OUR EXAMPLE FFL

REGION

DISTRICT

FEDERAL INFORMATIONPROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) CODE

TYPE OF FFL

EXPIRATION

UNIQUE NUMBERASSIGNED BY THE ATF

License Number 9-87-035-01-7E-01234

ATF

GUIDE TO FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE NUMBERSHave you ever looked at your FFL and wondered what the numbers mean? You can tell a lot

about where a dealer, manufacturer, or importer is located based on their FFL number.Here we break down the number and include some graphics and some lists.

REGION / WESTERN

DISTRICT / UTAH

(FIPS) CODE / SALT LAKE COUNTY

TYPE OF FFL / DEALER OFFIREARMS / GUNSMITHING

EXPIRATION/ MAY 2017

UNIQUE NUMBERASSIGNED BY THE ATF

License Number 9-87-035-01-7E-01234

ATF

9- Western

3- Midwest

4- Central

5- Southwest

6- North Atlantic

8- Mid Atlantic

1- Southeast

01 — Maine02 — New Hampshire03 — Vermont04 — Massachusetts05 — Rhode Island06 — Connecticut11 — New York13 — New York14 — New York16 — New York22 — New Jersey23 — Pennsylvania25 — Pennsylvania31 — Ohio33 — California34 — Ohio35 — Indiana36 — Illinois37 — Illinois38 — Michigan39 — Wisconsin41 — Minnesota42 — Iowa

43 — Missouri45 — North Dakota46 — South Dakota47 — Nebraska48 — Kansas51 — Delaware52 — Maryland54 — District of Columbia, Virginia55 — West Virginia 56 — North Carolina57 — South Carolina58 — Georgia59 — Florida61 — Kentucky62 — Tennessee63 — Alabama64 — Mississippi66 — Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands68 — California71 — Arkansas72 — Louisiana

73 — Oklahoma74 — Texas75 — Texas76 — Texas77 — California81 — Montana82 — Idaho83 — Wyoming84 — Colorado85 — New Mexico86 — Arizona87 — Utah88 — Nevada91 — Washington92 — Alaska93 — Oregon94 — California95 — California98 — Gaum, Northern Mariana Islands99 — Hawaii

001 — Beaver003 — Box Elder005 — Cache007 — Carbon009 — Daggett011 — Davis013 — Duchesne015 — Emery017 — Garfield019 — Grand021 — Iron023 — Juab025 — Kane027 — Millard029 — Morgan

031 — Piute033 — Rich035 — Salt Lake037 — San Juan039 — Sanpete041 — Sevier043 — Summit045 — Tooele047 — Uintah049 — Utah051 — Wasatch053 — Washington055 — Wayne057 — Weber

01 – Dealer ofFirearms / Gunsmithing

02 – Pawnbroker 03 – Collector of Curios & Relics

06 – Manufacturer of Ammunition for Firearms

07 – Manufacturer of Firearms & Ammunition

08 – Importer of Firearms & Ammunition

09 – Dealer ofDestructive Devices

10 – Manufacturer ofDestructive Devices,

Ammunition for DestructiveDevices or Armor Piercing

Ammunition

11 – Importer of Destructive Devices,

Ammunition for DestructiveDevices or Armor Piercing

Ammunition

JANA

FEBB

MARC

APRD

MAYE

JUNF

JULG

AUGH

SEPJ

OCTK

NOVL

DECM

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Sources:Database queries from http://fflvault.com/FFLeZCheck 3.1.2 - Federal Firearms License Search. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.atfonline.gov/fflezcheck/Maddox, B. (n.d.). http://www.ffl123.com/types-of-ffl-licenses. Retrieved March 1, 2015,from http://www.ffl123.com/types-of-ffl-licensesSTS County / FIPS Codes. (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2015, from http://www.stssamples.com/county-fips.asp

The first number is the region, there are seven regions.REGIONS

The second number is the district, there are 64 districts, numbered 1–99. The district number is a holdover from when FFLs were managed by the IRS.

DISTRICTS

The third number is the FIPS code, there are 3,135 FIPS codes in the US, so we won’t show themall here. As an example, these are the FIPS codes in Utah. FIPS codes related to counties.

FIPS CODE

The 5th number (a number and a letter) refer to the expiration date of the FFL. The number refers to the year that it expires, so a 5 would expire in 2015.

The letter refers to the month in which it expires, and those correlate to A–M (without using ‘I’).

EXPIRATION

Reading our example FFL you would know that it belongs to a company in the western region, in Utah, in Salt Lake County that deals in firearms/gunsmithing. Their FFL would expire in

May of 2017 and their unique number assigned by the ATF is 01234.

The 4th number denotes the type of FFL. TYPE OF FFL

003

045

023

027

001

021

025053

017

031041

039

035

049

011057

005033

043051

013

009

047007

015

055

019

037

029