Information required to verify your business on PayPal

Before you start verifying your PayPal business account, it can help to have certain details on hand. Requirements vary based on your business type.

Individual or Sole Proprietor

• Your full legal name
• Your home address (not a PO box)
• Your date of birth
• Your Social Security number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer ID (ITIN)
• Your email address
• Business phone number — Optional
• Business name / trading name — Optional
• Business address (if different from your home address)
• Business type/structure
• Business website — Only if you sell online
• Industry category (Merchant Category Code)

Registered Business (LLC, Corporation, etc.)

About the account holder

• Account holder's full legal name
• Account holder's home address (not a PO box)
• Account holder's date of birth — Only if you also own part of the business
• Account holder's Social Security number (SSN) — Only if you also own part of the business

About the business

• Business legal name
• Trading name / DBA (if different from legal name) — Optional
• Business address
• Business phone number — Optional
• Business email address
• Business type/structure
• Business website — Only if you sell online
• Industry category (Merchant Category Code)
• Country of incorporation
• Business Tax ID (EIN)

About the executive contact

• Executive contact's full name
• Executive contact's date of birth
• Executive contact's home address
• Executive contact's SSN or Tax ID
  • If the Executive contact does not have a US tax ID number, have passport information available (e.g. country of issuance, passport ID number, issue & expiration dates)

About the business owners (Those who own at least 25%)

• Beneficial owner's full name
• Beneficial owner's percentage of ownership
• Beneficial owner's date of birth
• Beneficial owner's home address
• Beneficial owner's SSN or Tax ID
  • If the Beneficial Owner does not have a US tax ID number, have passport information available (e.g. country of issuance, passport ID number, issue & expiration dates)
• Signed ownership statement (Beneficial Owner Certification)

Nonprofit or Charity

About the account holder

• Account holder's full legal name
• Account holder's home address (not a PO box)
• Account holder's date of birth — Only if you also own part of the business
• Account holder's Social Security number (SSN) — Only if you also own part of the business

About the business

• Business legal name
• Trading name / DBA (if different from legal name) — Optional
• Business address
• Business phone number — Optional
• Business email address
• Business type/structure
• Business website
• Industry category (Merchant Category Code)
• Business Tax ID (EIN)

About the executive contact

• Executive contact's full name
• Executive contact's date of birth
• Executive contact's home address
• Executive contact's SSN or Tax ID