If a business has a P.O. Box, but you use their street address instead...will the mail still get to them?

If a business has a P.O. Box, but you use their street address instead...will the mail still get to them?
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Usually. It depends on whether or not they are in the USPS database. You can find this out by going to usps.gov and testing the address.
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