GS1 Bulgaria

GS1 AISBL is a not-for-profit organisation that develops and maintains global standards, while GS1 Bulgaria offers local resources and support for the implementation by Bulgarian companies.

Worldwide, there are 120 local organisations, over 2 million user companies and 6 billion transactions every day. GS1 is best known for the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. Implementing standards improves the efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in more than 25 sectors.

GS1 Bulgaria brings together over 5,000 Bulgarian companies. We work with organisations of every size — from international household names to small, local businesses – issuing identifiers and providing expertise about the implementation of the standards.

Moreover, we offer different services to our members including:

• Assigning GTINs and activation through the online product catalogue BG Barcode;
  • Generating logistic labels;
  • Barcode verification.
  • LEI registration; and more.

BG Barcode allows manufacturers and brand owners to upload quality product data about their items, identified with barcodes/GTINs. Once the information is uploaded, it becomes part of a secure database, which could be shared with consumers, trade partners, retailers, online platforms, regulators and others. Main set of data (6 attributes) is provided to GS1 Global Registry Platform (GRP).

The global service Verified by GS1 enables brand owners and data recipients to verify the identity of products (GTIN, UPC, EAN), locations (GLN), company and other GS1 keys (SSCC, GRAI) by querying the GS1 Registry Platform.

Consumers need to receive consistent product information in order to make informed choices when shopping (online and offline), like never before. And reading the label is easier now.

Selling a product starts with a GS1 barcode/GTIN.