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 List from the file and offer this at a reduced annual cost. Basically you can just order the Business List UK 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 list UK 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 List UK
A business list UK file 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 list UK 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.
Business List UK 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
Business List UK Fields
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Organisation Name
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Building Name / Building Number
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Street
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Locality
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Post town
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Postcode
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Grid Reference (optional)*
*Grid references can be appended to the business list data for the appropriate licence fee or licenced separately for mapping and GIS applications.
Business List UK Format
The business list UK (Postcode Address File) 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.
Business List UK Licensing
The Business List UK is licenced for a year. Various options are available including single, corporate, multi user and internet licences.
Business List UK 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 list (UK) file will be sent to you every 3 months whilst you remain in licence.
