---
title: "Address types"
description: "Manage the address types used to categorize actors' addresses, e.g. Company, Home and Delivery."
url: https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/514-address-types
collection: "Actor setup"
updated: 2026-10-05
language: en
alternates: [da]
---

# Address types

Manage the address types used to categorize actors' addresses, e.g. Company, Home and Delivery.

### What are address types?

Address types are the categories you can assign to an address on an actor (customer, supplier, etc.). The system comes with five predefined types: **Company**, **Home**, **Contact**, **Other** and **Delivery**. These system types cannot be deleted, but you can create your own custom types if you need additional categories.

### How to access the screen

From the hamburger menu in the top-left corner of Sapera, open **Financial**. In the left menu, select **Actors** → **Address types**.

If you cannot see the menu item, you probably do not have permission to access it. Contact support.

### Field descriptions

**System name:** A technical identifier for the address type. The system name is set at creation and cannot be changed afterwards. It is used internally to identify the type across the system.

**Display name:** The name shown to users in the system, e.g. when selecting an address type on an actor. The display name can be edited after creation.

**System:** A checkbox indicating whether the type is a predefined system type. System types cannot be deleted.

### Creation and editing

Click **New** to create a new address type. Fill in **System name** and **Display name**, and save by clicking **Save and close**.

Select an existing type in the list and click **Edit** (or double-click the row) to change its **Display name**.

An address type can only be deleted if it is not a system type and is not in use on any actor address. The delete button is not available for system types.

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**Want to know more?**

Read more in these related articles:

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Address preferences

Settings for how addresses are entered in Sapera, including automatic Danish address lookup.

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/423.md)[

Contacts

How to use Contacts in Sapera: create, edit, archive and delete contacts, use bulk operations, understand all fields and tabs, and export lists.

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/140.md)[

Actor Library (customers and suppliers)

Search, create and edit customers and suppliers in Sapera Financial.

](https://support.sapera.io/en/articles/528.md)