UK Address Finder Find and validate UK addresses in real-time Setup address autofill in moments with our autocomplete plugins and address lookup APIs

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Maximum of 15 searches per day

Integrate address autocomplete on any website with our Autocomplete Plugin

Or use our Address Autocomplete JSON API directly

See postcode lookup for our postcode based address finder tool

Why Use Address Autocomplete?

Rapid Address Entry

Receive address suggestions as you type. Median response time less than 100ms

Fuzzy Search

Handles spelling mistakes, handy if you are unsure how an address is spelt

Word Abbreviations

Accepts abbreviations like rd (Road), st (Street) and wy (Way)

Transposed Letters

Handles accidental switching of letters like Liecester (Leicester)

Filtering

Limit your address suggestions against a whitelist of any attribute, like post town, outward code or country

Geo Filtering

Limit your address suggestions to a bounding geospatial box defined by you

Why Ideal Postcodes?

Flexible Pricing

Choose between a flexible range of price tiers and licences. No tie-ins, no commitments. Contact us to find a licence that works better for you, or try our API for free

Simple Integration

Drop in autocomplete functionality on your web pages, CRM, POS tools & ERP systems. We offer free developer support and additional resources to help you get started

Robust Software

We provide high quality and heavily tested software. It can be deployed anywhere and is readily customisable

High Data Quality

Our data is updated daily using Royal Mail's PAF dataset. Get access to the UK's most accurate and reliable address database

Flexible Licensing

As Royal Mail Postcode Address File specialists we provide niche licensing options

Public Sector

Make full use of address data with cost-effective licensing for public sector organisations

SaaS

Implement tools in your app or client projects. Register and monitor your client’s usage through modern and simple licensing options

Charities

Small charities can benefit from cost-effective plans to increase website donations, gift aid registration and to speed up in-person collection

Staff Usage

You can easily integrate our solutions to your internal data tools such as a CRM, Point of Sale system or custom application

Trusted by Many

We work with developers across small businesses and startups through to public and FTSE 100 organisations

Businesses

As an integral part of our onboarding process since we launched, Ideal Postcodes has contributed a lot to Starling Bank's success. Their extremely reliable service has helped to ensure that our wholly digital onboarding process provides a smooth welcome to new customers.

Jason Maude
Chief Technology Advocate, Starling Bank

Thread has relied on Ideal Postcodes's service since 2014. Integrating a vital service into a key part of your product such as checkout requires that it works reliably and consistently and you never have to worry about it and Ideal Postcodes does just that, allowing our users to checkout quickly and accurately.

Ben Phillips
Co-Founder & CTO, Thread

I’m happy with the service, it just ticks along nicely and is a better thought out and executed system than the previous one I used.

Mark Kowalczyk
Founder, Special Moment

We were drawn to the ease of use and simplicity together with excellent documentation. The support has been friendly, expert and timely.

Ceri Richmond
Managing Director, Core

The team was brilliant start to finish making integration and setup so easy! The ability to contact someone who is technical is just brilliant and makes such a refreshing change.

Andrew Board
Managing Director, Screwsline

We found Ideal Postcodes had comprehensive and straightforward documentation. It was also important for us to find a cost-effective service for our customers and with the simple pricing, Ideal Postcodes was just that.

Elliott Gresham
Technical Director, SubscriberCRM

Or call our Address Search API directly

Start searching addresses in moments with our ready made libraries

const { Client } = require("@ideal-postcodes/core-node");

const client = new Client({ api_key: "iddqd" });

const response = await client.autocomplete.list({ 
    query: {
        query: "221b bake",
        api_key: "iddqd"
    }
});

response.body.result.hits;