Liechtenstein Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Nov 27, 2025

Updated: November 27, 2025

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Liechtenstein Address Format Guide

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

Liechtenstein - Address Format

An address format in Liechtenstein contains the following elements:

Recipient’s name
Business or department name (if applicable)
Street name and House number
Postal Code (4 digits) and City Name
Country – LIECHTENSTEIN (in all caps)

John Smith
Im Pardiel 37
9494 Schaan
LIECHTENSTEIN

Liechtenstein Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Wesle 3
9496 Balzers
LIECHTENSTEIN

Example 2:

Liechtenstein Post Office
Städtle 36
9490 Vaduz
LIECHTENSTEIN

Postal and Country Information for Liechtenstein

Country/territory name	Liechtenstein
ISO codes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: LI ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: LIE ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 438
Administrative area count	11
Administration area names and abbreviations	Balzers Eschen Gamprin Mauren Planken Ruggell Schaan Schellenberg Triesen Triesenberg Vaduz	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Term to describe postal codes	PLZ
Postal code format	9999
Population	40 539
Total land area	161km²

How to Validate Addresses for Liechtenstein Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

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

Explore our Liechtenstein address database.

Our location dataset for Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein ZIP Codes

Liechtenstein uses a “PLZ” system, which is a four-digit numeric format like 9999, with no letters or separators. This is similar to US ZIP codes, which are also numeric, but US ZIP codes are five digits long compared to Liechtenstein’s four. According to the GeoPostcodes world postal code database, Liechtenstein has 14 postal codes covering 11 regions and 16 towns.

Liechtenstein ZIP & Administrative boundaries

Liechtenstein 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.

Liechtenstein Administrative Divisions

GeoPostcodes provides a standardized reference for Liechtenstein’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.