Data Cleansing Sector

Helping to cleanse customer contact data

Name, Address, Phone, and Email data can all be cleansed to to help ensure you and your customers contact data are clean and accurate.

I'd recommend AFD Software for organisations needing to cleanse contact data. In their DNA is a complete understanding of how best to clean and maintain accurate address databases. AFD provides match rates as good as can possibly be achieved and I trust their skill and expertise in this area.

Dr Tim Drye

Director at Mortality Manifest

We are a highly technical, data specialist organisation with complex requirements. When we say that the AFD Refiner engine is best-in-class, we say so after a thorough comparison and examination of multiple dimensions.Our previous supplier’s account management was not at the required level. From initial engagement, the team at AFD Software responded the fastest, and developed a relationship of partnership rather than transaction. This continued through testing, our bespoke development requirements, go-live, and ongoing support. If you need address data cleansing – partner with The Postcode People at AFD Software.

Relevant Solutions and Datasets for Your Sector

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Sector Specific Datasets

Here you can find data sets we can cleanse and additional datasets that can be appended.

AFD Data Processing Specialists

Data
GroupingDatasetDescriptionDemo
AddressPostcodeThe Royal Mail Postcode for this address (or ZipCode).Try It
AddressOrganisationBusiness Name.Try It
AddressPropertyProperty (building-includes any sub-building).Try It
AddressStreetDelivery Street (includes any sub-street).Try It
AddressLocalityLocality (sometimes a village name; in ZipAddress used for Urbanization).Try It
AddressTownPostal Delivery Town (or City).Try It
AddressDPSThe Delivery Point Suffix which along with the postcode uniquely identifies the letterbox.Try It
AddressUDPRNRoyal Mail Unique Delivery Point Reference Number assigned to this letter box.Try It
AddressCountryCountry of Address.Try It
BusinessPhoneSTD Code or Phone Number.Try It
BusinessBusinessProvides a description of the type of business.Try It
BusinessSizeGives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation at this particular office.Try It
BusinessSIC CodeGives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation at this particular office.Try It
BusinessLocation TypeThe type of Business Location, e.g. Head Office or Branch Office.Try It
BusinessBranch CountThe number of branches for this business.Try It
BusinessGroup IDAn ID of the Group where a business is part of a wider group.Try It
BusinessTurnoverThe modelled annual turnover for the business.Try It
BusinessNational SizeGives an indication of the number of employees of an organisation covering all sites.Try It
DemographicsCensation CodeCensation Code assigned to this Postcode.Try It
DemographicsCensation LabelLabel for the Censation Code.Try It
DemographicsAffluenceProvides a description of affluence.Try It
DemographicsLifestageProvides a description of life stage.Try It
DemographicsAdditional Census InfoAdditional information from the Census.Try It
GeneralUPRNThis is an optional data field and requires a licence to return.Try It
GeographicalSub Country NameProvides the devolved or non-UK country name (e.g. England, Scotland, Wales etc.).
GeographicalSOA LowerLower level Super Output Area (Data Zone in Scotland, Super Output Area in Northern Ireland).
GeographicalSOA MiddleMiddle level Super Output Area (Intermediate Geography in Scotland, not applicable for Northern Ireland).
GeographicalUrban Rural CodeProvides a description which goes along with the Urban Rural Code.
GeographicalGrid EGrid Easting as a 6 digit reference.Try It
GeographicalGrid NGrid Northing as a 6 digit reference.Try It
GeographicalLatitudeLatitude representation of Grid Reference in Decimal Format (WGS84) 9 digit reference (53.6655850).Try It
GeographicalLongitudeLongitude representation of Grid Reference in Decimal Format (WGS84) 9 digit reference (53.6655850).Try It
GeographicalGrid LevelThis indicates the level of grid reference returned (1 – postcode, 2 – address, 3 – approximate). This is only available to address level grid users.Try It
Property CharacteristicsJust BuiltContains the date of inclusion on PAF for properties thought to be recently built.Try It
Property CharacteristicsPostcode TypeL for Large User Postcode, S for Small User.

Large user postcodes are allocated to single addresses (usually businesses) that receive at least 500 mail items per day.
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Property CharacteristicsAddress TypeIndication of the type of property level data to capture to have the full address for a property on the selected postcode.Try It
Property CharacteristicsAddress Type DescriptionDescription matching the Address Type.Try It
Property CharacteristicsOccupancyIndication of the type of occupants of properties found on the selected postcode.Try It
Property CharacteristicsOccupancy DescriptionDescription matching the Occupancy.Try It
Property CharacteristicsMultiple Residency IndicatorIndicates if an address is a multiple residency address, e.g., a flat within a building with a single delivery point. This is a single character – O for Multiple Residency Owner, M for Multiple Residency address. 1 where the flag is indicated, 0 where the flag is not valid. This is only available to Multiple Residency users.Try It
Property CharacteristicsNot Yet BuiltIdentify and deliver services to the addresses of properties that are at the planning and construction stage.Try It

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