What is NCOA Link Systems?

Over 40 million Americans change their address annually, which creates formidable obstacles in maintaining a high-quality mailing list. The NCOA^Link product makes change-of-address information available to mailers to help reduce undeliverable mailpieces before mail enters the mail stream.

 

The NCOA^Link process consists of computer software purchased, leased, or developed by the licensee to access the NCOA^Link data. The Postal Service certifies the process and licenses the NCOA^Link product to private sector companies for commercial mail list processing or internal mail list management. Updated, computerized change-of-address information is provided on a regular basis to the NCOA^Link licensees by the Postal Service. The NCOA^Link process improves mail deliverability by providing mailers with current, standardized, delivery point coded addresses for individual, family, and business moves.