Embodiments of the invention disclose an address information identification method and apparatus. The method comprises the steps of analyzing character strings of to-be-identified address information according to a pre-established data structure table of an address unit so as to obtain an address link and a suffix character string; judging whether a regional owner-member relationship of the address link is correct or not according to a pre-established owner-member relationship link table of an administrative region; when the regional owner-member relationship of the address link is correct, viewing whether the suffix character string contains a preset suffix keyword or not; if yes, determining that the address information is valid; otherwise, determining that the address information is invalid; and when the regional owner-member relationship of the address link is not correct, determining that the address information is invalid. According to the method and the apparatus, the address information is analyzed and then each part is identified; and an identification mode is simple and reliable, so that the identification efficiency and the identification accuracy can be improved.