Pattern · India 🇮🇳

Regex for Udyam Registration

MSME registration number — format UDYAM-XX-NN-NNNNNNN.

The pattern

^UDYAM-[A-Z]{2}-\d{2}-\d{7}$

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What it matches

UDYAM-MH-01-0123456
UDYAM-DL-10-9876543
UDYAM-KA-15-1234567

What it doesn't match

UDYAM-MH-01-12345
UDYAM-mh-01-0123456
UDYOG-MH-01-0123456

Notes & gotchas

Udyam Registration replaced the older UAM (Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum) on 1 July 2020. Format: UDYAM-{state code}-{district code}-{7-digit serial}. Issued by Ministry of MSME to micro, small and medium enterprises for accessing benefits and subsidies.

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About this pattern

India-specific identifiers are governed by various authorities (UIDAI for Aadhaar, Income Tax Dept for PAN, RBI for IFSC, GSTN for GSTIN, etc.). Regex confirms format; for definitive validation, integrate with the issuing authority's verification API.

Quick usage in different languages

Once you've validated a candidate value matches this pattern, you'll typically use it inside your application code. Each language has its own regex syntax:

JavaScript: new RegExp(pattern).test(value) or /pattern/.test(value)
Python: re.match(pattern, value) with raw strings: r"pattern"
Java: Pattern.compile(pattern).matcher(value).matches()
C# / .NET: Regex.IsMatch(value, pattern)
Go: regexp.MustCompile(pattern).MatchString(value) — Go uses RE2 so some advanced features aren't available
Ruby: value =~ /pattern/ or pattern.match?(value)
PHP: preg_match('/pattern/', $value)

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Common pitfalls

Anchors matter. The pattern starts with ^ and ends with $ — it expects the entire input to match. To find this pattern inside a longer text, remove the anchors and use the /g flag for multiple matches.
Case sensitivity. Letter ranges like [A-Z] only match uppercase. Use the i flag or [A-Za-z] for case-insensitive matching.
Escape user input. If you're building a regex from a string variable, escape regex metacharacters first to avoid bugs or injection — use RegExp.escape-equivalents in your language.
Performance. For this specific pattern the risk is low, but be cautious of nested quantifiers when adapting it — they can cause exponential backtracking on adversarial input.