Data Limits for QR Barcodes

The amount of data that can be stored in the QR code depends on the character set, version and error correction level. The maximum values for version 40 with error correction capacity level L:

Numeric only

Max. 7,089 characters

Alphanumeric

Max. 4,296 characters

Binary (8 bits)

Max. 2,953 bytes

Kanji/Kana

Max. 1,817 characters