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PAN checker

Check that a PAN is well formed and see what kind of holder it is for.

About this tool

A PAN is ten characters: five letters, four digits, a letter. The fourth letter tells the kind of holder: P for a person, C for a company, F for a firm, and so on.

This checks the structure only, not that the PAN was issued.

Developers: this page runs on the Format checks API (GET /v1/validate/pan/{value}). Free, open source, no key for most of it.