What's Available?
Data Sets
Free data sets are available for U.S./CA Geo Data, Property Data, Address Data, ZIP Code Data, Phone Data, and more.
US Data | US Property Data | Geo Data | GIS Data |
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US Address Data | Property Deed Data | Canadian Geo Data | GIS Parcel Data |
FONE Data | Property Assessment Data | U.S. Geo Data | GIS Block Data |
Consumer Data | GIS Building Footprints Data | ||
ZIP Code Data | GIS City Data | ||
GIS County Data | |||
GIS ZipCode Data |
Melissa Lookups
These are perfect tools to search for addresses, phone numbers, ZIP Codes, and more. Visit our Lookups page to view a complete list of available products.
Some Examples:
Provides you with a complete address picture. Simply enter what you know, and the Address Search tool will find the rest
Returns useful ZIP Code information based on a 5 or 9-digit ZIP Code, City Name, Phone Number or Area Code search
Enter a phone number in any format, and Phone Check will determine the region or country by its dialing code and return information such as line type, carrier and caller ID
API
Web Service API
You can embed Melissa Web Service API into your program. Visit our developer portal to learn more.
Some Examples:
Verifies and standardizes mailing addresses around the world
Verifies a phone number is active, determines Line Type, Dominant Language, Carrier, & more
Returns comprehensive property and mortgage information on 140+ million U.S. properties including Parcel Information, Owner, & more
These APIs will require a sales representative to enable the service:
Cicero, Global Express Entry, People Business Search, Personator Identity, Personator Search, SmartMover, Street Route & Zip Search
On Premise API
Free sample codes are available on the Melissa GitHub for the following Melissa Objects:
Some Examples:
Corrects, verifies and enhances U.S. and Canadian addresses
Allows your websites and custom applications to update email addresses in your database files while verifying and correcting misspelled domain names
Automates the handling of name data, screening out vulgar or obviously false names
Allows websites and custom applications to verify phone numbers down to 7 and 10 digits, update area codes, and append data about the phone number
Identifies, parses, and reorganizes input data into usable data types
Allows you to obtain Latitude and Longitude Coordinates, Census Tract & Block Numbers, County Name, and FIPS Numbers
User Types
Student
Gain access to a limited set of records in the local area and basic tools for use in various data quality projects.
Student Plus
Level up and gain productivity with a larger set of records, advanced tools, web service APIs, and more.
Instructor
Customize your data sets. Contact us about special licensing options.
Student | Student Plus | Instructor | |
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Datasets | A limited set of records for local areas including Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, & Los Angeles | A larger set of records | Customized data sets |
Melissa Lookups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cloud API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
On Premise API | N/A | N/A | On-Premise Licensing (Contact us for details) |
Pricing | Free to all registered students | Free to all registered students with short survey | Contact us for details |
Student | Student Plus | Instructor | |
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Datasets | A limited set of records for local areas including Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, & Los Angeles | A larger set of records | Customized data sets |
Melissa Lookups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cloud API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
On Premise API | N/A | N/A | On-Premise Licensing (Contact us for details) |
Pricing | Free to all registered students | Free to all registered students with short survey | Contact us for details |
Student | Student Plus | Instructor | |
---|---|---|---|
Datasets | A limited set of records for local areas including Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange County, & Los Angeles | A larger set of records | Customized data sets |
Melissa Lookups | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Cloud API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
On Premise API | N/A | N/A | On-Premise Licensing (Contact us for details) |
Pricing | Free to all registered students | Free to all registered students with short survey | Contact us for details |
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Student Projects

Unity Nonprofits

Moove

GEOdle

ValueGuessr

Shelterfy

ZipScope

LandMark

mQuery

Predicting Home Prices

I See OC Health

Bathrooms of Orange County

Property Guessr

ZotLease

Bathrooms of Orange County
Unity Nonprofits
January 2025
Created by Tom Zheng, Daniel Wu, William Jiang, Candice Li
Unity Nonprofits allows users to look for nonprofits around their ZIP Code that best suit their interests. The team built this project for IrvineHacks 2025 and won the award for "Best Use of Melissa API or Data Sets" due to their creative utilization of the Melissa Nonprofit Organization Lookup.
Melissa Product(s) Used
Moove
May 2024
Created by Leilani Bascos, Isaac Nguyen, Robert Gilmore, Alexander Yin.
Moove is a property purchasing platform aimed at college students that provides property-owner-authentication (via a unique milKEY) and financial advice (Moove Report). Leveraging Melissa APIs to verify ownership of a property via name, SSN, and property address, Moove keeps students safe from potential scams by ensuring that the seller is really who they say they are and that they legally own the property. Once the seller is confirmed to be valid, Moove generates a unique milKEY that students can use while looking up an address. After looking up the property, Moove generates a Moove Report for the student, which uses Melissa Property WEB API to display helpful information such as future property costs, general information of the home, a picture of the property, and mortgage plan. Finally, Moove assigns the property a custom Moo score, which rates how well the property suits the student based on factors such as their yearly income and credit score. Moove makes great use of Melissa APIs to create a safe and informative platform for students to learn more about a property, and won Best Use of Melissa Cloud API/Data Sets at VenusHacks 2024!
Melissa Product(s) Used
GEOdle
April 2024
Created by Ryan Nguyen, Dennis Lustre, Sam Free Pittman, and Keisun Nguyen Luc
Created for the 2024 Atlantis Datathon held at UC Irvine and winning two categories (People's Choice and Best Use of Melissa API or Data Sets), GEOdle took inspiration from the popular games Wordle and Geoguessr to create a fun, colorful online guessing game, where the player gets 7 chances to guess a randomly-chosen city based on hints such as population size and latitude/longitude. The GEOdle team made creative use of Melissa Data resources, including various datasets available on the Melissa Education portal as well as the Reverse GeoCoder API, to get all the geospatial data the game needed!
Melissa Product(s) Used
ValueGuessr
January 2025
Created by Sean Liem, Preston Takashi Sasaki, Julius Yang, Raymond Che
Inspired by the game GeoGuessr, this team of students created a game called ValueGuessr for IrvineHacks 2025. The player's goal is to guess the price of a property, given the location and additional hints such as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and how many stories the building has. ValueGuessr makes use of Melissa's Property Assessment Data to obtain all this information.
Melissa Product(s) Used
Shelterfy
January 2025
Created by Justin Rodriguez Macalad, Jonathan Chau, Carson McArthur Davis, Jackson Yan
In response to the LA wildfires, this team of students came up with Shelterfy, a website that allows users to view the wildfires and shelters around them on a map. Shelterfy leverages Melissa's Business Coder and Property APIs to validate shelter data and filter out suspicious shelters.
Melissa Product(s) Used
ZipScope
January 2025
Created by Lee Stilwell, Jared Lee, Megan Lai, Daniel Yang
ZipScope is a website that helps users navigate various neighborhoods in LA and Orange County by scoring ZIP Codes on several key metrics: Safety, Housing Affordability, Public Education Quality, Transportation, Environment, and Healthcare Accessibility. This project uses various data sources including the Melissa Zip Code dataset to obtain information on these ZIP Codes.
Melissa Product(s) Used
LandMark
May 2024
Created by Alvina Chow, Sruthi Rita Leon, Jenny CHau Phan, Dia Ganesh Kumar
LandMark is an informative website that educates users on the real estate market, helping them to make informed decisions by providing detailed insights into market trends, property information, and projected property values. This project utilizes Melissa's Email Verification API to verify the user's email address upon logging in; after that, the user is able to add houses to their dashboard by entering a residential address, which is then verified using Melissa's Address Search API.
Melissa Product(s) Used
mQuery
May 2024
Created by Conner Liu, Michelle Jinhua Sheu, saharsid123
MQuery is an AI project that helps business owners find the best consumers to target based on their proposal. It uses Melissa Consumer Data to find customers that are most likely to be interested in the business product and retrieves their contact information.
Melissa Product(s) Used

Predicting Home Prices Using Neural Networks & Melissa Data
April 2024
Created by Matthew Eimers, Vincent Ramos, Christopher Effarah, Seth Abuhamdeh
This team of students trained a neural network on Melissa Data Sets to find correlations in property prices with other factors such as location and date built, winning the Best Presentation category at Atlantis Datathon 2024.
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I See OC Health
April 2024
Created by Himal Malik, Matthew Angeles, John Fortin, Thien Vu
The I See OC Health team utilized the Melissa Consumer Data Set to develop a machine learning model that predicts how likely an Orange County resident is to prioritize their own health with a 77% confidence rate.
Melissa Product(s) Used
Bathrooms of Orange County
April 2024
Created by Arnav Kanekar, Nishant Nuthalapati, Dron Mongia
Wanting to explore trends in the Orange County area, this team of students used Melissa Datasets to discover interesting statistics about bathroom counts and cities. They analyzed bathroom counts versus other factors, including lot sizes and population density, to discover any correlations and historical trends.
Melissa Product(s) Used
Property Guessr
February 2024
Created by Leah Sun, Bryan Silva, Jacob Moy, Peter Tumali
Property Guessr is a web game in which users can guess which house out of the two displayed has a higher/lower assessed value. Users who are logged in can also access additional features, including building a streak if they continuously guess right, earning a rank on the leaderboard, and viewing their accuracy percentage and high score.
Melissa Product(s) Used
ZotLease
February 2024
Created by Hai Nguyen, Kayla Son, Jessie He, Richard
ZotLease is an all-encompassing website that simplifies subletting for UCI students. It enables users to effortlessly sublet their homes or discover suitable sublets, streamlining the entire housing process.
Melissa Product(s) Used
Bathrooms of Orange County
April 2024
Created by Arnav Kanekar, Nishant Nuthalapati, Dron Mongia
Wanting to explore trends in the Orange County area, this team of students used Melissa Datasets to discover interesting statistics about bathroom counts and cities. They analyzed bathroom counts versus other factors, including lot sizes and population density, to discover any correlations and historical trends.
Melissa Product(s) Used