Overview
When running a Business report, Middesk retrieves address information from bona fide sources such as the IRS, Secretary of State, and other regulatory bodies that require address filings. At the same time, Middesk flags other details about retrieved addresses, including whether the address is a commercial or residential location, if the address is a virtual or mailbox location, and if the address is deliverable or not.
While addresses have a number of data points that are relevant, we will always summarize the address information as follows:
Verification
The Verification task summarizes the submitted address address verification result, indicating whether the submitted addresses match known addresses associated with the business.
| status | label | sub_label |
|---|---|---|
| Success | Match identified to the submitted Office Address | Verified |
| Warning | Identified an address within 0.2 miles of the submitted Office Address | Approximate Match |
| Failure | Unable to identify a match to the submitted Office Address | Unverified |
The CMRA task denotes a submitted address is tagged by USPS as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency, meaning a business does not operate at this address and may be a fraud indicator.
| status | label | sub_label | key | category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failure | Submitted Office Address is zoned by USPS as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency | Low frequency | address_cmra | address |
The Deliverability task indicates whether a mail can be delivered to an address.
| status | label | sub_label |
|---|---|---|
| Success | The USPS is able to deliver mail to the submitted Office Address | Deliverable |
| Failure | The USPS is unable to deliver mail to the submitted Office Address | Undeliverable |
The Location Frequency task captures how often submitted address locations are used across businesses in the U.S., indicating potential misuse.
| status | label | sub_label | key | category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Success | 1–20 businesses use this location | Low frequency | location_frequency | address |
| Success | 2–20 businesses use this location | Low frequency | location_frequency | address |
| Warning | 21–100 businesses use this location | Moderate frequency | location_frequency | address |
| Failure | 101–1000 businesses use this location | High frequency | location_frequency | address |
| Failure | 1001–10000 businesses use this location | High frequency | location_frequency | address |
| Failure | 10000+ businesses use this location | High frequency | location_frequency | address |
Property Type task indicates whether the address is a commercial or residential property, which may signal potential address misuse.
| status | label | sub_label |
|---|---|---|
| Success | Submitted Office Address is a Commercial property | Commercial |
| Warning | Submitted Office Address is a Residential property | Residential |
The Registered Agent task flags if any submitted addresses are registered agents addresses, which are commonly used in fraudulent schemes.
| status | label | sub_label | key | category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warning | Submitted Office Address is associated with a known Registered Agent | Registered Agent | address_registered_agent | address |
For more information about Addresses, see our reference or reach out to support@middesk.com.
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