POSTCODE BOUNDARY MAPS (ZIP)

Different levels of area maps from MBI: postcode boundaries map (ZIP), administrative area map, small area map

DIGITAL POSTCODE BOUNDARY MAPS AS THE BASIS FOR YOUR DATA

Worldwide postal areas are geographic boundaries that define the geographic area for each postcode. Digital Postcode boundaries help you to display and analyze spatial areas on a map.

Our dataset offers extensive coverage of postal boundaries across countries and regions globally. It includes multiple hierarchical postal levels for a wide range of nations, ensuring precise representation for postal code-based analysis. The dataset covers:

National postal boundaries for each country.
First-level postal divisions (such as 1-digit or 2-digit zones), which provide broader regional distinctions.
Second and third-level postal codes, offering further granularity in many regions, reaching down to local postal areas.
In many cases, the data also includes fourth and fifth-level postal divisions, providing the most detailed coverage available (e.g., 4-digit, 5-digit codes or 6-digit codes).

This data supports a wide variety of applications, from logistics and delivery optimization to market analysis and regional planning, ensuring clients can navigate the complexity of global postal systems with accuracy.

They can easily be matched and attributed with company internal data (e.g. sales figures, sales areas) or SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DATA and PURCHASING POWER data from MB-International.

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VAST VARIETY OF USES IN MANY ASPECTS OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS

Our area boundaries provide you with a consistent basis for visualizing your data for various tasks and applications, such as

Sales planning
Sales controlling
Site planning
Expansion planning
Branch network planning
Customer visualization
Predictive analytics
Insurance risk management
Thematic mapping
Social Media Marketing
Postcode look-up tables
Internet applications
Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding

This enables companies to:

Quantify regional sales opportunities / market potentials
Focus on marketing activities locally
Formulate realistic and quantified objectives
Identify unused market potential
Restructure and optimize market and sales areas
Develop expansion strategies
Evaluate areas for strengths and weaknesses
Map marketing campaigns

A customer is asked for his or her postal code at the checkout, and this information is combined with population data and purchasing power data from MB-International and visualized on a map.

2 Simple Examples

Where do my customers come from?

In retail, postal boundaries are used to visualize catchment areas. A simple example: the customer is asked for the postal code at the DIY store checkout.

Added value with company-owned data

Many companies have customer data (address data) or proprietary data, such as sales territories or sales figures, with information on the postal code. This data is linked to our digital zip code boundaries and thus enables spatial relationships to be identified in a descriptive manner on a digital map. Additional data such as population, sociodemographic and purchasing power data from MBI can be added individually.

Advantages of our Postcode Boundaries

Worldwide, seamless coverage of postal and administrative boundaries
The layers are topographically correct and country borders fit seamlessly together without overlaps and gaps
Data and areas can be easily combined in one layer thanks to a unique key, enabling cross-country analysis
Constant updates guarantee a current data status
The vintage compatibility between the MBI boundaries and the MBI Sociodemographic and Purchasing Power data is guaranteed
Simple update by uniform layout of the layer names
The higher-level area hierarchies are included with the boundary files
Digital boundaries are in a vector format to allow visualization in any zoom levels

Smart Combination

The territorial vintages of the worldwide area boundaries are compatible with our globally consistent and comparable socio-economic data. We offer you the best basis for well-founded and data-based decisions. If desired, we can integrate the MBI data directly into our digital boundaries. So, you can load them directly into your system without any additional steps and use them immediately.

KEY DIFFERENTIATORS

Globally consistent and comparable data

Strict quality control

Individual consulting and support

Continuous updating

100 % GDPR compliant

Discover More Advantages

• Postcode Level
• Administrative Area Level
• Small Area Level

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Easy access to a variety of MBI data
• Datalink Desktop
• Datalink Rest API

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