What is a Peppol ID?
A Peppol ID is the unique address that identifies a business on the Peppol network. It's how other businesses find you and send you electronic documents.
Think of it like a phone number — your Peppol ID is how invoices get routed to your business across the network.
Structure
Every Peppol ID has two parts:
Together they form a unique network address: 0208:0123456789
Common Peppol ID Schemes by Country
How to Get a Peppol ID
1. Choose a Peppol Access Point provider
2. Provide your national business registration number
3. The Access Point registers you in the SMP (Service Metadata Publisher)
4. Your business becomes discoverable on the Peppol network
You don't create a Peppol ID — it's derived from your existing national business number combined with the correct scheme ID.
In UBL XML
The Peppol ID appears as the EndpointID element:
0123456789
Peppol Directory
You can look up whether a business has a Peppol ID via the Peppol Directory (directory.peppol.eu). This public directory lists all registered participants.