Microchip check

If a pet has a microchip, see which company holds its record and how to reach them.

What’s happening?

1. Find the microchip number on your pet’s papers, or get it from the clinic or shelter that scanned the pet.

2. Enter it in AAHA’s free microchip lookup. AAHA lists any companies that hold the microchip, most recently updated first.

3. Contact the first company listed. If your pet is missing, ask them to mark your pet missing and confirm your phone and email. If you found a pet, they’ll usually contact the owner. If a found pet’s microchip isn’t found, ask the company that made it for a “trackback”.

What a microchip is

A microchip holds a number, not a location. It isn’t GPS and can’t track a pet. It helps bring a pet home when a vet or shelter scans it and the registry has your current phone number. If you’re not sure your pet has one, a vet can scan for it.

Sources and notes

The microchip check runs on your device. We don’t save or send the microchip number unless you choose to save it to your own pet, and reloading the page clears it.

AAHA’s lookup is for adults. If you’re under 18, a vet clinic or shelter can look it up with you.

Hints come from public sources. A microchip’s first digits name who probably made it, not where it’s registered now. AAHA’s lookup is the reliable way to see that. Last checked 2026-10-05.

General guidance. FindLostPets.com isn’t a microchip registry and isn’t part of AAHA.

FindLostPets.com is not an emergency, veterinary, animal-control, or law-enforcement service.