Schweiz AHV Nummer
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 the AHV number is used
The AHV number is the common reference across Switzerland's social insurance system. Rather than each scheme maintaining its own identifier, they share this one:
- AHV/AVS — the state old-age and survivors' pension, the scheme the number is named after.
- IV/AI — disability insurance.
- Occupational pensions — the second-pillar schemes run through employers.
- Health insurance — it appears on the insurance card issued by your provider.
- Unemployment insurance and family allowances.
Your employer and your number
Employers use the AHV number to report contributions to the compensation office, which is why it is requested when you start a job. If you still hold an old 11-digit number, the replacement card is ordered through your employer rather than requested directly.
One number, several names
The same identifier is called different things depending on the language region — AHV-Nummer in German-speaking Switzerland, numéro AVS in the French-speaking cantons, numero AVS in Ticino. These are the same number in the same format, not separate systems.
Handling the number
Because it is used across so many schemes, the AHV number is worth treating as sensitive, even though on its own it reveals nothing about you. The generator on this page produces structurally valid test numbers for development work — never enter a real person's number into any online tool, including this one.