UPC barcode generator

Generate UPC-A barcodes and printable UPC labels for products sold in the US and Canada — check digit calculated for you, sized to GS1 spec.

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1 · Formattype: 'upca'

Retail

Logistics

Industrial

2 · Data

11 digits, or 12 to verify the check digit

Check digit 2 calculated and added

3 · Bars

Bar height60 px

Module width

Quiet zone10 px · 5.0 X

4 · Text

UPC-A uses the standard GS1 text layout, with digits split under the bars.

5 · Color

Bars

Background

6 · Rotation

Live previewUPC-A

100%

Modules: 95
X-dimension: 0.303 mm
Size: 37.3 × 16.1 mm
Status: Valid

Export

Print widthheight 16.1 mm

Vector · best for print · 37.3 mm wide

Specs

Check digit: 2
Quiet zone: 5.0 X
Bar height: 9.1 mm
Human text: GS1 layout

etiket · label.ts

import { barcode } from 'etiket'

const svg = barcode('03600029145', {
  type: 'upca',
  height: 60,
  barWidth: 2,
  showText: true,
  margin: 10,
  background: '#FFFFFF',
})

What is a UPC-A barcode?

UPC-A is the 12-digit retail barcode used in the United States and Canada. It encodes a GTIN-12 and is read by EAN-13 scanners worldwide — a UPC-A is effectively an EAN-13 with a leading zero.

Data

12 digits (11 + check digit)

Characters

Digits only. The first digit is the number system character.

Check digit

Mod 10, automatic

Print size

37.29 × 25.93 mm at 100% (X = 0.33 mm), scalable from 80% to 200%

Used for

Retail products in North America, Amazon, Walmart

How to create a UPC-A barcode

Enter your data

Type or paste the 11-digit number. The check digit is calculated automatically, or verified if you enter it.

Adjust bars and text

Set bar height, module width and quiet zone, and choose whether to print the human-readable text.

Set the print size

Enter the final width in mm, cm, inches or pixels. The X-dimension and height update as you type.

Download and test

Export SVG for print or PNG at 300–600 dpi, then run a test scan before you print a full batch.

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