Enter a 10-character PAN below to list every GST registration held against it — across all states, in one search. Why one PAN can have many GSTINs GST registration is granted state by state, not company by company. A business incorporated once — with one PAN — must register separately in every state or Union Territory from which it makes taxable supplies. A distributor with warehouses in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Telangana therefore holds three GSTINs. Each one embeds the same PAN in characters 3–12; only the two-digit state code in front (27, 24, 36) and possibly the entity code differ. You can decode any of those prefixes with the GST state code list . Searching by PAN inverts the usual lookup: instead of asking “is this GSTIN genuine?”, you ask “what is the complete GST footprint of this entity?” That is often the more useful question. The 13th character: entity codes within a state A PAN can even hold multiple registrations within the same state — for instance a separate registration for an SEZ unit, or business verticals registered distinctly. The 13th character of the GSTIN tracks this: it runs 1 through 9 for the first nine registrations of that PAN in that state, then continues A through Z. In the example 27AAPFU0939F1ZV , the 1 says this is the first registration of PAN AAPFU0939F in Maharashtra. If a PAN search returns both 27…1Z? and 27…2Z? , you are looking at two registrations of the same entity in the same state — not a data error. The full character map is in the GST number format guide . When a PAN search is the right tool Vendor due diligence. A supplier gives you one GSTIN; the PAN search shows whether they also hold registrations in the states they claim to ship from. Follow up on any specific number with a full GST verification . Billing the right registration. For place-of-supply reasons, you may need to invoice a customer’s registration in a particular state rather than their head office. The PAN search lists the options. Spotting trouble early. If several of an entity’s state registrations show Cancelled or Suspended while one remains Active, that pattern is worth understanding before you extend credit — see what each GST status means .

Reconciliation. When your purchase register shows the same vendor under two different GSTINs, a PAN search confirms whether both belong to the same entity or whether one is an error. At scale, this is a job for bulk GST verification . Reading a PAN before you search A PAN is five letters, four digits and a final letter — AAPFU0939F in our running example. The fourth character encodes the holder’s type: P for an individual, C for a company, F for a firm/LLP, H for a Hindu Undivided Family, T for a trust, and so on. So from the GSTIN alone you can already tell you are dealing with a partnership firm here (fourth character F ) — a quick sanity check against what the vendor has told you. New to these identifiers? Start with what is a GSTIN . GST search by PAN FAQs Yes. Enter the PAN above and the search returns all GSTINs registered against it, along with each one’s state and status. This works because every GSTIN contains its holder’s PAN in characters 3 to 12. Possibly — businesses below the registration threshold (broadly ₹40 lakh turnover for goods, ₹20 lakh for services, lower in special category states) may legitimately be unregistered. Double-check the PAN for typos first. The thresholds are explained in how to get a GST number . Each state registration lives its own life. An entity can wind down its Gujarat operations (that GSTIN gets cancelled) while its Maharashtra registration stays active. Always check the status of the specific GSTIN you are transacting against. GST registration data is public by design — the whole point of the GSTIN system is that counterparties can verify each other. We return only business registration details sourced from GSTN records, not personal financial data. Our privacy policy and data sources pages describe exactly what we handle and how. Yes. Sole proprietors register under their personal PAN (fourth character P). Their GSTIN result typically shows their own name as the legal name and the shop or brand as the trade name — a distinction explained under GST search by name .