GRC Database Information

GRC Database Information (in English, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - World Experts in World Data.  Data consultancy. Owners of this site.

GRC Database Information (in English, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - GRCTools, powerful international address formatting software; GRCFormat - correct address block outputting software.

AddressDoctor - (in English and German) - (Formerly Platon Data Technology GmbH) - software for global address data cleaning, address formatting and so on. Also Internet address validation. 

AddressVision - (in English) - providers of postal automation technology and address management solutions.

AFD - (in English) - Address2000 - ActiveX component for bringing up country-correct address formats for input and output. 

AFD - (in English) - AFD WorldAddress - Global postal address validation software.

AND BV (in English) - international address validation products and services.  

Business Objects (previously FirstLogic) (in English, based in La Crosse, WI, USA) - US and international data quality and postal validation software. 

Capscan  (in English, based in London, UK) - software for UK and international address cleaning and postal validation, matching, address data-capture etc.  Also bureau services.  

Dataflux (in English) - Data profiling, data quality and data validation and cleansing software. 

DataGYM (in English, based in New York, USA) - software for international address validation, data parsing, personal name management etc. 

DQGlobal (in English, based in Fareham, UK) - software for UK and international address cleaning and postal validation, matching, data suppression etc.  

FUZZY! Informatik (in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Japanese, based in Ludwigsburg, Germany) - software for international address validation. 

Experian (in English) - online software for international address validation. 

Experian QAS Ltd (in English) - a contact management company supplying postal and address validation software and services for a range of different countries,  including the UK, Asia-Pacific, United States and across Europe. Read their data quality news feed here.  Subscribe to it here.  

Geolab (in Italian, based in Verona, Italy) -  Italian and international address validation and cleansing software. 

Group 1 software  (in English, based in Lanham, Maryland, USA) - software providing postal validation (to various quality levels) for "over 200 countries" (note: many of which do not have postal code systems); address standardisation, merge-purge etc. 

helpIT Systems  (in English, based in Leatherhead, UK) - specialising in de-duplication and matching software; also other address-related software products. 

Hopewiser - (in English, based in Altrincham, UK) - software for international address validation, merge-purge, de-duplication, faster data entry, personal name cleaning, name and address parsing etc. 

Human Inference - (in English, based in Arnhem, The Netherlands) - address correction software for The Netherlands, The UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.  Also produces software for personal name standardisation and matching/de-duplication.  

Identex - (in English, based in Crawley, West Sussex) - International address hygiene tools. 

Ipcon (in English, based in Bury St Edmunds, U.K.) - selling a product which enables an organisation to parse, cleanse, restructure, consolidate and de-duplicate international address data from disparate sources. 

Melissa Data - (in English, based in USA) - sells Visual Basic objects to allow, for example, US  and international name and address validation. Also national change of address (US) data. 

Omikron  (in German, English and Danish) - address processing software with modules for processes such as duplicate recognition/elimination, postal correction (240 countries and special version for German addresses), etc.

Pro Domus  (in English) - software to put address data into the correct output format - only 30 countries supported. 

Satori Software (in English) - Address management/cleansing for USA, UK, Australia and Canada. 

Trillium (Harte Hanks) (in English) - Data profiling, data quality and data validation and cleansing software. 

Uniserv (in English, French and German) - producers of direct marketing software for address management; postal verification.  Available for Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The United Kingdom and the USA. 

Zipinfo (in English, based in Sandy, Utah, USA) - retailer of US Zip code products and Canadian postal code products, databases and search programs.

AZ-Direct GmbH (in English/German, based in Germany) - direct marketing and address management/cleansing.  

BPH Data Ltd (in English, based in Camberley, UK) - address management and marketing support: Address formatting, standarisation and enhancement, de-duplication, merge-purge and so on.  

CACI Information Systems  (in English, based in London, UK) - dig deep enough into this website, and you'll find information about their data management and cleaning activities. 

Data Lateral (in English, based in London, UK) - Data management and cleansing services.  

Data Services, Inc. (in English, based in Salisbury, Maryland, USA) - U.S., Canadian and international data hygiene, validation, merge/purge etc. 

Experian (in English) -  bureau service for international address validation. 

GlobalDM - (in English, based in Horley, UK) - International Data specialists. Name & Address processing, de-duplication etc.

Global-Z (in English, based in Bennington, VT, USA) - International address standardization/hygiene (including real-time/online), merge/purge, change of address, international postal presorts, list rental fulfillment, marketing database management.

J.R. Direct response International Inc. (in English, based in Delta. BC, Canada) - List brokerage, list management, list fulfilment, direct mailing consultancy services, merge-purge and address validation. 

Kynetika - (in English, based in London, UK) - International Data consultancy.

Omikron  (in German, English and Danish) - De-duplication, suppression checks, postal correction (240 countries), normalisation, recoding, data enrichment from external sources, data migration etc. 

OTS Group. (in English, based in Zaltbommel, The Netherlands) - a bureau specialising in international data entry and data cleaning and address validation.  

P Z Technologies, Inc. (in English) - a USA based Direct Marketing Business Services company specializing in international list processing but equally capable with domestic projects.

QBase (in English, based in Warrington, UK) - database cleaning, enhancement, building etc. 

GRC Database Information (in English, based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - settlement/postal code combination tables; given name tables; job title tables; address elements data tables.

Evox Facilities (in English, based in Redhill, UK) - offers placename gazetteer for the UK, a UK postal code map co-ordinates file and business and organisation name and address files.  

Geopostcodes.com  (in English, based in London, UK) - postal code files available for 69 countries.  Warning: for some countries the postal code information is truncated; GIS data is for populated places, not postal code centroids.

GreatData.com  (in English, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA) - providers of postal files for USA, Canada and Mexico, and area code files, latitude and longitude files, plus other services 

Universal Postal Union - Post*Code  (in English, based in Bern, Switzerland) - postal files for over 180 U.P.U. member countries in a single format with quarterly updates. 

Universal Postal Union - Post*Code  (in French, based in Bern, Switzerland) - postal files for over 180 U.P.U. member countries in a single format with quarterly updates. 

Datatools (in English, based in Sydney, Australia) - service bureau and producers of software for data cleaning and quick addressing for Australian addresses.

IDAutomation.com (in English, based in Issaquah, WA, USA) - Software for creating address pre-sort barcodes for UK, The Netherlands, Australia and Singapore. 

NDL Computer Software Services - postal code finder software for Canada.

Adressexpert (in German, based in Germany) - Address data cleansing, de-duplication and formatting.

Omikron  (in German, Danish and English, based in Pforzheim, Germany) - Data quality software, services and consulting -  optimized Germany only products such as salutation generation.

DeyDe (in Spanish & English, based in Madrid, Spain) - Name and address cleansing and de-duplication bureau services; validation software and address data files available. 

Experian (in Dutch, based in The Hague, The Netherlands) - ExperianIntact - address management and cleaning software. 

IDAutomation.com (in English, based in Issaquah, WA, USA) - Software for creating address pre-sort barcodes for UK, The Netherlands, Australia and Singapore. 

Postcode.nl  (in Dutch, based in Haarlem, The Netherlands) - address validation, online validation, geo-location.   

DeyDe (in Spanish & English, based in Madrid, Spain) - Name and address cleansing and de-duplication bureau services; validation software and address data files available. 

HFL, Human Factor Labs (in Russian) - Data quality and address standardisation for Russia

IDAutomation.com (in English, based in Issaquah, WA, USA) - Software for creating address pre-sort barcodes for UK, The Netherlands, Australia and Singapore. 

DeyDe (in Spanish & English, based in Madrid, Spain) - Name and address cleansing and de-duplication bureau services; validation software and address data files available. 

Allies Computing / Postcoder (in English, based in Framingham Pigot, Norfolk, U.K.) - producers of U.K. postal coding and address cleansing software.  

BHA Cromwell House (in English, based in Wallington, Surrey, U.K.) - Amongst other services, they provide a standalone software conversion package that translates UK Ordnance Survey Address Point N.T.F. data to other formats.  

Crafty Clicks (in English, based in Maidenhead, U.K.) - Online UK postal code validation software.  

Data Discoveries  (in English, based in Edinburgh, UK) - software for UK postal validation, verification of personal and business names and addresses and so on. 

IDAutomation.com (in English, based in Issaquah, WA, USA) - Software for creating address pre-sort barcodes for UK, The Netherlands, Australia and Singapore. 

Infoshare - (in English, based in Kingston upon Thames, U.K.) - data cleansing and validation for U.K. data. 

LM Software (in English, based in Bristol, U.K.) - service bureau and producer of software for optimization of United Kingdom addresses and data. 

OnePost (in English) - United Kingdom and international postal advice and management

PatternSoft (in English) - United Kingdom address cleansing, de-duplication, suppression etc.

Postcode Anywhere (in English, based in Worcester,U.K.) - U.K. web-based postal validation. 

Technologies4Targetting (in English, based in Peterborough,U.K.) - Data cleansing service bureau.

The Software Bureau Ltd (previously Bureau in a Box and IequalsP) (in English, based in Lavenham, U.K.) - service bureau and producer of software - data import, address parsing and enhancement, merge-purge, deduplication etc. 

Winpure (in English, based in Bracknell,U.K.) - specialised in data cleansing, list cleaning and de-duplication software.  Also offers a bureau service for consumer and business data enhancement.

DataLadder (in English, based in Cambridge, MA, USA) - Data matching, profiling and enrichment. 

Eraserve (in English, based in Campton, NH, USA) - Address validation, de-duplication, merge-purge etc. 

FirstLogic (in English, based in La Crosse, WI, USA) - Postalsoft US address validation software. 

KJL Software  (in English, based in Greensboro, NC, USA) - software components for various Zipcode lookup methodologies. 

Pitney Bowes (in English, based in USA) - Enterprise address management solutions. 

EMapSite (in English) - GIS software and services. 

GfK Geomarketing (in English or German, based in Germany) - GIS software and services, including postal maps. 

Infotech Enterprises Europe (formerly Dataview Solutions) (in English, based in London, U.K.) - They sell a postal code geocoder, which will display the postal codes within a database for the U.K. on a map.

Leaddog Consulting (in English, based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.) - G.I.S. data, specialising in Latin America. 

Manifold.net - (in English, based in USA) - GIS software and services 

MapInfo - (in English) - GIS software and services  

MapQuest - (in English, based in USA) - GIS software and services  

Maptitude - (in English) - GIS mapping software. Pages also in Spanish, Italian and Chinese.

Maporama - (in English, based in France) - GIS software and services  

Retail Locations (in English, based in Woodford Green, Essex, UK) - hold a database of the location of retail outlets in the U.K. 

International Mail Express, Inc. - (in English, based in USA) - international post distribution from the United States. 

Private Box - (in English, based in New Zealand) - secure world wide postal (anonymous) re-direction service.

BI-Community.org (in English) - Business Intelligence Community - Benelux

Data Management Solutions. - (in English) - links to data management sites

Data Quality Glossary - (in English) - Free online glossary for data quality, information quality, direct mareting and postal addressing.

Data Quality Pro - (in English) - Free online resource for data quality professionals

Experian QAS Data Quality Media Centre - (in English) - Free online data quality resources

IQ Solutions - (in English, based in the UK) - Data quality consultancy