Address formats for different countries

You can create companies with addresses in various countries. To facilitate international correspondence, multiple address formats are available, including European, Australian/Canadian, American, German, British, Spanish, Japanese, and a general format.

When creating a company and selecting its country, the address fields in the Company tab will adjust accordingly. The specific 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.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
Address 3Third address line
Postcode/CityPostcode and postal town
CountryCountry

Germany

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

FieldDescription
VisitingOffice address
Postcode/CityPostcode and postal town for office address.
PO BoxPostal Address
Postcode/CityPostcode and postal town for postal address.
CountryCountry

Spain

This address format is used for Spain.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
Address 3Third address line
Postcode/CityPostcode and postal town for postal address.
CountyCounty
CountryCountry

UK

This address format is used for the UK.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
Address 3Third address line
CityPostal town
County/postcodeCounty and postcode. For example, Somerset TA1 2WB
CountryCountry

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.

FieldDescription
VisitingOffice address
PostalPostal Address
Postcode/CityPostcode and city
CountryCountry

Canada

This address format is used for Canada.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
CityName of postal town
Province/ postcodeProvince and postcode
CountryCountry

Australia

This address format is used for Australia.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
CitySecond address line
Province/ postcodeProvince and postcode
CountryCountry

USA

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

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
CityName of postal town
State / zip codeState code (for example, CA) and postal code (zip code)
CountryCountry

Japan

This address format is used for Japan.

FieldDescription
Address 1First address line
Address 2Second address line
City/postcodePostal town and postcode
CountryCountry