Standard Business Card Size in Pixels, Inches, Millimeter

Business cards or visiting cards are a must to make your company or brand more recognizable among your clients or targeted prospects. Often, it is the first thing that the prospects receive from you and can be effectively used during networking events to create a strong impression on their minds.

The standard size of a business card is similar to that of the credit cards, i.e., 3.5 X 2 inches (USA) or 3.3 x 2.1 inches (the UK and Europe). During card design, a bleed area of 1/8 inch is left to avoid any cutting mistakes. There is a trim line that is generally considered as a target line for cutting cards. Apart from this, you can also find a safety line where important elements such as logos or texts are placed. Therefore, make sure that you don’t exceed this line while cutting.

However, to stand apart from your competitors, choose a business card design that is created in a unique manner and looks attractive to your prospective clients. Having an effective business card will help in the growth of your business by strengthening your network and increasing customer conversion rates.

Standard Business Card Sizes

If you go for standard business card size, you can save a few bucks on the printing and packaging. It is because different printing services offer cards in standard sizes from where you can select the best deal easily.

Most cards are of 3.5” x 2” size. If your card is of this size, the recipient can easily put the same in his/ her cardholder. However, if the card is of a different size, then the recipient might throw it away.

3.5” x 2” or 88.9mm x 50.8mm cards are used in Canada and the USA. In Photoshop, you can achieve this with by setting the document pixel size of 1050 pixels x 600 pixels document set at 300 PPI.

3.346” x 2.165” or 85mm x 55mm cards are used across Europe. In Photoshop, you can achieve this with pixel size of 1004 pixels x 650 pixels document set at 300 PPI.

You can refer to the table below to get an in-depth idea of the business card sizes used in different countries all over the world.

Standard
Size in Millimeters
Size in Inches

ISO 7810 ID-1
W: 85.60
H: 53.98
W: 3.370
H: 2.125

ISO 216 – A8 sized
W: 74
H: 52
W: 2.913
H: 2.047

Australia
W:90
H:55
W: 3.543
H: 1.968

United States
W: 88.9
H: 50.8
W: 3.5
H: 2

Canada
W: 89
H: 51
W: 3.5
H: 2

China
W: 90
H: 54
W: 3.543
H: 2.125

Czech Republic
W: 90
H: 50
W: 3.543
H: 1.968

France
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

Germany
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

Hungary
W: 90
H: 50
W: 3.543
H: 1.968

Italy
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

Netherlands
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

Japan
W:91
H:55
W: 3.582
H: 2.165

Russia
W: 90
H: 50
W: 3.543
H: 1.968

Scandinavia
W: 90
H: 55
W: 3.54
H: 2.165

Slovakia
W: 90
H: 50
W: 3.543
H: 1.968

Spain
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

Switzerland
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

United Kingdom
W: 85
H: 55
W: 3.346
H: 2.165

The custom standard business card will have the aspect ratio in the range of 1.42 to 1.8. You can refer to the above table for selecting the card size corresponding to a particular country.