Bulgaria Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: July 9, 2025
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Bulgaria Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Bulgaria. 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.

Bulgaria - Address Format

An address format in Bulgaria contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. Street name and House number
  4. Postal Code (4 digits) and City Name
  5. Country – BULGARIA (in all caps)

John Smith
Dame Gruev 38
4030 Plovdiv
BULGARIA

Bulgaria Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Rozova Dolina 25
1421 Sofia
BULGARIA

Example 2:

Bulgaria Post Office
Sveta Troitsa 184
6004 Stara Zagora
BULGARIA

Postal and Country Information for Bulgaria

Country/territory name Bulgaria
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: BG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: BGR
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 100
Administrative area count 28
Administration area names and abbreviations
Term to describe postal codes Пощенски код
Postal code format 9999
Population 6 548 591
Total land area 110 975km²

How to Validate Addresses for Bulgaria Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Bulgaria addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Bulgaria, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Address Database to validate Street Names, Postal Codes and Cities in Bulgaria
  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Postal Codes and Cities in Bulgaria
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Bulgaria segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Bulgaria using:

  • Street column to validate Street names
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
  • Locality column to validate City names