Address data

Address data is a standardized, geocoded list of postal addresses, often with building and parcel attributes. Delivery and logistics firms, utilities, telecoms, insurers, banks and e-commerce platforms use it to validate customer addresses, calculate delivery or service coverage, plan networks, assess risk and power address autocomplete.

Typical fields:

• Address ID
• House number, street, locality, city, region and postal code
• Latitude and longitude with a geocode precision level
• Unit or apartment details
• Address type: residential, commercial or mixed
• Building or parcel identifier
• Validity status and source date

Sources and collection

Authoritative address lists come from national mapping agencies, postal operators and land or cadastral registries; some countries publish them as open data, others license them commercially. Providers combine these with local government data and open sources, format addresses to local postal conventions and geocode each one. Precision ranges from rooftop or entrance level to street segment or postal code centroid.

Delivery and pricing

Delivered as country files, warehouse shares, validation and autocomplete APIs, or geocoding services. Pricing is per country file, per record, per API lookup or an annual licence. Terms often differ between internal use and use inside customer-facing products.

Before you buy

• Check geocode precision levels by country, especially in rural areas.
• Confirm the official source and how often new addresses are added.
• Test a batch of your own addresses for match rate.
• Ask whether multi-unit buildings include unit-level detail.
• Review licence terms for storing geocodes returned by an API.