Netherlands trademark search
How to search and register a trademark in Netherlands, from official sources. Signa does not sync the BOIP register yet. It holds EU trade marks from EUIPO and WIPO Madrid designations that cover Netherlands.
Search the BOIP register
BOIP Trademarks Register is Benelux Office for Intellectual Property's own search tool.
- Search by
- word and figurative elements, goods and services (Nice class), holder, filing number, registration number, device mark classification, filing and registration dates
- Languages
- Dutch, French, English
- Free
- Yes
- Account required
- No
- Limits
- Holder, type, kind and registration and publication date filters apply to Benelux marks only; a holder's address details are shown only after the person consulting the register identifies themselves.
How to search
- Open the BOIP Trademarks Register and enter the mark in the search field (simple search).
- Simple search returns marks containing the exact search term anywhere in the mark; vary the spelling yourself to find similar marks.
- Switch to Advanced search and untick 'Exact search term' to include similar terms, or add filters such as goods and services, holder, filing or registration number and dates.
- Enter a Nice class number in the 'Goods and services' field to see marks filed for that class.
- Filter the results by BX (Benelux), EUR (EU) or INT (international) and open 'More details' for each mark.
Register a trademark in Netherlands
What BOIP requires, as the official sources below state it.
- How to file
- Benelux application at BOIP; EU trade mark at EUIPO; Madrid designation of Benelux (BX)
- Filing languages
- Dutch, French, English
- Local representative required for applicants abroad
- No
- Several classes in one application
- Yes
- Classification
- Nice Classification
- Application fee
- EUR 244 for an individual Benelux trademark including one class (valid for 10 years), EUR 27 for the second class, EUR 81 per class from the third
- Renewal fee
- EUR 263 for online renewal of an individual trademark including one class, EUR 29 for the second class, EUR 87 per class from the third
- Fees as of
- 2026-11-12 (EUR)
- Opposition
- 2 months from publication of the application (pre-registration)
- Term
- 10 years from the filing date, renewable for 10 years at a time
- Non-use
- Open to cancellation after 5 years without use
Good to know
- A representative is not mandatory, but a representative must be domiciled in the European Economic Area, and anyone without a seat or domicile in the EEA who has not appointed a representative must give a correspondence address there (Rule 3.6 of the Implementing Regulations).
- With accelerated registration (supplement from EUR 196) the mark is registered directly, and substantive examination and any opposition take place after registration, so the registration can still be reversed.
- An international registration can be filed through BOIP only on the basis of an existing Benelux trademark; BOIP charges a forwarding fee of 100 Swiss francs, and WIPO's fees are paid to WIPO directly.
Madrid Protocol and regional systems
Netherlands is a member of the Madrid Protocol since 1998-04-01, so an international registration filed through WIPO can designate it.
- Benelux trademark (BOIP)
- The Netherlands has no separate national trademark register. A Benelux trademark registered at BOIP covers Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg together, and a Madrid designation of Benelux (BX) covers the same three countries.
- EU trade mark (EUIPO)
- An EU trade mark gives its owner an exclusive right in all current and future EU Member States, including the Netherlands.
What Signa holds for Netherlands
BOIP (Benelux) records are not covered by Signa yet. EU trade marks from EUIPO, which also protect the Netherlands, are searchable. International registrations designating the Benelux, which covers the Netherlands, are searchable through WIPO Madrid data.
Get this data via the API
Query the EUIPO and WIPO records that cover Netherlands in the same format as every other office.
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=NLSearch the trademarks Signa holds that cover Netherlands
curl "https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=NL" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"Hear when Signa adds the BOIP register
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Where these facts come from
Checked 2026-11-12.
- boip.int
- boip.int/nl/ondernemers/merken/tarieven
- boip.int/en/trademarks-register
- boip.int/en/entrepreneurs/help-with-search/how-do-i-search-properly
- boip.int/uploads/inline/urre-2026-07-nl_0.pdf
- boip.int/en/entrepreneurs/trademarks/fees
- boip.int/en/entrepreneurs/trademarks/trademark-from-application-to-registration
- boip.int/uploads/inline/230210 Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property.pdf
- wipo.int/documents/d/treaties/docs-en-madrid_marks.pdf
- euipo.europa.eu/en/help-centre/tm/faq-basic-questions