GST Search by PAN

What You Get from a PAN Search

A PAN search on the official GST portal returns every GSTIN registered under that PAN across India. For a business operating in multiple states, this is typically more than one entry — one GSTIN per state of registration, sometimes more than one within a state for separate business verticals.

Detail	Where to Find It
Holder Category	Encoded in PAN (4th character) — our tool decodes this instantly
Series + Initial	Encoded in PAN (chars 1–3 series, char 5 surname/entity initial)
List of GSTINs	GST portal — one row per state of registration
State of Each GSTIN	GST portal — first two digits of each returned GSTIN
Registration Status	GST portal — Active, Cancelled, or Suspended for each GSTIN
Legal Name + Address	GST portal — visible after clicking through any returned GSTIN

How One PAN Can Have Multiple GSTINs

GST is a state-level registration even though it is a central tax. A business operating in five states needs five GSTINs, one per state — all sharing the same PAN. The state code is the first two digits of each GSTIN; the PAN sits in the middle (characters 3 to 12). Character 13 is the entity number under that PAN, which distinguishes multiple registrations within the same state.

Worked example: a Bengaluru-headquartered company with offices in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Tamil Nadu will typically show four GSTINs under one PAN search — one starting with 29 (Karnataka), one with 27 (Maharashtra), one with 07 (Delhi), and one with 33 (Tamil Nadu). All four share the same ten PAN characters at positions 3 to 12 of each GSTIN.

When You Need a PAN-Based Search

• Vendor due diligence — You have the supplier's PAN from a contract or NDA but they have not yet shared a GSTIN. A PAN search returns every GSTIN they hold, so you can match the right one to the state on the upcoming invoice.
• Recovering your own GSTIN — If you forgot the GSTIN of one of your own state registrations, the PAN search returns the full list against your PAN.
• Multi-state supplier reconciliation — A supplier billing you from multiple states should have a separate GSTIN for each. PAN search confirms which GSTINs are registered, so a stray invoice from a state without a matching GSTIN is a red flag.
• Audit response — If a department officer queries a supplier's identity, the PAN→GSTIN list from the portal is your standing reference.

The Two-Step Workflow

The right sequence is validate the PAN format first, then portal lookup. PAN format validation is free and instant, and catches the typo class of errors before they cost you a portal call. A PAN with the wrong character at position 4 (the holder category) almost always means a copy-paste mistake.

1. Paste the PAN above to confirm the format and decode the holder category.
2. Click Search on GST Portal to open the official Search Taxpayer page.
3. On the portal, select the Search by PAN tab and paste the PAN.
4. The portal returns every GSTIN under that PAN, each clickable for full registration details.

What the PAN Itself Tells You

PAN is a 10-character permanent identifier assigned by the Income Tax Department. The fourth character is the holder category, and it is the most useful single character for screening:

Character 4	Holder Category
P	Individual (sole proprietor invoices fall here)
C	Company (public or private limited)
F	Firm or LLP
H	Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)
A	Association of Persons (AOP)
T	Trust
G	Government
B	Body of Individuals (BOI)
L	Local Authority
J	Artificial Juridical Person

If a vendor signs the contract as a private limited company but the PAN's 4th character is P, the PAN is for an individual, not the company. The mismatch usually means the wrong PAN was shared and is worth a second confirmation before booking.

Related Tools

• GST Number Search — decode a specific GSTIN and check business details on the portal
• GSTIN Validator — structure-only check (state, PAN, entity, mod-36 checksum)
• GST State Code List — the full 01–38 mapping for the first two characters of every GSTIN
• GST Invoice to Excel — pull GSTINs and other fields out of a folder of vendor PDFs into Excel
• How to Find Company Details from a GST Number — the full buyer-side walkthrough