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What is UEN?

UEN is the standard identification number of an entity. UEN shall be for registered entities as NRIC is for Singapore citizens. The UEN uniquely identifies the entity.

From 1 January 2009, all entities that are registered in Singapore, such as businesses, local companies, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), societies, representative offices, healthcare institutions and trade unions, will have a Unique Entity Number (UEN) as its identification number.

The UEN shall be used for your interaction with government agencies.

UEN shall replace all other identification numbers issued to you by different government agencies.

What is your UEN?

If you are a business or local company registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), there will be no change for you. Your existing ACRA registration number will be retained as your UEN.

If you are not a business or local company (e.g. limited liability partnership or society), a new UEN will be issued to you by the government agency that registers or oversees you (known as UEN Issuance Agency).

The table below describes the three UEN formats.

Issued To
UEN Format
Description

A
Businesses registered with ACRA1
nnnnnnnnX
(9 digits)
“n” = a number
“P” = a alphabetical letter
“Q” = an alpha-numeric digit
“PQ” = Entity-type 2
“Tyy” / “Syy” / “yyyy”= year of issuance 3
“X” = a check alphabet

For example, the UEN for a limited liability partnership (LLP) formed on 1 January 2009 could be “T09LL0001B”.

B
Local companies registered with ACRA1
yyyynnnnnX
(10 digits)

C
All other entities which will be issued new UEN
TyyPQnnnnX
(10 digits)

1 No change from existing ACRA Registration Number
2 E.g. ‘LL’ = ‘Limited Liability Partnership’
3 ‘T’ represents ‘20’ and ‘S’ represents ‘19’. E.g. T08 means year 2008 and S99 means year 1999

How does UEN benefit you?

Your UEN is your one number for convenient interaction with government agencies. Whether it is filing your corporate tax returns or applying for import and export permit, you will no longer need to use different numbers to interact with different government agencies. Your UEN will be all that you need.

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Regards,
Valerie