diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Repository/AddressReferenceRepository.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Repository/AddressReferenceRepository.php
index 3e8d060c3..cda989c83 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Repository/AddressReferenceRepository.php
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Repository/AddressReferenceRepository.php
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ namespace Chill\MainBundle\Repository;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\AddressReference;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\PostalCode;
 use Chill\MainBundle\Search\SearchApiQuery;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
+use Doctrine\ORM\NativeQuery;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Query\ResultSetMapping;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Query\ResultSetMappingBuilder;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectRepository;
@@ -65,6 +67,85 @@ final readonly class AddressReferenceRepository implements ObjectRepository
         return $this->repository->findAll();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return iterable<AddressReference>
+     */
+    public function findBySearchString(string $search, PostalCode|int|null $postalCode = null, int $firstResult = 0, int $maxResults = 50): iterable
+    {
+        $terms = $this->buildTermsFromSearchString($search);
+        if ([] === $terms) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        $rsm = new ResultSetMappingBuilder($this->entityManager);
+        $rsm->addRootEntityFromClassMetadata(AddressReference::class, 'ar');
+        $baseSql = 'SELECT '.$rsm->generateSelectClause(['ar' => 'ar']).' FROM chill_main_address_reference ar JOIN
+            view_chill_main_address_reference var ON var.address_id = ar.id';
+        $nql = $this->buildQueryBySearchString($rsm, $baseSql, $terms, $postalCode);
+
+        $orderBy = [];
+        $pertinence = [];
+        foreach ($terms as $k => $term) {
+            $pertinence[] =
+                "(EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM unnest(string_to_array(address, ' ')) AS t WHERE starts_with(t, UNACCENT(LOWER(:order{$k})))))::int";
+            $pertinence[] = "(address LIKE UNACCENT(LOWER(:order{$k})))::int";
+            $nql->setParameter('order'.$k, $term);
+        }
+        $orderBy[] = implode(' + ', $pertinence).' ASC';
+        $orderBy[] = implode('row_number ASC', $orderBy);
+
+        $nql->setSQL($nql->getSQL().' ORDER BY '.implode(', ', $orderBy));
+
+        return $nql->toIterable();
+    }
+
+    public function countBySearchString(string $search, PostalCode|int|null $postalCode = null): int
+    {
+        $terms = $this->buildTermsFromSearchString($search);
+        if ([] === $terms) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        $rsm = new ResultSetMappingBuilder($this->entityManager);
+        $rsm->addScalarResult('c', 'c', Types::INTEGER);
+        $nql = $this->buildQueryBySearchString($rsm, 'SELECT COUNT(var.*) AS c FROM view_chill_main_address_reference var', $terms, $postalCode);
+
+        return $nql->getSingleScalarResult();
+    }
+
+    private function buildTermsFromSearchString(string $search): array
+    {
+        return array_filter(
+            array_map(
+                static fn (string $term) => trim($term),
+                explode(' ', $search)
+            ),
+            static fn (string $term) => '' !== $term
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function buildQueryBySearchString(ResultSetMapping $rsm, string $select, array $terms, PostalCode|int|null $postalCode = null): NativeQuery
+    {
+        $nql = $this->entityManager->createNativeQuery('', $rsm);
+
+        $sql = $select.' WHERE ';
+
+        $wheres = [];
+        foreach ($terms as $k => $term) {
+            $wheres[] = "var.address like :w{$k}";
+            $nql->setParameter("w{$k}", '%'.$term.'%', Types::STRING);
+        }
+
+        if (null !== $postalCode) {
+            $wheres[] = 'var.postcode_id = :postalCode';
+            $nql->setParameter('postalCode', $postalCode instanceof PostalCode ? $postalCode->getId() : $postalCode);
+        }
+
+        $nql->setSQL($sql.implode(' AND ', $wheres));
+
+        return $nql;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param mixed|null $limit
      * @param mixed|null $offset
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Tests/Repository/AddressReferenceRepositoryTest.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Tests/Repository/AddressReferenceRepositoryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c70bcd999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Tests/Repository/AddressReferenceRepositoryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * Chill is a software for social workers
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\MainBundle\Tests\Repository;
+
+use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\AddressReference;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Entity\PostalCode;
+use Chill\MainBundle\Repository\AddressReferenceRepository;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Test\KernelTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ *
+ * @coversNothing
+ */
+class AddressReferenceRepositoryTest extends KernelTestCase
+{
+    private static AddressReferenceRepository $repository;
+
+    public static function setUpBeforeClass(): void
+    {
+        static::bootKernel();
+        static::$repository = static::getContainer()->get(AddressReferenceRepository::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider generateSearchString
+     */
+    public function testFindBySearchString(string $search, int|PostalCode|null $postalCode, string $text, ?array $expected = null): void
+    {
+        $actual = static::$repository->findBySearchString($search, $postalCode);
+
+        self::assertIsIterable($actual, $text);
+
+        if (null !== $expected) {
+            self::assertEquals($expected, iterator_to_array($actual));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider generateSearchString
+     */
+    public function testCountBySearchString(string $search, int|PostalCode|null $postalCode, string $text, ?array $expected = null): void
+    {
+        $actual = static::$repository->countBySearchString($search, $postalCode);
+
+        self::assertIsInt($actual, $text);
+    }
+
+    public static function generateSearchString(): iterable
+    {
+        self::bootKernel();
+        $em = static::getContainer()->get(EntityManagerInterface::class);
+        /** @var AddressReference $ar */
+        $ar = $em->createQuery('SELECT ar FROM '.AddressReference::class.' ar')
+            ->setMaxResults(1)
+            ->getSingleResult();
+
+        yield ['', null, 'search with empty string', []];
+        yield ['   ', null, 'search with spaces only', []];
+        yield ['rue des    moulins', null, 'search contains an empty string'];
+        yield ['rue des moulins', $ar->getPostcode()->getId(), 'search with postal code as an id'];
+        yield ['rue des moulins', $ar->getPostcode(), 'search with postal code instance'];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/migrations/Version20250214154310.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/migrations/Version20250214154310.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3de3ee36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/migrations/Version20250214154310.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * Chill is a software for social workers
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Chill\Migrations\Main;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
+use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
+
+final class Version20250214154310 extends AbstractMigration
+{
+    public function getDescription(): string
+    {
+        return 'Create view for searching address reference';
+    }
+
+    public function up(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+            create materialized view IF NOT EXISTS view_chill_main_address_reference as
+            SELECT row_number() OVER ()                                                AS row_number,
+                   cmar.id                                                             AS address_id,
+                   lower(unaccent(cmar.street || ' '::text || cmar.streetnumber || ' '::text || cmpc.code::text || ' '::text ||
+                   cmpc.label::text))                                          AS address,
+                   cmpc.id                                                             AS postcode_id
+            FROM chill_main_address_reference cmar
+                     JOIN chill_main_postal_code cmpc ON cmar.postcode_id = cmpc.id
+            WHERE cmar.deletedat IS NULL
+            ORDER BY ((cmpc.code::text || ' '::text) || cmpc.label::text), cmar.street, (lpad(cmar.streetnumber, 10, '0'::text));
+            SQL);
+
+        $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+            create index if not exists view_chill_internal_address_reference_trgm
+                on view_chill_main_address_reference using gist (postcode_id, address public.gist_trgm_ops);
+        SQL);
+    }
+
+    public function down(Schema $schema): void
+    {
+        $this->addSql('DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW view_chill_main_address_reference');
+    }
+}