Need a barcode?

You’ve come to the right place

Over two million companies globally use our barcodes, including all major retailers and online marketplaces, foodservice operators and healthcare organisations.

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Sainsbury's signs up to productDNA

Now adopted to 50 per cent of the grocery market

productDNA’s vision is to enable suppliers to enter core product data into a single, cross-industry item catalogue.

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AGM 2019

Transforming industry through standards

GS1 UK added another 3,500 members in the past year – a 10 per cent growth on 2017–18.

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40 years of the barcode

In our day-to-day lives

It’s been four decades since the first barcode was scanned in the UK.

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know your buyer

Know your buyer

Expert tips for engaging a retail buyer and pitching your products with UK grocery expert, Karen Green

Healthcare Reference book

Healthcare reference book 2019-2020

Stories of successful implementations of GS1 standards in the UK and around the world

hands coming together

Community partners

We have created a community zone to showcase some key partners who can help to grow your business

Meet the member

Meet the members

Our members share their business stories - how they started and their plans for the future

GS1 UK Training

Barcodes - Understand, implement and use successfully

11/12/2019

Getting started with GS1 standards

12/12/2019

GS1 standards for healthcare suppliers

21/01/2020

Upcoming events

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Discover how GS1 standards are helping providers and professionals to be safer, smarter and more successful by giving the entire world of healthcare the power to work wonders.

Introducing our healthcare portal

Our services

Training

Training

For over 40 years we’ve trained thousands of companies on our standards and solutions

productDNA

productDNA

Better data, more control, speed and simplicity through the supply chain. And a single, central catalogue means you never duplicate time or resources

LocationManager

LocationManager

LocationManager is an online service that enables Trusts and their suppliers to store, share and manage their locations

Who owns this barcode

Who owns this barcode

Search the full GS1 database to access vital member information

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Bottom line: to sell your products you need a barcode. And for your barcode you need a unique GS1 number.

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About GS1 UK

We set standards. Using unique numbers that are used in barcodes, RFID tags and product data management, we support the world’s supply chains and healthcare systems.

Whether you’re a start-up trading on marketplaces who needs to identify your products, an international retailer managing different channels and routes to market or an NHS Trust striving to improve care delivery, we are here to help.

About us Read our annual review