Companies that need a nationwide address database often turn to free data such as OpenStreetMap. We checked whether free access means production readiness - by comparing OSM address data with the Algolytics reference database, used in production across telecoms, finance, logistics and e-commerce.
REPORT · JULY 2026
The "free" address database from OpenStreetMap

8.4M
address records in OSM (after deduplication)
−410K
fewer addresses than in the Algolytics Technologies database













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