Nike barcode lookup

Where to find the barcode on a Nike box

Nike and Jordan shoe boxes carry a printed label, normally on one end of the box. It groups the details of the pair inside:

• The barcode: vertical bars with a row of digits printed underneath. Those digits are what you type into the lookup.
• The style number: six characters, a dash and three more, for example CD4487-100. It names the model and colorway, not the size.
• Sizes in US, UK, EU and centimetres, plus the colorway name.

For a stack of boxes, a USB or Bluetooth handheld scanner is faster than typing. Most of them send the digits like a keyboard, so you can click into the search box and scan. On a phone, any scanner app that copies the number works the same way.

What the digits on a Nike barcode mean

On boxes sold in the US the code is usually a 12-digit UPC-A, which GS1 calls a GTIN-12. Boxes for other markets often show a 13-digit EAN-13 (GTIN-13). Either way, the number identifies one sellable unit: this model, in this colorway, in this size. That is the key difference from the style number, which every size of a colorway shares.

Read left to right, a GTIN starts with a GS1 company prefix licensed to the brand owner. Next comes an item reference the brand assigns to the product. The last digit is a check digit calculated from all the other digits. The prefix does not tell you which country the shoe was made in.

A 12-digit UPC and the same number with a zero in front are the same GTIN, so the lookup treats 193150591433 and 0193150591433 as one code. If another system asks for the 13-digit or 14-digit form, the GTIN converter pads it for you.

Check the result against the style number

The free result shows the full style number we hold for that barcode. Compare it with the label in your hand. If the label reads CD4487-100, the result should show CD4487-100. A different code means the barcode you typed belongs to another product. That usually points to a misread digit or a box that does not match its label.

The comparison also sorts out pairs that look alike. Nike gives each colorway its own three characters after the dash. The grade school version of a shoe also gets a different style number from the adult version. Two boxes with the same model name can therefore hold different products with different barcodes. The Jordan barcode lookup page shows a real case with retro releases and grade school sizes.

Why a Nike barcode lookup can fail

• A misread digit. One wrong digit points to a different product or to nothing. Run the number through the barcode validation tool: if the check digit fails, it was copied wrong.
• Letters in the search. The lookup takes digits only, 8 to 15 of them. A style number such as CD4487-100 is rejected here; search it on the style code lookup page instead.
• A different barcode on the box. Shipping cartons and store price stickers carry their own codes. Use the barcode on the size label of the shoe box.
• A code we do not hold. Our catalog is strongest for sneakers and streetwear, but no database holds every barcode. A valid number we have no record of returns a not-found page.

A match tells you which product a barcode belongs to. It does not prove the shoe in the box is genuine, because a label can be copied. Our guide on whether a barcode can tell if sneakers are real covers the limits.

What the free lookup shows

The public result shows the product name, a product image, the brand, the barcode type, the full style code and the colorway when available. Size, release date, retail price and description are reserved for signed-in accounts with API requests available, on a paid plan or the free trial. The trial runs 7 days with 100 requests and needs no payment method. See pricing for the plans.

Other labels work differently. The sneaker barcode lookup page covers every brand in one place. The adidas barcode lookup page explains the 13-digit EAN and the article number that adidas prints instead of a Nike-style number.