Belgium Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples
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Belgium Address Format Guide
In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Belgium. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.
Belgium - Address Format
An address format in Belgium contains the following elements:
- Recipient’s name
- Business or department name (if applicable)
- Street name and House number
- Postal Code (4 digits) and City (all in caps)
- Country – BELGIUM (in all caps)
John Smith
Quellinstraat 40
2018 ANTWERPEN
BELGIUM
Belgium Address Format Examples
Example 1:
John Smith
Dokter Lauwersstraat 10
8500 KORTRIJK
BELGIUM
Example 2:
BPOST Siège Central
Bd Anspach 1
1000 BRUXELLES
BELGIUM
Postal and Country Information for Belgium
| Country/territory name | Belgium | |||||
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| ISO codes | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BE ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BEL ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 56 | |||||
| Administrative area count | 3 | |||||
| Administration area names and abbreviations |
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| Term to describe postal codes | Code postal | |||||
| Postal code format | 9999 | |||||
| Population | 11 128 728 | |||||
| Total land area | 30 653km² | |||||
How to Validate Addresses for Belgium Using GeoPostcodes Database
GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Belgium addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Belgium, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.
Use GeoPostcodes:
- Address Database to validate Street Names, Postal Codes and Cities in Belgium
- Postal Database if you only need to validate Postal Codes and Cities in Belgium
- Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Belgium segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions
You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Belgium using:
- Street column to validate Street names
- Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
- Region 4 column to validate City names
Explore our Belgium address database.