This is the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) for the United Kingdom as at February 2024 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. This file contains the multi CSVs so that postcode areas can be opened in MS Excel. To download the zip file click the Download button. The ONSPD relates both current and terminated postcodes in the United Kingdom to a range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other area geographies. It also links postcodes to pre-2002 health areas, 1991 Census enumeration districts for England and Wales, 2001 Census Output Areas (OA) and Super Output Areas (SOA) for England and Wales, 2001 Census OAs and SOAs for Northern Ireland and 2001 Census OAs and Data Zones (DZ) for Scotland. It now contains 2021 Census OAs and SOAs for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It helps support the production of area-based statistics from postcoded data. The ONSPD is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The ONSPD is issued quarterly. (File size - 231 MB) Please note that this product contains Royal Mail, Gridlink, LPS (Northern Ireland), Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

This file contains the National Statistics Postcode Lookup (NSPL) for the United Kingdom as at May 2025 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. To download the zip file click the Download button. The NSPL relates both current and terminated postcodes to a range of current statutory geographies via ‘best-fit’ allocation from the 2021 Census Output Areas (national parks and Workplace Zones are exempt from ‘best-fit’ and use ‘exact-fit’ allocations) for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

It supports the production of area-based statistics from postcoded data. The NSPL is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The NSPL is issued quarterly. (File size - 178 MB).[17/06/2025] V2 corrects the conversion of latitude and longitude for Northern Ireland postcodes.

This is the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) for the United Kingdom as at November 2022 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. This file contains the multi CSVs so that postcode areas can be opened in MS Excel. To download the zip file click the Download button. The ONSPD relates both current and terminated postcodes in the United Kingdom to a range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other area geographies. It also links postcodes to pre-2002 health areas, 1991 Census enumeration districts for England and Wales, 2001 Census Output Areas (OA) and Super Output Areas (SOA) for England and Wales, 2001 Census OAs and SOAs for Northern Ireland and 2001 Census OAs and Data Zones (DZ) for Scotland. It now contains 2021 Census OAs and SOAs for England and Wales. It helps support the production of area based statistics from postcoded data. The ONSPD is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The ONSPD is issued quarterly. (File size - 234 MB)Please note that this product contains Royal Mail, Gridlink, LPS (Northern Ireland), Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Open Postcode Geo is a postcode dataset and API optimised for geocoding applications. You can use Open Postcode Geo to geocode a dataset, geocode user input, and therefore build a proximity search. Data is derived from the ONS (Office for National Statistics) postcode database and is free to use, subject to including attributions to ONS, OS (Ordnance Survey) and Royal Mail. Information is provided on a range of topics, including education, health, crime, business, etc. Postcodes can be entered at area, district, sector, and unit level - see Postcode map for the geographical relationship between these.

Overview The better you understand your customers, the better you can communicate with them. Better communication means improved response rates and customer retention, whilst also creating a better perception of your company. In heavily saturated markets, opinion is one of the few drivers of choice - help customers choose you and save money while you’re at it. More targeted campaigns reduce wasted spend across all marketing endeavours.

What is it? We receive data from multiple contributors and sources to create the Enhance dataset, which contains over 90m records with over 350 potential variables across three matching levels: Individual (Enhance Core), Household (Enhance Property), and Postcode (Enhance Geo). These variables can be used to profile, model, and “Enhance” your current customer base.

Use cases

• Enriching current customer datasets (Fill in the gaps in your CRM)
• Obtaining customer insights (Find out what makes your customers special, and how you can best communicate with them)
• Profiling & Predictive modelling (Work out which customers are most likely to buy another product/churn/upsell, allowing you to plan your efforts accordingly)
• Identify which households within your customer base are the best kind of customers, using that to identify new, promising prospects
• Trigger communications based on home moves

Additional Insights Enhance can be utilised alongside our Suppression services to ensure that your data is not only capable of providing the highest level of insights, but it is also as clean & accurate as possible. Business decisions made from poor data end up being poor decisions.

To ensure that we can provide as much information as possible, Enhance can be combined with SmartLink to identify every permutation of an individual, reducing the gaps in your data and providing a holistic picture.

ordnance survey code-point (postcode points) - open data: free and open postcode location data. Can be used for geographical analysis, simple route planning, asset management and much more.Code-Point® Open | Map Postcode Data | Free OS Data downloads

The data can be used to support a wide range of opportunities including location analysis, marketing planning and targeting and new product development, allowing you to create detailed views of specific areas of geography.

What is it? Enhance Geo contains all 1.8m PAF valid residential postcodes, with indicators across over 300 variables built using Sagacity’s trusted, comprehensive data asset repository.

This product is created utilising Open-Source data sets such as; The UK Census, ONS area level statistics, Postcode-level category spends, and aggregations of Sagacity's individual level data.

Use cases - Situations where marketing campaigns are required and further insights are needed, but there are legislation issues surrounding GDPR and non-PII data is required - Where data quality is poor and individual and address match rates are low - Planning business/shop front expansions, identifying the best areas to move into based on their characteristics - Where users want a holistic view of geographical areas rather than the individuals or households within them - Wide reaching campaigns, where engagement & impressions are the most important KPIs, identify the best areas that will have the best response rates

Additional Insights Enhance Geo, Core & Property can all be used modularly, allowing you understand the full picture of your customer base, considering not only their individual variance but also where they live & those around them.

This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. This dataset contains 'Code-Point Open': free and open postcode location data of Great Britain. They can be used for geographical analysis, simple route planning, asset management and much more.This dataset does not contain postcodes of Northern Ireland.Description of numeric values for the 'Positional Quality Indicator'10: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean determined automatically by Ordnance Survey20: As above but determined by visual inspection by National Records of Scotland (NRS).30: Approximate to within 50m of the true position (postcodes relating to developing sites may be within 100m of true position).40: The mean of the positions of addresses previously matched in PALF but which have subsequently been deleted or recoded (very rarely used).50:Estimated position based on surrounding postcode coordinates, usually to 100m resolution, but 10m in Scotland60: Postcode sector mean.90: No coordinates available.

Doorda's UK Geodemographic Data provides a comprehensive database of over 2.2 million Postcodes, linked to 230 thousand Output Areas sourced from 173 data sources, offering unparalleled insights for location intelligence and modelling purposes.

Volume and stats: - 2.2M Postcodes locations - 230K Comparable output areas linked to postcodes - Consolidated UK census from England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Our Geodemographic Data offers a multitude of use cases: - Market Analysis - Competitor Analysis - Targeted Marketing - Customer Segmentation - Location Planning

The key benefits of leveraging our Geodemographic Data include: - Data Accuracy - Informed Decision-Making - Competitive Advantage - Efficiency - Single Source

Covering a wide range of industries and sectors, our data empowers organisations to make informed decisions, uncover market trends, and gain a competitive edge in the UK market.

The Acorn geodemographic classification is a long-running classification developed by CACI Limited. Acorn operates by merging geography with demographics and details about consumer characteristics and behaviours. Supported by advanced AI methods, comprehensive input data, and detailed product literature, Acorn provides precise information and enables an in-depth understanding of the different types of consumers in every part of the country.

The current classification groups the entire United Kingdom population into 7 categories, 22 groups and 65 types. The data is available at unit postcode level. Further information may be found on the CACI ACORN microsite.

Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee and is restricted to those based at a Higher Education or Further Education institution. Please see the Data Access section for further information.

Latest edition information

For the third edition (December 2025) the data file for 2025 has been added to the study.

These data are available in CSV, SPSS, Stata and tab-delimited formats. CSV users should note that the CSV file is too large for Excel to open fully.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The UK Innovation Survey (UKIS) provides the main source of information on business innovation in the UK. The survey data is a major resource for research into the nature and functioning of the innovation system and for policy formation. It is used widely across government, regions and by the research community. The UKIS also represents the UK's contribution to the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). Like many innovation surveys across Europe, the UKIS follows general guidelines set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publication known as the Oslo Manual (OECD 2005). This manual provides guidelines on the conduct of innovation surveys, including statistical procedures and a review of the range of concepts that fall together under the umbrella term "innovation".

Geographical references: postcodes
The postcodes included in the first edition of these data (i.e. data files prior to 2008-2010) are pseudo-anonymised postcodes. The real postcodes were not available due to the potential risk of identification of the observations. However, these replacement postcodes retain the inherent nested characteristics of real postcodes. In the dataset, the variable of the replacement postcode is 'new_PC'.

The first two editions only include the first half of an observation's anonymised (or real) postcode (sometimes referred to as the outward code). Researchers who are interested in analysing data by more disaggregated geographies (e.g. ward, output area) are advised that this is not possible using the first half of the postcode. Full, real postcodes are available from the third edition onwards, with the exception of .UKIS12, for which only the first half of the postcodes (outward codes) are available.

For Secure Lab projects applying for access to this study as well as to SN 6697 Business Structure Database and/or SN 7683 Business Structure Database Longitudinal, only postcode-free versions of the data will be made available.

Linking to other business studies
These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

Latest edition information
For the ninth edition (September 2024) data and documentation for UKIS 2023 (also known as UKIS 13), covering the period 2020 to 2022, were added to the study.


Main Topics:

The survey is based on a core questionnaire developed by Eurostat and Member States, and covers a broad range of policy interests including:

• general business information
• innovation activity
• goods, services and process innovation
• context for innovation
• general economic information

The purpose of the survey is to collect information about business innovation in the UK. An enterprise is defined as being active in innovation if it has:

• introduced a new or significantly improved good, service or process
• engaged in innovation projects that are not yet complete
• engaged in longer term innovation activities such as basic Research and Development or technology watch
• had innovation related expenditure
• formally co-operated with other enterprises or institutions on innovation

The UK Innovation Survey (UKIS) provides the main source of information on business innovation in the UK. The survey data is a major resource for research into the nature and functioning of the innovation system and for policy formation. It is used widely across government, regions and by the research community. The UKIS also represents the UK's contribution to the Europe-wide Community Innovation Survey (CIS). Like many innovation surveys across Europe, the UKIS follows general guidelines set out in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) publication known as the Oslo Manual (OECD 2005). This manual provides guidelines on the conduct of innovation surveys, including statistical procedures and a review of the range of concepts that fall together under the umbrella term "innovation".

Geographical references: postcodes
The postcodes included in the first edition of these data (i.e. data files prior to 2008-2010) are pseudo-anonymised postcodes. The real postcodes were not available due to the potential risk of identification of the observations. However, these replacement postcodes retain the inherent nested characteristics of real postcodes. In the dataset, the variable of the replacement postcode is 'new_PC'.

The first two editions only include the first half of an observation's anonymised (or real) postcode (sometimes referred to as the outward code). Researchers who are interested in analysing data by more disaggregated geographies (e.g. ward, output area) are advised that this is not possible using the first half of the postcode. Full, real postcodes are available from the third edition onwards, with the exception of .UKIS12, for which only the first half of the postcodes (outward codes) are available.

For Secure Lab projects applying for access to this study as well as to SN 6697 Business Structure Database and/or SN 7683 Business Structure Database Longitudinal, only postcode-free versions of the data will be made available.

Linking to other business studies
These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

Latest edition information
For the ninth edition (September 2024) data and documentation for UKIS 2023 (also known as UKIS 13), covering the period 2020 to 2022, were added to the study.

A lookup between postcodes and postcode sectors, postcode districts and postcode areas as at March 2021 in England and Wales (File size 5MB).

This is the February 2026 release of the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) for the West Midlands Combined Authorities, containing comprehensive postcode data for the region.

The ONS Postcode Directory relates both current and terminated postcodes in the United Kingdom to a wide range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other area geographies. It also links postcodes to pre-2002 health areas, 1991 Census enumeration districts for England and Wales, 2001 Census Output Areas (OA) and Super Output Areas (SOA) for England and Wales, as well as Wards and Constituencies.

Every postcode record in the ONSPD is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The postcode data is issued quarterly. Please note that this product contains Royal Mail, Gridlink, LPS (Northern Ireland), Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.

Data is updated quarterly. See https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/ for the full release schedule.To view previous versions see the Snapshots section on the Export tab.

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Important Note

 Since the August 2024 release, the dataset now includes the new 2024 constituencies. You can use our Boundaries - Constituencies (2024) dataset to work with this new geography.
 This dataset will always contain the latest iteration of the postcodes file, ensuring you have access to the most up-to-date postcode mapping for analysis.

Code-Point Open is a dataset that contains postcode units, each of which have a precise geographical location. To give you extra analytical power, Code-Point Open includes NHS authority and administrative unit codes. There are approximately 1.7 million postcode units in England, Scotland and Wales. Each postcode unit, such as KY12 8UP or PO14 2RS, contains an average of fifteen adjoining addresses. Northern Ireland postcodes are not available with Code-Point Open. Discover hidden patterns in your data. With Code-Point Open, you can display on a map any information that contains a postcode; for example, customer records. For basic route planning, Code-Point Open will locate your starting and destination postcode, so your software can work out the best roads to take. Save money and benefit from simple licensing terms. Code-Point Open is free to view, download and use for commercial, education and personal purposes.

The Annual Respondents Database X (ARDx) has been created to allow users of Annual Respondents Database (ARD) (held at the UK Data Archive under SN 6644) to continue analysis even though the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) which was used to create ARD ceased in 2008. ARDx contains harmonised variables from 1997 to 2020.

ARDx is created from two ONS surveys, the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI; 1998-2008, held at the UK Data Archive under SN 6644) and the Annual Business Survey (ABS; 2009 onwards, held at the UK Data Archive under SN 7451). The ABI has an employment survey (ABI1) and a second survey for financial information (ABI2). ABS only collects financial data, and so is supplemented with employment data from the Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES; 2009 onwards, held at the UK Data Archive under SN 7463).

ARDx consists of six types of files: 'respondent files' which have reported and derived information from survey questionnaire responses; and 'universe files' which contain limited information on all business that are within scope of the ABI/ABS. These files are provided at both the Reporting Unit and Local Unit levels. There are also 'register panel' and "capital stock" files.

Linking to other business studies
These data contain Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR) reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.

For the fifth edition (December 2023), ARDx Version 4.0 for 1997-2020 has been provided, replacing Version 3. Coverage has thus been expanded to include 1997 and 2015-2020.

Note to users
Due to the limited nature of the documentation available for ARDx, users are advised to consult the documentation for the Annual Business Survey (UK Data Archive SN 7451) for detailed information about the data.

For Secure Lab projects applying for access to this study as well as to SN 6697 Business Structure Database and/or SN 7683 Business Structure Database Longitudinal, only postcode-free versions of the data will be made available.

A list of businesses located in London showing a range of information including company name, address, postcode, local authority, and SIC code (industry). The Free Company Data Product is a downloadable data snapshot containing basic company data of live companies on the register. The version available from Companies House has all UK business and is available to download in a series of Zip folders. The London cut available to download here, was created using a postcode list. Therefore, if there is an error in the postcode, or some other problem caused the postcode listed not to match a London postcode, those business will not be included in the file. Furthermore, inaccuracies in postcodes may mean that no local authority is listed for a company. Each entry represents a financial accounts submission of either a whole company or part of one. Some businesses have more than one entry in the directory because they need to submit more than one set of accounts for different parts of their business. Therefore, the number of entries in the directory will be greater than the number of businesses. Note, Large file size - the Excel file is around 1 million rows. It loads in Excel 2010. Companies House update the latest snapshot within 5 working days of the previous month end. The London file available here was published on 1 January 2015.

This is the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD) for the United Kingdom as at November 2024 in Comma Separated Variable (CSV) and ASCII text (TXT) formats. This file contains the multi CSVs so that postcode areas can be opened in MS Excel. To download the zip file click the Download button. The ONSPD relates both current and terminated postcodes in the United Kingdom to a range of current statutory administrative, electoral, health and other area geographies. It also links postcodes to pre-2002 health areas, 1991 Census enumeration districts for England and Wales, 2001 Census Output Areas (OA) and Super Output Areas (SOA) for England and Wales, 2001 Census OAs and SOAs for Northern Ireland and 2001 Census OAs and Data Zones (DZ) for Scotland. It also contains 2021 Census OAs and SOAs for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2021 Census OAs for Scotland. It helps support the production of area-based statistics from postcoded data. The ONSPD is produced by ONS Geography, who provide geographic support to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and geographic services used by other organisations. The ONSPD is issued quarterly. (File size - 233 MB) Please note that this product contains Royal Mail, Gridlink, LPS (Northern Ireland), Ordnance Survey and ONS Intellectual Property Rights.