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Address Lookup API / Alias

Alias

Alias data is used with the Postcode Address File (PAF) to help identify properties that have additional address characteristics.

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Key features of Alias

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Additional address characteristics

Delivery point Alias data helps to identify properties in the Postcode Address File (PAF) that have additional address characteristics, such as properties that are referred to by a name as well as having a street number.

Alias can also be used to identify businesses working from home, by adding trading names to residential addresses.

Add additional address characteristics to Royal Mail's PAF Dataset with Alias

How Alias data can help your organisation

  • Improve deliveries
    Parcels can be delivered accurately to properties that have additional address identifiers such as a house name.
  • Address and identity verification
    Improve data quality, and accurately verify customer addresses and identities.
  • Identify businesses working from home
    Your marketing and planning campaigns can target businesses working from residential addresses.
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Use Postcoder to access Alias with our simple and secure API

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