Data Partnership - Royal Mail Postcode Address File

Download PAF Address Lookup Table

Rather than go to the expense of subscribing to an address lookup service you may be interested to know how cost efficient Royal Mail's Postcode Address File is. Their address lookup file contains every deliverable address (inc. businesses) in the UK, that's over 28 million addresses! If you need a smaller file of the addresses in your area the costs drop even more - as little as £50. These lookup tables allow you to search by address or postcode to complete customer address fields.

If you can't find what you're looking for as an "off the shelf solution" then send us a brief using the tabs in the menu bar and we shall let you know just how cheap a bespoke address lookup solution can be. Even if you factor in a freelancer to build the bespoke system for you!

More about the address lookup tables available:

Direct From Royal Mail

The address lookup data is known as the Postcode Address File (PAF) and is the only complete source of all known UK addresses & postcodes. InfoLogic are authorised Royal Mail resellers of PAF and PostZon (postcodes with grid references) ensuring that the address lookup table we sell is the latest, most up-to-date and comprehensive available.

Postcode Address File (PAF) Applications

PAF data is essential to ensure that addresses are clean and accurate for mailing purposes. The benefits of clean addresses are:

Reduce postage costs through Mailsort, Presstream and Cleanmail
Reduce the amount of undelivered mail
Preservation of brand image
Improved accuracy of customer and prospect analysis

Address Data Fields Supplied

Organisation Name
Building Name/ or house number
Street
Locality
Post town
Postcode
Grid Reference (optional)

Data can be supplied at premise level which provides a unique record for each one of the 28 million UK addresses.

Grid references can be appended to the PAF data for the appropriate licence fee or licenced separately for mapping and GIS applications.

PAF Data Coverage

PAF can be purchased as a full UK database or by individual Postcode Areas (e.g. UB, RG).

Data Supply Format

PAF can be supplied as either tab delimited text files or as an Access database. Depending on size data will either be supplied on CD or via List-Logic secure ftp site.

PAF Licensing

Data is licenced for each PC that has access to it with options for system licences and internet licences. Prices for PAF start at £50 plus VAT for a single user, please contact us for other licensing options.