoices are on Peppol. Most orders still aren't.
Run a few of your customers through the lookup and you will see the pattern: plenty accept invoices, few send or receive purchase orders. Outside the NHS, UK orders still arrive as PDFs and emails that someone keys into the ERP, and the 2029 invoice is only as right as that order.
OrderSync reads emailed, PDF and EDI purchase orders and creates the sales order in your ERP, so the invoice you later send over Peppol matches what the buyer ordered.
Frequently Asked Questions
Enter the company's Peppol ID, UK VAT number or GLN above. The tool queries the Peppol SML, the network's own address book, and then the company's SMP record, which lists the documents it can receive. If you only know the name, search by name first. That uses the Peppol Directory, where listing is optional.
The Peppol Directory at directory.peppol.eu is a public search index of Peppol participants, run by OpenPeppol. Access points can publish a business card for each participant with its name, country and identifiers. Listing is optional, so the directory is useful for finding a company by name but is not proof that a company is or isn't on Peppol.
Either it is not on Peppol, or its access point registered it without publishing a directory entry. Search by its Peppol ID, VAT number or GLN instead. That checks the SML record that every access point uses to deliver documents, which exists for every registered participant whether or not it is listed in the directory.
A four-digit scheme code, a colon, then the identifier. Most UK businesses use 9932 for the UK VAT number, for example 9932:GB123456789. NHS and retail suppliers often use 0088 for a GS1 GLN, for example 0088:5012345000008. Other countries use their own schemes, such as 0208 for Belgian company numbers.
The company's Peppol ID exists on the network, but its SMP record lists no document types. Nobody can send it anything over Peppol until its access point publishes at least one, such as Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 invoices. It usually means setup is unfinished or the registration only exists for sending.
No. OrderSync is not affiliated with OpenPeppol. The tool reads the same public records an access point reads before delivering a document: the SML entry, the SMP service list and the SMP business card. OpenPeppol's own Lookup Service at lookup.peppol.org shows the same data.