AHV Nummer Schweiz herausfinden
Validate and Generate an AHV Number Switzerland - Easily and Quickly
This is an AHV Number Switzerland validation tool, you can enter the appropriate value to get the verification results, for the convenience of use, the tool provides a generator, you can use the generator to test the results.
What is AHV Number Switzerland?
On July 1, 2008 the old grey AHV card with an 11-digit number was replaced by a new standard credit card sized document containing 13 digits. The new number is generated randomly and is completely anonymous, thereby fulfilling current data protection requirements. Insured persons retain the same number throughout their lives and no longer need to replace it in the event of a name change due to marriage or divorce. If you still have an 11-digit AHV number, you can request for a new 13-digit AHV number through your employer who happens to be the one responsible for ordering the card.
AHV Number Generation and Validation?
The AHV Number Generator is designed to developers in need of randomly generated data for testing cases. The SSN validation validates the numbers pattern for a given state area code. Therefore, if a SSN passes this tool validation, it doesn't mean that it really exists, only that it's code, for the given pattern, is possible. This is the same validation that guarantees the basic authentication, of generated ssn's, for forms under development, as they merely checks for a possible pattern. Generated SSN's aren't real, and shouldn't be used on attempt of any illegal activity.
Where to find your AHV number
If you need your own number, you almost certainly already have it in writing. The usual places, roughly in order of how quickly people find them:
- Your health insurance card. The number is printed on the card issued by your Krankenkasse, which most people carry.
- Your AHV card — the credit-card-sized document issued since 2008.
- Your payslip. Many employers print it alongside your salary details.
- Your annual pension statement or any correspondence from a compensation office.
- Tax documents and insurance policy paperwork.
If you cannot find it anywhere
Your employer's HR department can look it up, since they report your contributions under it. Failing that, your cantonal compensation office (Ausgleichskasse) or your health insurer can help. Expect to prove your identity — they will not release the number over the phone to an unverified caller, which is the correct behaviour.
What you cannot do
There is no online lookup that returns a person's AHV number from their name and date of birth, and any site claiming otherwise should be treated with suspicion. The number is not derived from personal details, so it cannot be reconstructed or calculated — it was assigned at random and only the administering offices hold the mapping.
That is what this page's tool does and does not do: it checks whether a number is structurally valid, and it generates fake numbers for software testing. It cannot tell you anyone's real number, and it cannot confirm that a given number has been issued.