diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/companies/dto/update-profile.dto.ts b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/companies/dto/update-profile.dto.ts
index 214c3858a..c89326fa1 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/companies/dto/update-profile.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/companies/dto/update-profile.dto.ts
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ export class UpdateProfileDto {
   @IsTin({ message: "TIN must be exactly 10 digits" })
   tin?: string;
 
-  // Ethiopian VAT registration numbers are 10 digits, the same shape as the
-  // TIN. Both portal forms enforce that; without it here the API happily stored
-  // whatever a stale client sent, and the two layers disagreed about what the
-  // column may hold.
+  // Ethiopian VAT registration numbers are 10 digits (the same shape as the
+  // TIN), but some are issued with an 11th. Both portal forms enforce the same
+  // range; without it here the API happily stored whatever a stale client sent,
+  // and the two layers disagreed about what the column may hold.
   @IsOptional()
   @IsString()
-  @Matches(/^\d{10}$/, { message: "VAT number must be exactly 10 digits" })
+  @Matches(/^\d{10,11}$/, { message: "VAT number must be 10 or 11 digits" })
   vatNumber?: string;
 
   // `fanNumber` is deliberately absent: the FAN is the Fayda number of the
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.test.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.test.ts
index f38d54432..0d357f691 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.test.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.test.ts
@@ -59,10 +59,22 @@ describe("VAT number", () => {
     ).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it("accepts eleven digits", () => {
+    expect(
+      errorFor(values({ vatNumber: "00123456789" }), "vatNumber"),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects twelve digits", () => {
+    expect(errorFor(values({ vatNumber: "001234567890" }), "vatNumber")).toBe(
+      "VAT number must be 10 or 11 digits",
+    );
+  });
+
   // `.length(10)` used to pass this, so a ten-letter string reached the API.
   it("rejects ten non-digits", () => {
     expect(errorFor(values({ vatNumber: "ABCDEFGHIJ" }), "vatNumber")).toBe(
-      "VAT number must be exactly 10 digits",
+      "VAT number must be 10 or 11 digits",
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.ts b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.ts
index 37f92e05e..db48667db 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/schema.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const onboardingSchema = z.object({
   vatNumber: z
     .string()
     .min(1, "VAT number is required")
-    .regex(/^\d{10}$/, "VAT number must be exactly 10 digits"),
+    .regex(/^\d{10,11}$/, "VAT number must be 10 or 11 digits"),
   // The owner's passport number — the foreign-company identity credential
   // (Fayda is an Ethiopian national ID). Required only for a foreign company;
   // enforced in buildOnboardingSchema since that depends on `nationality`.
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/steps/CompanyInfoStep.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/steps/CompanyInfoStep.tsx
index 3f37506a4..978377151 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/steps/CompanyInfoStep.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/accounts/companyProfileForm/steps/CompanyInfoStep.tsx
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export default function CompanyInfoStep({
         index={1}
         title="VAT number"
         status={
-          watch("vatNumber")?.length === 10 && !errors.vatNumber
+          (watch("vatNumber")?.length ?? 0) >= 10 && !errors.vatNumber
             ? "done"
             : "todo"
         }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export default function CompanyInfoStep({
         <TextInput
           aria-label="VAT Number"
           placeholder="0012345678"
-          maxLength={10}
+          maxLength={11}
           error={errors.vatNumber?.message}
           {...register("vatNumber")}
         />
diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabCompanyProfile.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabCompanyProfile.tsx
index 6a315392c..deaec110f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabCompanyProfile.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/portal/src/pages/settings/TabCompanyProfile.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const COMPANY_PROFILE_SCHEMA = z.object({
   vatNumber: z
     .string()
     .min(1, "VAT number is required")
-    .regex(/^\d{10}$/, "VAT number must be exactly 10 digits"),
+    .regex(/^\d{10,11}$/, "VAT number must be 10 or 11 digits"),
   ownerPassportNumber: z.string().optional(),
   // Registration/address fields are eTrade-sourced — locked once eTrade
   // supplies a value, editable only as an escape hatch when it doesn't
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export default function TabCompanyProfile({
                 <TextInput
                   label="VAT Number"
                   placeholder="e.g. 0012345678"
-                  maxLength={10}
+                  maxLength={11}
                   error={errors.vatNumber?.message}
                   {...register("vatNumber")}
                 />