The Royal Mail produce a Business & Residential file of 28 million
UK addresses - every address in the UK on a single file.
We've extracted the Business Addresses from the file and offer
this at a reduced annual cost. Basically you can just order
this Business Data List for half the normal fee.
If you need more than just the address then we also have other
specific lists by business activity, 2,700 different types of
business that range from Abattoirs through to Zoos. So if
you're looking for a Business Data List of Accountants, Builders or
Plumbers etc. then you're in the right place. You can select by
employee size, turnover, geography and many other attributes.
Royal
Mail's Business Data List
The
business data list includes every commercially available business address that
exists on Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF). That's circa one
million sites that businesses operate from which span the UK. The
Business Data List excludes company type, telephone number however it does provide a very
strong and very cost effective solution for analysis,
door drop, distribution and direct marketing.
It's also worth pointing out that
Royal Mail's PAF is the only complete source of all known UK addresses &
Postcodes.
Applications
PAF data is essential to ensure that addresses are clean and
accurate for mailing purposes.
The benefits of clean addresses are:
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Reduce postage costs through Mailsort, Presstream and
Cleanmail
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Reduce the amount of undelivered mail
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Preservation of brand image
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Improved accuracy of customer and prospect analysis
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Door Drop Planning
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Distribution Analysis
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Mailings
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Address
Validation & Correction
Fields
*Grid references can be appended to the
business list data for the appropriate licence fee or licenced separately for mapping and
GIS applications.
Format
The Business Data List (PAF) is supplied in a Comma Separated
Variable Text format but can be supplied as either tab delimited or as an Access database or
other data format. A link to the company list will be sent to you when you complete your
order.
Licensing
The Business Data List is licenced for a year. Various
options are available including single, corporate,
multi user and internet licences.
Updates
All of the records we supply will have
come straight from the latest Royal Mail Postcode Address File, and will be
updated throughout the licence period every 3 months; that is a new
Business Data List will be sent to you every 3 months whilst you remain in
licence.