The 8-digit barcode used to identify small products, such as cosmetics, and also used by retailers for own-label products of any size.

The 13-digit barcode chiefly used to identify products sold at a retail point of sale, and which may also be used on outer cases.

The original American 12-digit barcode used to identify products sold at retail, and which can also be scanned worldwide.

The 7-digit barcode that encodes a 12-digit product number using a zero suppression technique. Used on small products, and on some own-label products.

A family of barcodes that are smaller than EAN/UPC barcodes or that encode a product number with extra data such as a serial number and date.

A matrix barcode that can encode different types of data such as internal product codes, web addresses and so on.

The 14-digit barcode used to represent 12, 13 or 14-digit product numbers on outer case packaging. Leading zeros enable shorter numbers to be shown in this barcode.

The barcode that can encode any of the GS1 element strings, such as Global Trade Item Number, Serial Number, Serial Shipping Container Code – not used at the retail point of sale.

A multi-row linear barcode that can encode large amounts of data and is often used for passenger transport purposes on boarding cards.

A proprietary barcode chiefly used by pharmaceutical and healthcare manufacturers to match product leaflets and packaging with the correct product during production.

An alphanumeric linear barcode used internally by industrial manufacturers to identify different items within their supply chains.

A matrix barcode used to encode different types of data, such as web addresses provided on advertisements.

A GS1 version of QR Code used to encode several GS1 element strings

A particular version of GS1 DataBar that combines a stacked GS1 DataBar symbol with a multi-row composite component that encodes data such as serial number and expiry date – chiefly used in the Japanese healthcare market.

A numeric linear barcode used internally, often for inventory control, marking storage containers and shelves in warehouses.