Build Sheet vs Window Sticker: What's the Difference?

Two names for your car's factory spec. Here's how they differ — and which one you can still pull years later.

Two names, one idea

“Build sheet” and “window sticker” both describe the factory record of how a car was specified — but they come from different traditions. Here's how they line up.

The window sticker

The window sticker (the Monroney label in the US) is the printed sheet on a new car's window — price, standard equipment, options and fuel economy.

The build sheet

The build sheet is the factory's internal record of every option code the car was assembled with — the source the window sticker is printed from.

Which one can you still get years later?

The paper window sticker is usually long gone by the time a car is resold. The build record, though, lives against the VIN — so you can regenerate a full equipment list by VIN at any age.

Get the equipment list, whatever you call it

Enter the VIN and we rebuild the factory spec as a clean, branded PDF.