Frequently Asked Questions

Updating Your Identifier Registration

Maintaining accurate and up-to-date information on your prefix is important to your business. Updating the information associated with the prefix is key to ensuring that your trading partner knows who they are doing business with and creates company recognition for consumers. When an update is made with GS1 US®, the update will appear in GEPIR® and GS1 US Data Hub®| Company. These include updates to the:

  • Address
  • Business entity structure (LLC, Inc., etc.)
  • Company name
  • Ownership (Merger or acquisition of a company)

As a member, ensuring your company information is up-to-date, will:

  • Ensure GEPIR and GS1 US Data Hub | Company maintain accurate information
  • Accurately represent the brand owner of the product
  • Enable accurate traceability of the product throughout the supply chain
  • Allow your barcodes to be accepted by retailers globally

Name Changes

Any change in your company’s name, not a result of a merger or acquisition should be communicated to GS1 US to ensure proper registration of your GS1 Company Prefix(es). A company can change its name after it has been registered and may do so for a number of factors.

GS1 Company Prefix Transfer Requests

A GS1 US GTIN or a GS1 Company Prefix can only be transferred from one company to another if (1) there is a sale of the company’s business, (2) there is the sale of a business line of the company, or (3) a company merges with another company.