Data Partnership - Royal Mail Postcode Address File

Postcode Address File (PAF)

Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF) from £50 for every address in a postcode area (UB Uxbridge, B Birmingham, CV Coventry etc.) or £300 for all 28 million UK addresses (business and residential addresses).

The PAF file is without any contention the definitive most up-to-date and complete address database in the UK, containing over 28 million business & residential addresses for the UK's 1.8 million plus Postcodes.

PAF Applications

The Royal Mail Postcode Address File (PAF), is often used to capture, create and or maintain your in-house address lists pre mailing. This includes web site registrations, forms and customer databases to reduce the number of returned or undelivered items from mailing programs. Obviously there are many more applications that you can use the PAF file for including mailing, planning leaflet distribution, logistics, navigation to name just a few!

Sample From £50

Royal Mail and Postcode Updates

We're authorised to sell for the Royal Mail. We are also authorised resellers for Ordnance Survey. We use elements of both source files to create hybrid products for our customers. As we're frequently supplied these files we make it a priority that our customers receive quarterly updates, therefore when you purchase from us we will make sure that your products remain current throughout the licence period.

PAF file Benefits

Clean addresses
Cheaper source as a mailing file
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
Great for analysis
Perfect for grid referencing

Address Fields Available

Organisation Name
Department Name
PO Box
Building Name
Sub Building Name
Building Number
Thoroughfare
Street
Double Dependent Locality
Dependent Locality
Post Town
Postcode
Postcode Type
Mailsort SSC
Grid Reference (optional)

Coverage

The Postcode Address File (PAF) file covers every known address in the UK and extracts can be taken either by postcode area or as a full UK supply (28 million address locations across the UK). A sample of the PAF can be found below, this will also provide you with the data fields that are provided for each record.

Supply Format

The PAF file is supplied as a Comma Separated Variable (CSV) delimited text file using double quotes by default. This field format will open very easily using almost any and all software applications including but not limited to Excel, Word, Notepad, Access, SQL etc. Due to the size of the file, older versions of Excel may not be an option as Excel limits any file size to around 65,000 rows / records.

Delivery

The Postcode Address File (PAF) is by default emailed at the time of order using a secure download link delivery method. If you require the PAF supplied in another format then we will be more than happy to accommodate you where humanly reasonable to do so at no extra cost.

Licensing

PAF is licensed for each user that has access to it. Other options for system licences and internet licences are also available. Prices for the PAF start at £50 per Postcode Area or £300 for the full UK file.

Accuracy

The PAF file is the most up-to-date and complete address database available for UK addresses, containing a mixture of business and residential sites and over 28 million addresses. For your licence fee you will receive the very latest file which will be valid for 12 months use and this includes quarterly updates to ensure it stays up to date.