Netherlands Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: July 9, 2025
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Netherlands Address Format Guide

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

Netherlands - Address Format

An address format in Netherlands contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. Street name and House number
  4. Postcode (6 digits) and City Name
  5. Country – NETHERLANDS (in all caps)

John Smith
Schoonoordstraat 48
3036 XJ Rotterdam
NETHERLANDS

Netherlands Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
Johannes Jelgerhuishof 7
1065 TM Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS

Example 2:

Netherlands Post Office
Ganzenmarkt 2-6
3512 GD Utrecht
NETHERLANDS

Postal and Country Information for Netherlands

Country/territory name Netherlands
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: NL
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: NLD
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 528
Administrative area count 15
Administration area names and abbreviations
  • Drenthe
  • Flevoland
  • Friesland
  • Groningen
  • Guelders
  • Limburg
  • North Brabant
  • North Holland
  • Overijssel
  • South Holland
  • Utrecht
  • Zeeland
  • Bonaire
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • DR
  • FL
  • FR
  • GR
  • GE
  • LI
  • NB
  • NH
  • OV
  • ZH
  • UT
  • ZE
  • BQ1
  • BQ2
  • BQ3
Term to describe postal codes Postcode
Postal code format 9999 AA
Population 17 703 274
Total land area 35 045km²

How to Validate Addresses for Netherlands Using GeoPostcodes Database

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

Use GeoPostcodes:

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

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

  • Street column to validate Street names
  • Postcode column to validate Postcodes
  • Locality column to validate City names