diff --git a/app/views/admin/customers/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/customers/index.html.haml
index df4a0ea617..9dd216fa36 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/customers/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/customers/index.html.haml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         %input.red{ type: "button", value: t(:save_changes), "ng-click": "submitAll(customers_form)", "ng-disabled": "!hasUnsavedChanges()" }
 
       %table.index#customers{ 'ng-show' => '!RequestMonitor.loading && filteredCustomers.length > 0' }
+        %col.id{ width: "5%", 'ng-show' => 'columns.id.visible' }
         %col.email{ width: "20%", 'ng-show' => 'columns.email.visible' }
         %col.first_name{ width: "20%", 'ng-show' => 'columns.first_name.visible' }
         %col.last_name{ width: "20%", 'ng-show' => 'columns.last_name.visible' }
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
           %tr{ "ng-controller": "ColumnsCtrl" }
             -# %th.bulk
               -# %input{ :type => "checkbox", :name => 'toggle_bulk', 'ng-click' => 'toggleAllCheckboxes()', 'ng-checked' => "allBoxesChecked()" }
+            %th.id{ 'ng-show' => 'columns.id.visible' }=t('admin.customers.index.id')
             %th.email{ 'ng-show' => 'columns.email.visible' }
               %a{ :href => '', 'ng-click' => "sorting.toggle('email')" }=t('admin.email')
             %th.first_name{ 'ng-show' => 'columns.first_name.visible' }
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@
           %tr.customer{ 'ng-repeat' => "customer in filteredCustomers = ( customers | filter:quickSearch | orderBy: sorting.predicate:sorting.reverse ) | limitTo:customerLimit track by customer.id", 'ng-class-even' => "'even'", 'ng-class-odd' => "'odd'", :id => "c_{{customer.id}}" }
             -# %td.bulk
               -# %input{ :type => "checkbox", :name => 'bulk', 'ng-model' => 'customer.checked' }
+            %td.id{ 'ng-show' => 'columns.id.visible'}
+              %span{ 'ng-bind' => '::customer.id' }
             %td.email{ 'ng-show' => 'columns.email.visible'}
               %span{ 'ng-bind' => '::customer.email' }
               %span.guest-label{ 'ng-show' => 'customer.user_id == null' }= t('.guest_label')
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 446c5b30a2..10e639e41b 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ en:
         guest_label: "Guest checkout"
         credit_owed: "Credit Owed"
         balance_due: "Balance Due"
+        id: Id 
       destroy:
         has_associated_subscriptions: "Delete failed: This customer has active subscriptions. Cancel them first."
     customer_account_transaction:
diff --git a/lib/open_food_network/column_preference_defaults.rb b/lib/open_food_network/column_preference_defaults.rb
index 3c2300700d..8aedb06df2 100644
--- a/lib/open_food_network/column_preference_defaults.rb
+++ b/lib/open_food_network/column_preference_defaults.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
     def customers_index_columns
       node = 'admin.customers.index'
       {
+        id: { name: I18n.t("#{node}.id"), visible: false },
         email: { name: I18n.t("admin.email"), visible: true },
         first_name: { name: I18n.t("admin.first_name"), visible: true },
         last_name: { name: I18n.t("admin.last_name"), visible: true },