Postcode Address File
The Postcode Address File is the UK’s most up-to-date address database. By taking advantage of daily updates you can get more letters and parcels to your customers first time. It also supports businesses in reducing abandoned baskets, expensive returns, fraudulent transactions and customer complaints, saving you both time and money.
32m
UK postal delivery addresses
1.8m
UK postcodes
1.4m
UK business names
How PAF can help you
The Postcode Address File – and its complementary products – offer a host of benefits to organisations of every size and in every sector.
Making online transactions easier
Reduce abandoned baskets and expensive returns by enabling fast and accurate automatic address completion.
Deliver mail efficiently
Reduce abandoned baskets and expensive returns by enabling fast and accurate automatic address completion.
Complementary products
Include our additional datasets and optimise your customer solutions.
Multiple Residence
By using Multiple Residence alongside PAF® businesses can identify individual dwellings within multiple occupancy buildings that share a front door.
Not Yet Built
By using Not Yet Built together with PAF® businesses can identify and deliver services to the addresses of properties that are at the planning and construction stage.
BFPO
By using BFPO together with PAF® businesses can provide goods and services to more than 100,000 British forces personnel serving overseas.
Alias
Using Alias together with PAF® enables businesses to identify and deliver to properties that have additional address characteristics, such as a name.
Verifying customer identities
Verify addresses in seconds, for a better customer experience and reduce the likelihood of losses due to fraud.
Managing databases effectively
Remove errors, duplicates and gaps in customer address information to ensure your records are up to date.
Identify addresses in a specific geographic area
Optimise route planning and select specific postcode areas to improve service and maintain happy customers.
Licensing & Pricing
You can access our Licence Agreements and other licensing information dependent on the type of your organisation, by clicking on the relevant box below. If you are unsure of your organisation type or need advice, please contact us using the link at the bottom of this page.
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For Solution Providers
A Solutions Provider is an organisation licensed by Royal Mail to use its address databases e.g. PAF, to create, enhance and supply products and Solutions.
You can find out more information about pricing here.
Please read the PAF data supply agreement before applying.
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Direct End Users
A Direct End User is an organisation that purchases a Licence directly from Royal Mail to cover use within their own legal entity.
You can find out more information about pricing here.
Please read the PAF data supply agreement before applying.
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For Corporates
Licence both your parent company and your subsidiaries all under one convenient licence option.
As a Corporate Group owner, you can purchase a PAF licence that covers all your Corporate Group members for their use of PAF under one convenient Licence Fee.
Members of your Corporate Group that purchase a PAF-based addressing Solution from a Solutions Provider(s), will not need to pay the PAF licence fees element of any charges by a Solutions Provider because as the Corporate Group owner, you will have paid the Licence Fee directly to Royal Mail.
If you are a Solutions Provider and you sell a PAF Solution to an End User, and you have ascertained that this organisation is part of a Corporate Group that has a Corporate PAF licence, you will need to send a Royalty Return showing a zero fee to Royal Mail by using our Royalty Returns process. Access the Fee Reporting Rules for further details.
A Corporate Licence is also available for our Multiple Residence and Not Yet Built datasets.
To find out more please contact us. You can find out more information about pricing in the licence agreement.
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For Microbusinesses
A Micro-Business is an organisation with less than 9 employees and turnover below £2m per annum.
If you are still unsure of your organisation type please contact us.
Please read the PAF data supply agreement before applying.
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For Charities
If your organisation is a UK based Charity or a community interest company with an income of less than £10million you may be eligible to access free PAF Data for non-commercial use.Have you already checked our Charity page to see if you qualify for this licensing option?
If you wish to use PAF for commercial purposes, i.e. making PAF Data available to others via your products and services; or access our other complementary address data products, you will need to return the appropriate licence fees for the supply and use for each of our products.
If you are still unsure of your organisation type please contact us.
Try the data before you licence it
Data Support for the Public Sector
Eligible public sector organisations can access PAF, Multiple Residence and Not Yet Built data for free at the point of use enabling the delivery of vital public services.
