About zf3 validator of RecordExists

Nothing special:

CustomerInputFilter extend Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter {}

But you can also register a new element and create a factory:

'validators'         => [
    'factories' => [
        My\Validator\CustomerRecordExists::class => My\Validator\CustomerRecordExistsFactory::class,
    ],
],

The class CustomerRecordExists must not exists and in the factory you use the standard RecordExists class and set the database adapter. Now you can use it in you input-filter configuration.
(This suggestion is based an the fact that your customers always in the same database.)