Business Verification Rules, Codes, & Messages – Global Data Consortium

Standard Business Message Structure

The table below includes a list of possible data elements and their associated Messages & Codes. Please note that: CERTAIN CODES and MESSAGES ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES. Country specific codes and messages are noted in the table. Input elements/Messages in red font color delineate required or suggested input for standard configurations.

*3BZ messages can also indicate data validation and required fields.

Standard Business Verification (BZ) Codes & Messages

Identifying Elements	1BZ Code	1BZ Message
FloorNumber	1BZ-2100-SUBPREMISE	Full match was made on Sub Premise Descriptors provided in Address Lines
HouseExtension	1BZ-2100-SUBPREMISE
HouseNumber	1BZ-2150-HOUSENUMBER	Full match was made on House Number/Street Number
StreetNumber	1BZ-2150-HOUSENUMBER
StreetName	1BZ-2175-THOROUGHFARE	Full match was made on Street/Thoroughfare
Thoroughfare	1BZ-2175-THOROUGHFARE
StreetType	N/A - INCLUDED IN LOGIC FOR STREET/THOROUGHFARE
Home_Address	1BZ-2200-ADDRESS	Full match was made on address elements provided in Address Lines
Address1	1BZ-2200-ADDRESS
Mail_Address	1BZ-2200-ADDRESS
Locality	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY	Full match was made on City/Locality
PostTown - UK	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
City	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
Home_City	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
Mail_City	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
Suburb – BZ, BR, NZ, ZA	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
Municipality - CA	1BZ-2250-LOCALITY
PostalCode	1BZ-2275-POSTALCODE	Full match was made on Postal Code/Zip Code
Mail_Zip	1BZ-2275-POSTALCODE
ZipCode	1BZ-2275-POSTALCODE
County – IE	1BZ-2300-COUNTY	Full match was made on County
Province – CA, IT	1BZ-2325-PROVINCE	Full match was made on State/Province
State	1BZ-2325-PROVINCE
Home_State	1BZ-2325-PROVINCE
Mail_State	1BZ-2325-PROVINCE
Prefecture – JP	1BZ-2325-PROVINCE
Business Name	1BZ-2000-ORGANIZATION	Full match was made on Organization/Business Name
OrganizationName	1BZ-2000-ORGANIZATION	Full match was made on Organization/Business Name
Organization_name	1BZ-2000-ORGANIZATION	Full match was made on Organization/Business Name
Any country specific Business ID that is returned today (e.g. CNPJ, RFC)	1BZ-2525-BUSINESSID	Full match was made on Organization/Business Registry Number
Business Verification match	1BZ-2295-MATCHED_1+1	Full Match for business 1+1 verification

Data Source Types (DST)

Data Source Type	Abbreviation	Codes/Descriptions
Credit	CRD	A public or private business credit data sets, banking sets, and collections data.
Business Registry	BUS	A public or private register of organizations.
Government Registry	GVT	Government collated and issued business databases, mostly accessible through a single business identifier like TAX ID, DUNS or VAT numbers.
Chambers of Commerce/Localized Registry	COC	Similar to Business Registries, public or private registers of organizations in the jurisdictions they operate under.
Digital & Commerce	DIG	Online transactional data sources from sources, Domain data, CRM, Web scraping and other e-commerce site sources.
Utility	UTL	Data issued for a national utility provider which includes gas, electric and water.
Telco	TEL	Data issued by a national telephone, mobile providers and public telephone directories.
Postal	PST	Data issued by a national postal service including NCOA, etc.

Match Type Messages

MT Field Name	1MT Message
SUBPREMISE	Full match was made on Sub Premise Descriptors provided in Address Lines
BUILDING	Full match was made on Building Descriptors provided in Address Lines
ADDRESS	Full match was made on address elements provided in Address Lines
THOROUGHFARE	Full match was made on Street/Thoroughfare
DISTRICT	Full match was made on District
LOCALITY	Full match was made on City/Locality
POSTALCODE	Full match was made on Postal Code/Zip Code
PROVINCE	Full match was made on State/Province
HOUSENUMBER	Full match was made on House Number
ORGANIZATION_NAME	Full match was made on Organization/Business Name
BUSINESSID	Full match was made on Organization/Business Registry Number
COUNTY	Full match was made on County

BZ Types

1BZ	Indicates a complete match was made with the data source from the input element.
2BZ	Indicates a non-match of the input element and the data source.
3BZ	Indicates a partial match was made with the data source from the input element.

Match Types

1MT	Element fully matched with the data source.
3MT	Element partially matched with the data source.
4MT	Element is not contained in the data source.

Business ID Indicator Type

Code	Description
TAX	Government or Tax ID number for the business in the country. This is default.
VAT	VAT Number for the business in the country.
IBAN	IBAN number
SWT	SWIFT Banking Number
CRD	Credit card number or last 4 of CC.
BLN	Business License Number in local market
LEI	Legal Entity Identifier
LOC	Local Registry or Chamber of Commerce Number

Business Verification (BV) Default Match Rules

Reliability	Business Name Match	Business Address Match	Business ID Match
10	Match	Match	Any Value (Match / No Match)
	Match	Any Value (Match / No Match)	Match
	Any Value (Match / No Match)	Any Value (Match / No Match)	Match
20	Match	Partial Match	Any Value (Match / No Match)
30	All other combinations