During the registration process, each business entity receives various details from government agencies. They are necessary for its identification. One of these indicators is the OKPO code. The All-Russian Classifier of Enterprises and Organizations systematizes information about legal entities, their separate divisions, as well as individual entrepreneurs. In this article we will tell you what the OKPO code for individual entrepreneurs is. How can I find out this information online, and in what documents is it indicated?
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What is OKPO
According to Rosstat Order No. 211 of 2020, the Classifier solves several problems.
- Allows you to combine information systems and government resources that provide data on business organizations.
- Promotes the exchange of information between various departments.
- Allows you to identify entrepreneurs and legal entities.
- Simplifies automated data processing.
- Makes it possible to compare statistical data of an economic nature.
Rosstat enters information about economic entities into the Unified State Register of Enterprises and Organizations (USRPO). OKPO details contain information about the organizational form, the place where the activity is carried out, its type, and the departmental affiliation of the subject.
The main difference between the USRPO and registers of legal entities and entrepreneurs is that based on the register you can obtain:
- data for all divisions and branches of the legal entity at once;
- all subject codes, including OKPO, OKVED and others.
Free selection of OKVED
You can find out the OKPO code for individual entrepreneurs both online and in various other ways.
The difference between the codes of individual entrepreneurs and legal entities
By and large, the search for codification for private entrepreneurs is not particularly different from the same search for legal entities.
At the legal entities (limited liability companies, open and closed joint-stock companies, partnerships, etc.) the law provides for a number of constituent documents. For example, the charter, the memorandum of association, various minutes and decisions of meetings and participants. These documents always reflect detailed information about the enterprise itself and its founders.
Private entrepreneurs do not have a charter and do not draw up activity protocols. The only mandatory documents for an emergency are the Unified State Register of Entrepreneurs (USRIP) entry sheet and the tax registration certificate. An entrepreneur can also order the production of a seal containing basic information, but this is only at his request.
Thus, the easiest way to find out the OKPO code for an individual entrepreneur is to refer to his USRIP record sheet. It contains, among other things, statistics code.
What does the Classifier consist of?
OKPO has two sections: the first contains information about organizations and their separate divisions, the second contains information about entrepreneurs.
Each section consists of three blocks.
- Identifier, i.e. the code itself. For organizations it is formed from 8 digits, for individual entrepreneurs - from 10. The last digit of the identifier is calculated using a special formula as a control number, the previous digits are a serial number.
- Name of the economic entity. For individual entrepreneurs, this part indicates the citizen’s full name and his status as an individual entrepreneur.
- Classification characteristics. This block uses codes from other classifiers about the type of economic activity, territorial relation of the subject, form of ownership, etc.
The entrepreneur chooses the OKVED code himself and indicates it during state registration; Rosstat assigns the remaining indicators to him automatically according to information from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs. If any changes are made to the register, for example, the type of activity or personal data is added or changed, they are reflected automatically in OKPO. No application or supporting documents are required from the entrepreneur.
The code is set for the entire duration of the individual entrepreneur’s work; it is unique for each subject. When an entrepreneur ceases his activities, the attribute is removed from the Classifier, and for 5 years it should not be assigned to anyone else.
How to find out the OKPO codes of your counterparties?
As we already mentioned above, the number from the All-Russian Classifier is indicated on all documents of an organization or individual entrepreneur where details are required. The code can be found by requesting an invoice for payment or some other document from the counterparty of interest. Also, the OKPO code is often indicated on the stamp, therefore, if it is not indicated in the document, then it is worth looking for it in the text of the stamp. Another answer to the question: “How to find out the OKPO IP code of the counterparty?” It may still be the same extract from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs. From the Federal Tax Service you can obtain an extract not only about yourself, but also about other entrepreneurs and organizations.
Important! The issuance of extracts from state registers to the Federal Tax Service is not free. In addition to the corresponding application requesting the provision of a document, it will be necessary to provide the tax authorities with a receipt for payment of the special duty.
In addition, there are such ways to find out the OKPO code:
- on the official website of the Federal Tax Service you can find out the registration address of the counterparty using the TIN code, then you should call the district state administration, where they will tell you the required code;
- using the okpo.ru resource you can request information from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs and the Unified State Register of Legal Entities 24 hours a day, the service is paid;
- in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities.com system, in order to receive the OKPO code, you will need to pay the appropriate amount via SMS messages, electronic payment systems or Sberbank;
- Using the internet portal skrin.ru, based on the name, you can obtain complete information about the counterparty, including the necessary identifier.
It is worth considering that any of the methods for finding out the OKPO code of counterparties requires knowledge of some of its details: registration address, full name, TIN code, OGRN, etc.
How to find out the ID
After assigning codes, Rosstat sends a corresponding notification to legal entities based on Instruction No. AS-1-24/6483 dated December 22, 1999. For individual entrepreneurs, such an obligation is not provided, so you need to obtain data on OKPO yourself. To find them out, there are several options.
Personal appeal
To do this, you need to visit the territorial statistics office or the Federal Tax Service. To obtain the necessary data, the individual entrepreneur submits an application in free form. The government agency must provide a response no later than 5 working days after the application. The notice can be given in person or sent by mail; the desired method of receipt must be indicated in the application. The stamp and signature of the head of the statistical agency on the notification is not required.
Important! The paper version of the document is issued to the applicant once. If additional copies or a duplicate are needed, they can be downloaded from the Rosstat website.
By mail
If there is no statistics department or the Federal Tax Service at the place of residence of the individual entrepreneur, you can send an application for the issuance of OKPO details by registered mail. The answer can be provided in the form of a regular letter or to the email address that will be indicated in the application.
Download on the Rosstat website
The government agency posts information from OKPO and other classifiers on its official website. It may also be presented on third-party Internet resources. Therefore, an individual entrepreneur can find out the OKPO code by TIN without leaving home on the Rosstat website online.
The relevance of information on other sites cannot be guaranteed, so it is not always safe to use it.
Is it possible to recognize someone else's
Rosstat databases contain the OKPO of each registered entrepreneur, so theoretically, everyone can find out information online or by phone.
If an entrepreneur has details of another organization, he will receive an extract in a few minutes on the website or within 15 minutes at a Rosstat branch. Information is available in accounting records if a person has access to them. It is enough to verbally request documents; written confirmation is not required.
You can find out someone else’s code in the registration documentation, the details of which are included on official permits and certificates. Some entrepreneurs add a code to signed details or seals.
Legal entities can obtain an OKPO code from employees of the Federal Tax Service using a TIN.
You need to go to the department and fill out an application on a special form. In a few weeks the document will be ready. You can come pick it up in person or ask to send it by Russian Post.
Is it possible to find out the code from other documents?
Thus, individual entrepreneurs, like organizations, have an OKPO code. Legal entities receive a notification where this information is available, and it is also indicated in the extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. An entrepreneur cannot obtain this information from any documents other than a notification from Rosstat. The code is not indicated in the extract from the register; in the primary documents, the individual entrepreneur puts it down based on the data that is already available. To find out this information, an entrepreneur needs to contact Rosstat and receive a notification.
How to find out OKPO for an entrepreneur via the Internet
If you have the Internet at hand, then finding out OKPO and other statistical codes of your enterprise will not be difficult. To do this you need to have information about:
- Or your taxpayer identification number (abbreviated TIN);
- Either the main state registration number of an individual entrepreneur (in short OGRNIP).
To perform a search, you need to go to the statistics website in the notification generation section. After filling out the appropriate fields and sending the request, you will be presented with two forms:
- List of forms required for submission by your business entity to Statistics;
- OK TEI codes.
To find out your OKPO you need to open the document “OK TEI Codes”, which is a kind of Notification in which you can find out codes such as: (click to expand)
- OKPO;
- OKTMO;
- OKFS;
- OKATO;
- OKOGU;
- OKOPF.
We recommend that you save this notification so as not to search for statistics codes in the future.
In addition to the codes, this section contains a list of forms. This is an information letter that lists the names of the forms that your organization must submit to the Statistics department and the deadlines for submitting these reports.
Where can I get the OKPO code for an organization?
The body leading OKPO, which is responsible for issuing the number, is the Federal State Statistics Service or, more simply, the Rosstat Office .
It is Rosstat that maintains the classifier and database that records information and statistics about business entities, that is, it accumulates the collected information. Upon registration, organizations and individual entrepreneurs are issued a letter from Rosstat, which contains the assigned OKPO code. That is, it is very easy to obtain it for the first time; it is issued along with other registration documents.
If the code is lost, Rosstat will issue it again. By the way, this service is paid.
The number of OKPO IP or LLC can be found out by having documents such as an extract from the register (Unified State Register of Legal Entities or Unified State Register of Legal Entities), for joint stock companies - Charter (copy), extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and an extract from the register of shareholders. You can come to Rosstat in person or send an electronic request through the official website. The request must be made in writing.
The company's OKPO is indicated on all legal, tax and accounting documents and reports. For example, in contracts, agreements, licenses, permits, invoices, certificates of work performed, in any reports of inspection bodies.
Features of the OKPO code
When establishing a legal entity, an OKPO code is issued. Despite the fact that a private entrepreneur does not have constituent documents, he still receives the OKPO classification.
The OKPO code is not always dedicated to a single company or organization, but rather it is allocated to one industry in which this entity is involved. That is why there are very often cases when the OKPO code is the same on different streets, but in similar areas. It is issued during the registration process or upon extract from the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs.
You can also apply for it during the inspection of other institutions or when submitting documentation to control authorities. The code consists of 8-10 digits , the first ones are the serial number of the industry, and the last ones are controlled numbers.
The presence of this code is necessary for various types of documents that list the data of a business entity. These include the following:
- Agreements.
- Additional information.
- Agreement.
- Patents, licensed permits.
- Accounts.
- Reporting to higher authorities.
If changes occur during the work of an individual entrepreneur (change of type of activity, replacement of documents or reorganization), you need to send the application and documents to static authorities, where the data will be re-registered and then a new OKPO code will be issued. If the type of activity does not change when the form is changed, re-registration with the classifier is not necessary at all.
OKPO banks, organizations and individual entrepreneurs: general and various
Any organization, including those providing economic services, for example banks, has its own personal code in its details.
OKPO of banks and organizations is similar in that in both cases the code includes only 8 digits. However, in the first case, the direction of activity will be exclusively economic, and in the second it will be determined depending on the activities of the company. Unlike legal entities, an individual entrepreneur has OKPO, consisting of 10 digits. Let's consider the various nuances of OKPO organizations, banks, individual entrepreneurs:
- The code must be indicated along with other details for legal entities; for individual entrepreneurs this procedure is not mandatory.
- The OKPO code is retained by the company or entrepreneur throughout the entire period of its activity. However, if you change the direction of your work activity, the OKPO code will also have to be changed.
- In accounting documentation, the code is written as OK 007-93.
- All digits in the code, with the exception of the last one (7 or 9, respectively), are a serial number. The last value of the code is a check number.
- For legal entities and companies, obtaining OKPO is a mandatory procedure, since it is often necessary to include it in the details. But for individual entrepreneurs, the code is not considered so mandatory: the law allows entrepreneurs to put a dash in the column with OKPO.
- OKPO assigned to an organization or person is not confidential information - this means that it is available in open archives, including the Internet.
All changes being made in relation to OKPO, as well as currently valid information about these codes, are contained on the main website of Rosstat in the public domain.
Where can I get OKPO
It is indicated in the notification that Rosstat issues free of charge when registering a company, its branch, representative office or individual entrepreneur. There is no need to specifically request a notification; it is required to be provided to all newly registered entities.
Submit all reports for a newly created or reorganized company via the Internet for free
If the notification is lost, you cannot obtain a duplicate from the statistical authorities. But there is another opportunity - to print it yourself using the “Rosstat Codes of the Russian Federation” service. You should select your region from the list, and then follow the link “Generate and print a notification with statistics codes of all-Russian classifiers” for legal entities or individual entrepreneurs. Next, you should enter your TIN or OGRN, and the document will be available for printing.
IMPORTANT. A notification about statistics codes printed on plain paper (and not on the organization’s letterhead), without the signature of an official and without a seal is a valid document. It can be presented to the bank, customs or other authority.
Unfortunately, this service is currently operating in test mode and does not always allow you to generate the required document.
How to find OKPO by organization?
The body that issues the number is the Federal State Statistics Service or, more simply, the Rosstat Office. It is Rosstat that maintains the classifier and database that records information and statistics about business entities.
You can calculate OKPO for an organization in several ways:
- On the website okpo.ru, which provides round-the-clock access to the database. Here you can find out all the data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, and the Unified State Register of Individual Entrepreneurs.
- You can find out the code for your organization by submitting a request to the Rosstat department to receive a code letter. You can clarify the entire list of documents needed to obtain data in order to complete this matter.
- You can get it with the help of an organization, but to do this you need to have with you an extract from the registry with all the changes.
Explanation of OKPO
The abbreviation OKPO stands for “All-Russian Classifier of Enterprises and Organizations.”
This is the main classifier of economic entities in Russia: companies and individual entrepreneurs. According to this classifier, each organization and each individual entrepreneur is assigned an individual code. Without it, their activities are not legal. The OKPO code helps to quickly obtain all kinds of information about this company or entrepreneur: about the type of activity, about the form of ownership, about territorial affiliation, etc. OKPO codes are used by officials when exchanging information between various departments and when conducting statistical analysis.
REFERENCE. The information that the OKPO code allows you to obtain is not related to tax accounting. Information related to the Federal Tax Service is encrypted with other codes - in particular, the taxpayer identification number (TIN).
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The meaning of the OKPO code for statistics and information exchange
The significance of the OKPO code can hardly be overestimated, because there are a lot of subjects conducting economic activities in the Russian Federation and they all should be collected in a single database . In addition, such a database must be functional and easy to use.
The most important functions of OKPO from the point of view of a unified all-Russian classifier:
- Automation of the exchange and processing of data on Russian enterprises and all related information;
- Compatibility of various sources of information thanks to a single all-Russian classifier;
- The simplest and most convenient exchange of information about enterprises between various departments;
- Unified identification of economic entities for the whole of Russia and creation of a unified information field;
- The ability to compare statistical and economic data and analysis, and as a result of forecasting the development of the country's economy;
Indeed, it is very convenient when all the necessary data is assigned to one number and is automatically retrieved when the exact digital code is entered into the request. The classifier has its own structure and division into sections and blocks .
