Free vCard QR code generator
Fill in your details and get a QR code that saves you as a contact when someone scans it. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.
Example: fill in your name or company to start
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Made in your browser. Veey doesn't receive or save what you type.
What is a vCard QR code?
A vCard QR code holds your contact details in the vCard format, the standard format for contact cards. When someone points their phone's camera at it, the phone offers to save you as a contact, with your details already filled in. There's no link and no website behind it, so it scans without an internet connection.
Put it anywhere people might want to save your details: the back of your paper business card, a name badge, a roll-up at a trade show, a slide, an email. Then nobody has to type in your name and number by hand.
This generator makes a static code: your details are inside the code itself, so it never expires and doesn't depend on any service, ours included. The flip side is that it can't change. If you get a new number or title, you make a new code and reprint.
The other kind of business card QR code holds a link to a digital business card, like Veey's. Scanning it opens a page that can show your photo, links and video, that you can update after printing, and where the other person can send their details back. Below, we compare the two.
What the generator does
Free, no sign-up
Free to use, with no account and no watermark. Fill in the fields and your code is ready.
Made in your browser
The QR code is made in your browser as you type. Veey doesn't receive or save the details you enter.
Saves you as a contact
The code holds a vCard, so scanning it offers to add you to the phone's contacts. No link, no website, no internet needed.
Read by the phone's camera
The Camera app on iPhone reads it, and so does the camera or Google Lens on most Android phones. Letters like å, ä and ö come through as they should.
All your contact details
First and last name, company, job title, mobile and work phone, email, website, and street address, postcode, city and country. Leave out what you don't need: fewer details make a smaller code.
Never expires
A static code with your details inside. It doesn't depend on any service, so no subscription can switch it off.
Your colour, still scannable
Choose the colour of your code. If it's too light to scan reliably, the tool says so and uses a darker shade of it: dark on light always scans best.
PNG or SVG
Download a high-resolution PNG for print and screens, or an SVG vector file for print shops and designers.
The right print size
The tool shows the smallest size to print your code at: more details make a denser code that needs more space. It keeps the white margin around the code that scanners need.
How to make a QR code for your business card
Fill in your details
Enter what you want people to save. Leave out what you don't need, because fewer details make a smaller, simpler code.
Scan it with your phone
Point your own phone's camera at the code on the screen and check the contact it offers, down to every letter, before you print anything.
Download PNG or SVG
Choose PNG for documents, slides and screens, or SVG if a print shop or designer is laying out your card.
Print at the size shown
Print the code at least as big as the tool shows, with the white margin around it. Then scan the printed proof once more.
A vCard QR code or a link to a digital card?
| vCard QR code | Veey card QR code | |
|---|---|---|
| Saves you as a contact | Straight from the scan | From your card, with a tap |
| Works without internet | ✓ | No, your card opens online |
| Change details after printing | No, make a new code | Yes, live straight away |
| Photo, links, video and gallery | Contact details only | ✓ |
| They can send their details back | – | Yes, with Share Back |
| Cost | Free | €9.99 a month or €89 a year, after a 30-day free trial |
Both open with the phone's own camera, no app needed. Veey's price is for one person (Solo).
Questions about QR codes for business cards
A vCard if you want something free and permanent that works even without internet: the code saves you as a contact, and that's it. A link to a digital business card if your details change, you want to show more than contact details, or you want the other person's details back.
Or use both: a vCard code on your printed card, and a digital card to share from your phone.
It depends on how much you put in it. Name, phone and email make a fairly simple code; add an address, a website and a second number and it gets denser, so it must be printed bigger. On a business card that's typically around 2–3 cm wide or more. The generator calculates the smallest size for your code: print it at least that big, with the white margin around it.
No. A vCard QR code is static: your details are in the code itself, so new details mean a new code and a reprint. If you want a code that stays the same while your details change, it has to link to something you can update, such as a digital business card.
No. Your details are stored in the code, not on a server, so it works for as long as the print lasts. Some QR code sites make codes that send people through their own server, and those can stop working when a trial or subscription ends. Worth checking before you print a few hundred cards.
No. The Camera app on iPhone reads it, and so does the camera or Google Lens on most Android phones. The phone then offers to add you as a contact. No internet connection is needed: there's no link to open.
Not with this tool. It makes plain codes, which scan most reliably. A logo covers part of the code and makes it harder to read, especially when it holds a lot of details. For your brand, choose the code's colour, as long as it stays dark on a light background.
You can, but people often read email on the same phone they'd have to scan with. In a signature, a link works better; a QR code does most where people see it from a distance, like paper cards, badges and slides. Our free email signature generator is made for signatures.
It's free, with no sign-up and no watermark. Veey makes digital business cards, and we built this for everyone who just needs a simple code.
Our cards have a QR code too, but it links to a card you can update anytime, where the person you meet can share their details back. That's a paid product with a 30-day free trial; the generator stays free.