diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/admin.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/admin.py
index 5924927471..f824a48341 100644
--- a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/admin.py
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/admin.py
@@ -6,14 +6,26 @@
 
 @admin.register(ZGWApiGroupConfig)
 class ZGWApiGroupConfigAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ("name", "zrc_service", "drc_service", "ztc_service")
+    list_display = ("name", "identifier", "zrc_service", "drc_service", "ztc_service")
     list_select_related = ("zrc_service", "drc_service", "ztc_service")
-    search_fields = ("name",)
+    search_fields = (
+        "name",
+        "identifier",
+    )
     raw_id_fields = ("zrc_service", "drc_service", "ztc_service")
+    prepopulated_fields = {"identifier": ["name"]}
     ordering = ("name",)
 
     fieldsets = (
-        (None, {"fields": ("name",)}),
+        (
+            None,
+            {
+                "fields": (
+                    "name",
+                    "identifier",
+                )
+            },
+        ),
         (
             _("Services"),
             {
diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0016_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0016_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bf1d17d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0016_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-12-02 10:30
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+
+
+def set_zgw_api_group_config_identifier_from_name(apps, schema_editor):
+    ZGWApiGroupConfig = apps.get_model("zgw_apis", "ZGWApiGroupConfig")
+
+    def generate_unique_identifier(original_identifier, count=0):
+        identifier = original_identifier + ("-" + str(count) if count else "")
+        if not ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.filter(identifier=identifier).exists():
+            return identifier
+
+        return generate_unique_identifier(original_identifier, count + 1)
+
+    for row in ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.all():
+        candidate_slug = slugify(row.name)
+        row.identifier = generate_unique_identifier(candidate_slug)
+        row.save(update_fields=["identifier"])
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zgw_apis", "0015_explicit_objects_api_groups"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="zgwapigroupconfig",
+            name="identifier",
+            field=models.SlugField(
+                blank=True,
+                help_text="A unique, human-friendly identifier to identify this group.",
+                verbose_name="identifier",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.RunPython(
+            set_zgw_api_group_config_identifier_from_name,
+            reverse_code=migrations.RunPython.noop,
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0017_alter_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0017_alter_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e74020acd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/migrations/0017_alter_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2024-12-02 10:31
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zgw_apis", "0016_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="zgwapigroupconfig",
+            name="identifier",
+            field=models.SlugField(
+                help_text="A unique, human-friendly identifier to identify this group.",
+                unique=True,
+                verbose_name="identifier",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/models.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/models.py
index 2d38d1344c..c911a4978e 100644
--- a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/models.py
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/models.py
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ class ZGWApiGroupConfig(models.Model):
         max_length=255,
         help_text=_("A recognisable name for this set of ZGW APIs."),
     )
+    identifier = models.SlugField(
+        _("identifier"),
+        blank=False,
+        null=False,
+        unique=True,
+        help_text=_("A unique, human-friendly identifier to identify this group."),
+    )
     zrc_service = models.ForeignKey(
         "zgw_consumers.Service",
         verbose_name=_("Zaken API"),
diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/factories.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/factories.py
index 67c1cb943c..719fe3fb75 100644
--- a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/factories.py
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/factories.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+
 import factory
 from zgw_consumers.constants import APITypes, AuthTypes
 from zgw_consumers.test.factories import ServiceFactory
@@ -7,6 +9,7 @@
 
 class ZGWApiGroupConfigFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     name = factory.Sequence(lambda n: "ZGW API set %03d" % n)
+    identifier = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda o: slugify(o.name))
     zrc_service = factory.SubFactory(
         "zgw_consumers.test.factories.ServiceFactory", api_type=APITypes.zrc
     )
diff --git a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/test_migrations.py b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/test_migrations.py
index 51bdd2dd48..f1631ef6e9 100644
--- a/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/test_migrations.py
+++ b/src/openforms/registrations/contrib/zgw_apis/tests/test_migrations.py
@@ -43,3 +43,27 @@ def test_set_explicit_objects_api_groups_on_zgw_api_group_configs(self):
             backend_with_api_group.options["objects_api_group"],
             self.objects_api_group.pk,
         )
+
+
+class AddZGWApiGroupConfigIdentifierTests(TestMigrations):
+    app = "zgw_apis"
+    migrate_from = "0015_explicit_objects_api_groups"
+    migrate_to = "0016_zgwapigroupconfig_identifier"
+
+    def setUpBeforeMigration(self, apps: StateApps):
+        ZGWApiGroupConfig = apps.get_model("zgw_apis", "ZGWApiGroupConfig")
+        ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.create(name="Group name")
+        ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.create(name="Duplicate name")
+        ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.create(name="Duplicate name")
+
+    def test_identifiers_generated(self):
+        ZGWApiGroupConfig = self.apps.get_model("zgw_apis", "ZGWApiGroupConfig")
+        groups = ZGWApiGroupConfig.objects.all()
+
+        self.assertEqual(groups.count(), 3)
+
+        group1, group2, group3 = groups
+
+        self.assertEqual(group1.identifier, "group-name")
+        self.assertEqual(group2.identifier, "duplicate-name")
+        self.assertEqual(group3.identifier, "duplicate-name-1")