| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) |
| NBS | National Bureau of Statistics |
| NBS | Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) |
| NBS | National Bank of Slovakia |
| NBS | Národná Banka Slovenska (Slovak: National Bank of Slovakia) |
| NBS | National Building Specification (UK) |
| NBS | National Blood Service (England) |
| NBS | N-Bromosuccinimide |
| NBS | National Ballet School (Canada) |
| NBS | National Broadcasting Society |
| NBS | National Biological Service (environmental spatial data) |
| NBS | Nelnet Business Solutions (Lincolnshire, IL) |
| NBS | NASCAR Busch Series |
| NBS | National Bank of Serbia |
| NBS | National Brotherhood of Skiers |
| NBS | National Biological Survey |
| NBS | New Body Style (automobiles) |
| NBS | National Bookstore |
| NBS | Nationwide Building Society (UK) |
| NBS | Nash Bargaining Solution |
| NBS | National Button Society |
| NBS | National Benchmarking Service (UK) |
| NBS | National Biotechnology Strategy (Canada) |
| NBS | Network Business Systems |
| NBS | Neutral Buoyancy Simulator |
| NBS | National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland |
| NBS | No Big Silence (Estonian band) |
| NBS | National Bibliographic Service (of the British Library) |
| NBS | National Bird-Feeding Society |
| NBS | Narrowband Socket |
| NBS | Normal Bowel Sounds |
| NBS | Narn Bat Squad (rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated) |
| NBS | National Bus Sales (Tulsa, OK) |
| NBS | Navy Broadcasting Service |
| NBS | Network Based Solution |
| NBS | Natural Born Snipers (Unreal Tournament Gaming Clan) |
| NBS | Nationale Bewegung Schweiz (Suisse Nazi Party, 1940) |
| NBS | Net Budgetary Support (India) |
| NBS | Narrow Brown Spot |
| NBS | New Building Society Ltd |
| NBS | Nashville Bonsai Society (Lebanon, Tennessee) |
| NBS | NATO Mailbox System |
| NBS | Natural Born Skater |
| NBS | Nehru Bal Sangh (Indian youth service group) |
| NBS | New Bridge Street Associates |