Ecuador Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Ecuador Address Format Guide

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

Ecuador - Address Format

An address format in Ecuador contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street name and House number
Postal Code (6 digits) and City Name
Country – ECUADOR (in all caps)

John Smith
Bálsamos 504
090511 Guayaquil
ECUADOR

Ecuador Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Calle Larga 5-24
010101 Cuenca
ECUADOR

Example 2:

Ecuador Post Office
Coral la Y
170105 Quito
ECUADOR

Postal and Country Information for Ecuador

Country/territory name	Ecuador
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: EC ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: ECU ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 218
Administrative area count	24
Administration area names and abbreviations	Azuay Bolivar Canar Carchi Chimborazo Cotopaxi El Oro Esmeraldas Galapagos Guayas Imbabura Loja Los Rios Manabi Morona Santiago Napo Orellana Pastaza Pichincha Santa Elena Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas Sucumbios Tungurahua Zamora Chinchipe	A B F C H X O E W G I L R M S T D Y P SE SD U N Z
Term to describe postal codes	Código postal
Postal code format	999999
Population	18 544 982
Total land area	255 338km²

How to Validate Addresses for Ecuador Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

Street column to validate Street names
Postcode column to validate Postal Codes
Region 3 column to validate City names

Explore our Ecuador address database.

Our location dataset for Ecuador

Ecuador ZIP Codes

Ecuador uses a “Código postal” system, which is a six-digit numeric format, like 999999, with no letters or separators. This means it uses only numbers. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Ecuador has 1,204 postal codes covering 1,288 regions and 1,688 towns. This format is similar to US ZIP codes in that both are numeric, but differs as Ecuador’s postal codes have six digits compared to the five digits of standard US ZIP codes, and they do not feature the ZIP+4 extension.

Ecuador ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Ecuador administrative landscape often follows inconsistent regional models and irregular public sources, making it difficult to maintain reliable boundaries. Our standardized postal and administrative boundary data resolves these gaps to ensure complete, coherent geographic coverage.

Ecuador Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Ecuador’s address structure, ensuring consistent, accurate, and globally aligned formatting across your systems. The dataset captures the official address elements required by the national postal operator and maps them into our unified global schema.