Company number query

robinph

What is the formats of company numbers in Ireland?

I have a number of a company but there is a query as to if it's a UK or Irish number, someone has claimed it's Irish, but it starts with NL and then a sequence of digits.

The UK numbers have a few prefixes of SC, OC or NI for different types or where they are registered, but as far as I can see Irish company numbers are digits only. Is that correct?

YellowSheep

Ireland numbers start with IE. Therefor I guess thats NL is the Netherlands. O

robinph

Cheers, still shows up nothing there, but my Dutch isn't up to much so no telling really. I think Googles initial search results is where someone else got the idea it was Irish from as it looks a tad confusing merging multiple lines together.

The Good Agent

Hi,

Would it help to put the number into the company search on the CRO site (link below) to see if it matches the company in question?

http://www.cro.ie/search/CompanySearch.aspx

Regards,
Barry

aidan.connolly

Hi,

It sounds like you have a Vat Number rather than a Company Number , but I am open to correction on this.

An example of what a Vat number looks like in the Netherlands is

NL123456789B01 ( Total 12 Characters , the 10th always a B )

For the payment of Corporation Tax the NL is dropped.

Regards

Aidan

aidan.connolly

Hi

You can check to see if it is a Vat Number on the site below.

http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/vieshome.do

Hope this helps

Aidan

CompanyBureau

It sounds like a dutch VAT number to me..