Address formats for different countries

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You can create companies with addresses in many different countries. To facilitate the posting of letters to companies abroad, eight different address formats are included: European, Australian/Canadian, American, German, British, Spanish, Japanese and a general address format.

When you create a company and choose which country the company belongs to, the address fields in the Company tab change according to your choice. The address fields that change are described below.

Tip

You can change the default address format for a country in Settings and maintenance.

General address format

This address format is the standard format for all countries that are not covered by the areas mentioned below, for example, countries in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
Address 3	Third address line
Postcode/City	Postcode and postal town
Country	Country

Germany

This address format is used for Germany. Germany always has a different postal code/town for an office address and postal address.

Field	Description
Visiting	Office address
Postcode/City	Postcode and postal town for office address.
PO Box	Postal Address
Postcode/City	Postcode and postal town for postal address.
Country	Country

Spain

This address format is used for Spain.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
Address 3	Third address line
Postcode/City	Postcode and postal town for postal address.
County	County
Country	Country

Rest of Europe

This address format is used when you create a company in Norway and most European countries, except the UK, Germany and Spain, which have their own address formats.

Field	Description
Visiting	Office address
Postal	Postal Address
Postcode/City	Postcode and city
Country	Country

Canada

This address format is used for Canada.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
City	Name of postal town
Province/ postcode	Province and postcode
Country	Country

Australia

This address format is used for Australia.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
City	Second address line
Province/ postcode	Province and postcode
Country	Country

USA

This address format is used for the USA. It resembles the format for Australia/Canada, but the fields have different names.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
City	Name of postal town
State / zip code	State code (for example, CA) and postal code (zip code)
Country	Country

UK

This address format is used for the UK.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
Address 3	Third address line
City	Postal town
County/postcode	County and postcode. For example, Somerset TA1 2WB
Country	Country

Japan

This address format is used for Japan.

Field	Description
Address 1	First address line
Address 2	Second address line
City/postcode	Postal town and postcode
Country	Country