How often is the International ZIP Code Database updated?

The International ZIP Code Database is updated regularly to reflect the world’s postal and administrative changes. The update frequency varies by country. You can choose when you update the data in your system:. Bulk updates: Download full, updated datasets to refresh your system. Differential updates: Retrieve only the new, updated and deleted records to ensure integrity and traceability. .

What are the main use cases for the International ZIP Code Database?

Common use cases for the International ZIP Code Database include:. Address validation: Verify that addresses are complete, correctly formatted, and match local postal standards, in every country and every language. Distance calculation: Compute distances between ZIP codes to power radius searches, routing decisions, shipping tariffs, mileage and CO₂ reporting for ESG, job-to-candidate matching, and location-based ad targeting. Logistics and shipping: Design and optimize your distribution network, enable cross-border shipping, and ensure delivery success. Reporting and business intelligence: Produce compliant and accurate reports across your organization, and enhance data analysis with location intelligence. Map visualization: Analyze complex trends and discover actionable insights. Build engaging map-based data visualizations. Master Data Management: Rely on a single source of truth to keep location data accurate, consistent, and current across your systems and organization. Sales and Marketing: Segment customers for site selection, analytics, geofencing, campaigns, territory mapping, and ad targeting. .

How is the International ZIP Code Database delivered and how can we access it?

GeoPostcodes delivers its data in text files (the most popular format is CSV) that you can easily integrate into your databases and processes. Hosting your own data gives you full control over security, compliance, and performance at a fixed cost, regardless of volume. Learn more about the benefits of working with self-hosted data here. Choose the delivery method that fits your infrastructure best:. Manual download: Download the full database from your secure space in the GeoPostcodes Customer Portal. Download API: Retrieve the files via API for automated ingestion into your pipeline. Cloud-to-cloud: GeoPostcodes syncs the data directly to your cloud environment (Snowflake, Azure Data Share, or AWS). The International ZIP Code Database is updated regularly to reflect the world’s postal and administrative changes. You can choose when you update the data in your system:. Bulk updates: Download full, updated datasets to refresh your system. Differential updates: Retrieve only the new, updated, and deleted records to ensure integrity and traceability. .

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ZIP Code Database

Name: GeoPostcodes International Postal & ZIP Code Database
Creator: GeoPostcodes
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Enterprise-grade location data covering 247 countries, curated from 1,500 sources.

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New York

United States

Coordinates

40.749324, -73.994084

Timezone

America/New_York

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Global coverage of 247 countries

iso	country	postal codes	format	coordinates	#languages	#admin levels	#time zones	#unlocodes
AD	Andorra	✔	AD999	✔	1	1	1	11
AE	United Arab Emirates	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	75
AF	Afghanistan	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	64
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	5
AI	Anguilla	✔	AI-2640	✔	1	1	1	10
AL	Albania	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	25
AM	Armenia	✔	9999	✔	2	3	1	25
AO	Angola	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	82
AR	Argentina	✔	A9999 AAA	✔	1	3	1	602
AS	American Samoa	✔	96799	✔	1	3	1	4
AT	Austria	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	1388
AU	Australia	✔	9999	✔	1	2	6	2583
AW	Aruba	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	10
AX	Åland	✔	99999	✔	2	3	1	12
AZ	Azerbaijan	✔	AZ 9999	✔	2	2	1	31
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	89
BB	Barbados	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	13
BD	Bangladesh	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	45
BE	Belgium	✔	9999	✔	2	4	1	1821
BF	Burkina Faso	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	46
BG	Bulgaria	✔	9999	✔	2	3	1	340
BH	Bahrain	✔	[9]999	✔	1	1	1	23
BI	Burundi	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	17
BJ	Benin	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	17
BL	Saint Barthélemy	✔	99999	✔	1	0	1	1
BM	Bermuda	✔	AA 99	✔	1	1	1	10
BN	Brunei Darussalam	✔	AA9999	✔	1	2	1	8
BO	Bolivia	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	178
BR	Brazil	✔	99999-999	✔	1	4	3	5635
BS	Bahamas	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	58
BT	Bhutan	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	17
BV	Bouvet Island	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	0	1
BW	Botswana	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	25
BY	Belarus	✔	299999	✔	2	3	1	74
BZ	Belize	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	25
CA	Canada	✔	A9A 9A9	✔	2	3	10	3215
CC	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	✔	6799	✔	1	0	1	1
CD	Congo, Democratic Republic	✔	9999999	✔	1	3	2	81
CF	Central African Republic	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	42
CG	Congo-Brazzaville	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	34
CH	Switzerland	✔	9999	✔	3	3	1	1563
CI	Ivory Coast	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	4	1	61
CK	Cook Islands	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	4	1	11
CL	Chile	✔	9999999	✔	1	3	3	489
CM	Cameroon	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	41
CN	China	✔	999999	✔	2	4	1	1678
CO	Colombia	✔	999999	✔	1	4	1	394
CR	Costa Rica	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	260
CU	Cuba	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	69
CV	Cape Verde	✔	9999-999	✔	1	2	1	22
CW	Curaçao	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	0		14
CX	Christmas Island	✔	6798	✔	1	0	1	2
CY	Cyprus	✔	9999	✔	2	2	1	15
CZ	Czechia	✔	999 99	✔	1	4	1	1513
DE	Germany	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	10009
DJ	Djibouti	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	9
DK	Denmark	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	753
DM	Dominica	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	5
DO	Dominican Republic	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	87
DZ	Algeria	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	146
EC	Ecuador	✔	999999	✔	1	3	2	156
EE	Estonia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	368
EG	Egypt	✔	9999999	✔	2	2	1	126
ER	Eritrea	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	4
ES	Spain	✔	99999	✔	1	4	2	4765
ET	Ethiopia	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	61
FI	Finland	✔	99999	✔	2	4	1	698
FJ	Fiji	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	41
FK	Falkland Islands	✔	FIQQ 1ZZ	✔	1	0	1	4
FM	Micronesia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	2	17
FO	Faroe Islands	✔	999	✔	1	2	1	27
FR	France	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	14376
GA	Gabon	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	56
GB	United Kingdom	✔	A[A]9[A][9] 9AA	✔	1	4	1	5860
GD	Grenada	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	5
GE	Georgia	✔	9999	✔	2	2	1	61
GF	French Guiana	✔	99999	✔	1	4		17
GG	Guernsey	✔	GY9[9] 9AA	✔	1	1	1	6
GH	Ghana	✔	AA-99999-9999	✔	1	2	1	62
GI	Gibraltar	✔	GX11 1AA	✔	1	0	1	2
GL	Greenland	✔	9999	✔	1	1	3	47
GM	Gambia	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	18
GN	Guinea	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	4	1	48
GP	Guadeloupe	✔	99999	✔	1	4		32
GQ	Equatorial Guinea	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	15
GR	Greece	✔	999 99	✔	2	3	1	764
GS	South Georgia and Sandwich	✔	SIQQ 1ZZ	✔	1	0	1	2
GT	Guatemala	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	182
GU	Guam	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	14
GW	Guinea-Bissau	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	8
GY	Guyana	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	42
HK	Hong Kong	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	2	2	1	70
HM	Heard and McDonald Islands	✔	7151	✔	1	0	1	2
HN	Honduras	✔	-	✔	1	2	1	139
HR	Croatia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	404
HT	Haiti	✔	9999	✔	1	4	1	28
HU	Hungary	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	792
ID	Indonesia	✔	99999	✔	1	3	3	745
IE	Ireland	✔	A99 AAAA	✔	2	3	1	547
IL	Israel	✔	99999 99	✔	2	3	1	381
IM	Isle of Man	✔	IM9[9] 9AA	✔	1	2	1	13
IN	India	✔	999999	✔	1	4	1	1333
IO	British Indian Ocean Territory	✔	BBND 1ZZ	✔	1	0	1	1
IQ	Iraq	✔	99999	✔	2	2	1	73
IR	Iran	✔	9999999999	✔	2	1	1	158
IS	Iceland	✔	999	✔	1	2	1	102
IT	Italy	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	5795
JE	Jersey	✔	JE9 9AA	✔	1	1	1	13
JM	Jamaica	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	67
JO	Jordan	✔	99999	✔	2	3	1	28
JP	Japan	✔	999-9999	✔	3	4	1	2168
KE	Kenya	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	73
KG	Kyrgyzstan	✔	999999	✔	2	2	1	10
KH	Cambodia	✔	999999	✔	2	3	1	26
KI	Kiribati	✔	KI0999	✔	1	2	3	30
KM	Comoros	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	7
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	✔	KN9999	✔	1	1	1	4
KP	North Korea	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	21
KR	South Korea	✔	99999	✔	2	3	1	279
KW	Kuwait	✔	99999	✔	2	1	1	31
KY	Cayman Islands	✔	KY9-9999	✔	1	1	1	4
KZ	Kazakhstan	✔	A99A9A9	✔	3	2	1	85
LA	Laos	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	48
LB	Lebanon		9999 9999	✔	2	3	1	77
LC	Saint Lucia	✔	LC99 999	✔	1	1	1	6
LI	Liechtenstein	✔	9999	✔	1	1	1	11
LK	Sri Lanka	✔	99999	✔	2	3	1	151
LR	Liberia		9999	✔	1	3	1	29
LS	Lesotho	✔	999	✔	1	2	1	20
LT	Lithuania	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	139
LU	Luxembourg	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	190
LV	Latvia	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	183
LY	Libya	No Valid Postal Code System		✔	1	1	1	53
MA	Morocco	✔	99999	✔	2	4	1	124
MC	Monaco	✔	98000	✔	1	1	1	2
MD	Moldova	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	53
ME	Montenegro	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	22
MF	Saint Martin	✔	99999	✔	1	0	1	8
MG	Madagascar	✔	999	✔	1	4	1	79
MH	Marshall Islands	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	36
MK	Republic of North Macedonia	✔	9999	✔	2	2	1	60
ML	Mali	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	44
MM	Myanmar	✔	9999999	✔	2	4	1	72
MN	Mongolia	✔	99999	✔	2	2	2	25
MO	Macau	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	2	1	1	1
MP	Northern Mariana Islands	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	3
MQ	Martinique	✔	99999	✔	1	4		28
MR	Mauritania	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	27
MS	Montserrat	✔	MSR9999	✔	1	1	1	4
MT	Malta	✔	AAA 9999	✔	1	2	1	92
MU	Mauritius	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	70
MV	Maldives	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	23
MW	Malawi	✔	999999	✔	1	2	1	22
MX	Mexico	✔	99999	✔	1	3	6	965
MY	Malaysia	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	354
MZ	Mozambique	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	60
NA	Namibia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	47
NC	New Caledonia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	34
NE	Niger	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	20
NF	Norfolk Island	✔	2899	✔	1	0	1	1
NG	Nigeria	✔	999999	✔	1	3	1	163
NI	Nicaragua	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	87
NL	Netherlands	✔	9999 AA	✔	1	2	2	1883
NO	Norway	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	1144
NP	Nepal	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	63
NR	Nauru	✔	NRU 68	✔	1	1	1	2
NU	Niue	✔	9974	✔	1	1	1	2
NZ	New Zealand	✔	9999	✔	1	2	2	341
OM	Oman	✔	999	✔	2	2	1	39
PA	Panama	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	531
PE	Peru	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	201
PF	French Polynesia	✔	99999	✔	1	2	3	60
PG	Papua New Guinea	✔	999	✔	1	3	2	444
PH	Philippines	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	596
PK	Pakistan	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	211
PL	Poland	✔	99-999	✔	1	3	1	1949
PM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	2
PN	Pitcairn Islands	✔	PCRN 1ZZ	✔	1	0	1	1
PR	Puerto Rico	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	101
PS	Palestine	✔	P999 9999	✔	2	2	1	5
PT	Portugal	✔	9999-999	✔	1	3	2	948
PW	Palau	✔	96999	✔	1	1	1	3
PY	Paraguay	✔	999999	✔	1	3	1	84
QA	Qatar	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	2	2	1	28
RE	Réunion	✔	99999	✔	1	4		27
RO	Romania	✔	999999	✔	1	3	1	670
RS	Serbia	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	182
RU	Russia	✔	999999	✔	2	3	11	857
RW	Rwanda	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	19
SA	Saudi Arabia	✔	99999	✔	2	2	1	95
SB	Solomon Islands	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	54
SC	Seychelles	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	10
SD	Sudan	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	30
SE	Sweden	✔	999 99	✔	1	2	1	1198
SG	Singapore	✔	999999	✔	1	2	1	27
SH	Saint Helena	✔	AAAA 1ZZ	✔	1	2	1	6
SI	Slovenia	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	462
SJ	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	✔	9999	✔	1	1	1	6
SK	Slovakia	✔	999 99	✔	1	3	1	558
SL	Sierra Leone	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	15
SM	San Marino	✔	99999	✔	1	1	1	12
SN	Senegal	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	32
SO	Somalia	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	29
SR	Suriname	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	27
SS	South Sudan	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	20
ST	São Tomé and Príncipe	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	13
SV	El Salvador	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	76
SX	Sint Maarten	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	0	1	5
SY	Syria	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	2	3	1	18
SZ	Eswatini	✔	A999	✔	1	2	1	15
TC	Turks and Caicos Islands	✔	TKCA 1ZZ	✔	1	2	1	8
TD	Chad	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	42
TF	French Southern Territories	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	1
TG	Togo	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	10
TH	Thailand	✔	99999	✔	2	3	1	205
TJ	Tajikistan	✔	999999	✔	3	2	1	13
TK	Tokelau	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	0	1	3
TL	Timor-Leste	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	10
TM	Turkmenistan	✔	999999	✔	1	2	1	45
TN	Tunisia	✔	9999	✔	1	2	1	115
TO	Tonga	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	8
TR	Türkiye	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	655
TT	Trinidad and Tobago		999999	✔	1	2	1	66
TV	Tuvalu	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	1
TW	Taiwan	✔	999999	✔	2	2	1	68
TZ	Tanzania	✔	99999	✔	1	3	1	72
UA	Ukraine	✔	99999	✔	2	3	2	280
UG	Uganda	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	41
UM	Minor Outlying Islands	✔	96898	✔	1	1	4	9
US	United States	✔	99999	✔	1	2	8	20849
UY	Uruguay	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	69
UZ	Uzbekistan	✔	999999	✔	2	2	1	42
VA	Vatican	✔	00120	✔	1	0	1	1
VC	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	✔	VC9999	✔	1	1	1	10
VE	Venezuela	✔	9999	✔	1	3	1	210
VG	British Virgin Islands	✔	VG9999	✔	1	1	1	11
VI	U.S. Virgin Islands	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	14
VN	Vietnam	✔	99999	✔	1	4	1	241
VU	Vanuatu	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	1	1	36
WF	Wallis and Futuna	✔	99999	✔	1	2	1	6
WS	Samoa	✔	WS9999	✔	1	2	1	8
XK	Kosovo	✔	99999	✔	2	2	1	15
YE	Yemen	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	2	2	1	49
YT	Mayotte	✔	99999	✔	1	3		12
ZA	South Africa	✔	9999	✔	2	3	1	789
ZM	Zambia	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	2	1	66
ZW	Zimbabwe	No Valid Postal Code System	-	✔	1	3	1	54

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Data Governance Specialist

“If you’ve got a business where locations are a big part of it and you’re looking to avoid the large costs that can be involved in using APIs, GeoPostcodes’ on-premise database is definitely worth considering.”

Nick Beaugié

Senior Software Engineer

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Why choose GeoPostcodes

Global coverage

Complete coverage across 247 countries, including hard-to-source geographies like China, Japan, Brazil, and Russia.

Highest quality

Built on extensive, authoritative sourcing with robust data engineering and quality control. Standardized and up-to-date.

Expert Consulting

With 15 years of experience, we guide your implementation and deliver data in the format that fits your system.

Discover more advantages

How to integrate our self-hosted database

Flexible deployment, seamless integration and structured updates, all within your own infrastructure.

Choose your delivery method

Select the delivery option that fits your infrastructure.

Manual download

Download the full database directly from your Customer Portal.

Download API

Retrieve the full files via API for automated ingestion into your pipeline.

Cloud-to-cloud

Access the data in your cloud environment: Snowflake, Azure Data Share or AWS.

Integrate into your system

Import the data easily into any software, database, ERP, CRM, MDM, GIS, BI and GIS system.

Stay up to date

Frequent updates will keep your data always up-to-date.

Bulk updates

Download full, updated datasets to refresh your system.

Differential updates

Retrieve only the new, updated and deleted records to ensure integrity and traceability.

Data dictionary

Comprehensive field definitions and data specifications from GeoPostcodes ZIP code database

Field name	Description	Field type
ISO	ISO 3166-1 country code	Char(2)
Country	Country name	Char(50)
Language	Language code	Char(2)
ID	Record identifier	Integer
Region 1	Administrative division level 1	Char(80)
Region 2	Administrative division level 2	Char(80)
Region 3	Administrative division level 3	Char(80)
Region 4	Administrative division level 4	Char(80)
Locality	Locality name	Char(80)
Postcode	ZIP / Postal code	Char(15)
Suburb	Locality subdivision	Char(80)
Latitude	Place latitude (WGS84 coordinates)	Double
Longitude	Place longitude (WGS84 coordinates)	Double
Elevation	Elevation in meters	Integer
ISO2	ISO 3166-2 region code	Char(10)
FIPS	The Federal Information Processing Standard, publication 10-4 (FIPS 10-4)	Char(10)
NUTS	European statistical division code	Char(12)
HASC	Hierarchical administrative subdivision code	Char(12)
STAT	National statistics/census code	Char(20)
Timezone	Time zone name (Olson)	Char(30)
UTC	Standard time expressed as an offset with respect to UTC	Char(10)
DST	Daylight saving time expressed as an offset with respect to UTC	Char(10)
locality_type	Type of place, ‘town’ or ‘business’	Char(20)
is_postal	Whether the postal code is used for regular mail	Integer
is_business	Whether the postal code is used for businesses	Integer
is_po_box	Whether the postal code is used for PO Boxes	Integer
post_town	Postal Town (e.g. USPS recommended city)	Char(80)

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Frequently Asked Questions

The International ZIP Code Database covers 247 countries and territories, including hard-to-source geographies like China, Japan, Brazil, and Russia.

Every country is delivered within a unified global structure, so your team can easily add markets without changing how you handle the data.

View the full list in our coverage table.

The International ZIP Code Database is updated regularly to reflect the world’s postal and administrative changes. The update frequency varies by country.

You can choose when you update the data in your system:

Bulk updates: Download full, updated datasets to refresh your system.
Differential updates: Retrieve only the new, updated and deleted records to ensure integrity and traceability.

The International ZIP Code Database is curated from 1,500 authoritative sources, including national postal operators (like Swiss Post or Correos de México), official governments, statistical offices, and administrative and regulatory bodies.

All data undergoes robust data engineering and quality control processes and is standardized in a unified, global structure.

Common use cases for the International ZIP Code Database include:

Address validation: Verify that addresses are complete, correctly formatted, and match local postal standards, in every country and every language.
Distance calculation: Compute distances between ZIP codes to power radius searches, routing decisions, shipping tariffs, mileage and CO₂ reporting for ESG, job-to-candidate matching, and location-based ad targeting.
Logistics and shipping: Design and optimize your distribution network, enable cross-border shipping, and ensure delivery success.
Reporting and business intelligence: Produce compliant and accurate reports across your organization, and enhance data analysis with location intelligence.
Map visualization: Analyze complex trends and discover actionable insights. Build engaging map-based data visualizations.
Master Data Management: Rely on a single source of truth to keep location data accurate, consistent, and current across your systems and organization.
Sales and Marketing: Segment customers for site selection, analytics, geofencing, campaigns, territory mapping, and ad targeting.

Yes. GeoPostcodes datasets are provided in text files (the most popular format is CSV), so you can easily import the International ZIP Code Database into any software, database, ERP, CRM, MDM, GIS, or BI system.

Customers commonly integrate it with Power BI, Tableau, Carto, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, Sage, Esri, QGIS, and Informatica.

The International ZIP Code Database is delivered in the following formats: CSV, ASC, GeoJSON, and Shapefile. The most popular format is CSV.

GeoPostcodes delivers its data in text files (the most popular format is CSV) that you can easily integrate into your databases and processes. Hosting your own data gives you full control over security, compliance, and performance at a fixed cost, regardless of volume. Learn more about the benefits of working with self-hosted data here.

Choose the delivery method that fits your infrastructure best:

Manual download: Download the full database from your secure space in the GeoPostcodes Customer Portal.
Download API: Retrieve the files via API for automated ingestion into your pipeline.
Cloud-to-cloud: GeoPostcodes syncs the data directly to your cloud environment (Snowflake, Azure Data Share, or AWS).

The International ZIP Code Database is updated regularly to reflect the world’s postal and administrative changes. You can choose when you update the data in your system:

Bulk updates: Download full, updated datasets to refresh your system.
Differential updates: Retrieve only the new, updated, and deleted records to ensure integrity and traceability.

The International ZIP Code Database covers every ZIP code across 247 countries and territories, each linked to its city, town, administrative divisions up to 4 levels deep.

Records also carry additional attributes: latitude and longitude, statistical codes (ISO, FIPS, NUTS, HASC, and STAT), and time zone. For multilingual countries, records include official names in multiple languages, supporting accurate localization and a consistent user experience.

For the full list of fields, see the data dictionary.

Yes, the International ZIP Code Database includes latitude and longitude for each ZIP code. The coordinates correspond to the ZIP code center.

Yes. Sample datasets are available for every country in the International ZIP Code Database, so your team can check coverage, schema, and quality for your target markets before you commit.

Create a free account in our Portal to browse and download samples for the countries you’re evaluating.

Contact us to discuss your project and coverage needs. We will then schedule a call to understand your use case, answer any questions, and share sample data for evaluation. Once the agreement is signed, we will activate your dataset and introduce you to your Customer Success Manager, who will guide you through onboarding and help you integrate the data.

GeoPostcodes’ annual licenses are priced per product, based on the countries you need and your use case. Our licenses include access to your data, ongoing updates, and support from a dedicated expert who guides the integration and answers your team’s questions.

Share your needs with our team, and we will prepare a proposal tailored to your project.

International
ZIP Code Database

Global coverage of 247 countries