QR Code Capacity by Version

Maximum bytes at error correction L, M, Q and H for each QR code version from 1 to 40. Find the version your data needs from its length.

Last updated: 2026-10-09

The version you need is the first row where your data's byte count is at or below the value in the column for your error correction level. A URL in plain ASCII takes 1 byte per character; Japanese or Chinese text in UTF-8 takes 3 bytes per character.

Maximum bytes by error correction level
Version	L	M	Q	H
1	17	14	11	7
2	32	26	20	14
3	53	42	32	24
4	78	62	46	34
5	106	84	60	44
6	134	106	74	58
7	154	122	86	64
8	192	152	108	84
9	230	180	130	98
10	271	213	151	119
11	321	251	177	137
12	367	287	203	155
13	425	331	241	177
14	458	362	258	194
15	520	412	292	220
16	586	450	322	250
17	644	504	364	280
18	718	560	394	310
19	792	624	442	338
20	858	666	482	382
21	929	711	509	403
22	1,003	779	565	439
23	1,091	857	611	461
24	1,171	911	661	511
25	1,273	997	715	535
26	1,367	1,059	751	593
27	1,465	1,125	805	625
28	1,528	1,190	868	658
29	1,628	1,264	908	698
30	1,732	1,370	982	742
31	1,840	1,452	1,030	790
32	1,952	1,538	1,112	842
33	2,068	1,628	1,168	898
34	2,188	1,722	1,228	958
35	2,303	1,809	1,283	983
36	2,431	1,911	1,351	1,051
37	2,563	1,989	1,423	1,093
38	2,699	2,099	1,499	1,139
39	2,809	2,213	1,579	1,219
40	2,953	2,331	1,663	1,273

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