diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd5b657..032aeb3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Itacomp is a [View Component](https://viewcomponent.org/) and [Helper](https://a
 * [ita_progress](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
 * [ita_spinner](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
 * [ita_visually_hidden](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
+* [ita_badge](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
 * [ita_size](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
 * [ita_bg](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
 * [ita_text](app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb)
diff --git a/app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb b/app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb
index f018589..94fbc8a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/itacomp/common_helper.rb
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ def ita_progress(value = nil, type: nil)
       tag.div tag.div(**opts), class: progress_class
     end
 
+    # return a span.badge tag with an optional span.visually-hidden tag
+    #
+    # ==== Options
+    # * <tt>value</tt> [String], default <tt>nil</tt>, mandatory.badge content
+    # * <tt>msg</tt> [String], default <tt>nil</tt>, optional visually-hidden span message for accessibility
+    # * <tt>:class</tt> [String,Array] default <tt>nil</tt>, if present is added as tag class after <tt>badge</tt>
+    # * <tt>**opts</tt> [Hash] default <tt>{}</tt>, each other named params is delegated to span.badge tag.
+    def ita_badge(value, msg = nil, **opts)
+      opts[:class] = [ "badge", opts[:class] ]
+      hidden = msg.present? ? ita_visually_hidden(msg) : nil
+      safe_join([ tag.span(value, **opts), hidden ])
+    end
+
     # return size class from bootstrap-italia size types.
     #
     # ==== Options
diff --git a/test/helpers/common_helper_test.rb b/test/helpers/common_helper_test.rb
index 43d4887..9a6f541 100644
--- a/test/helpers/common_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/helpers/common_helper_test.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ class CommonHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     assert_equal '<div class="progress progress-color"><div class="progress-bar bg-primary" role="progressbar" style="width: 50%" aria-valuemin="0" aria-valuemax="100" aria-valuenow="50"></div></div>', ita_progress(50, type: "primary")
   end
 
+  test "ita_badge" do
+    assert_equal '<span class="badge">1</span>', ita_badge(1)
+    assert_equal '<span class="badge test" id="test">1</span>', ita_badge(1, class: "test", id: "test")
+    assert_equal '<span class="badge">1</span><span class="visually-hidden">test</span>', ita_badge(1, "test")
+  end
+
   test "ita_size" do
     assert_equal "size-md", ita_size
     assert_equal "size-xs", ita_size(:xs)