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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks
At a glance
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
Changes in % |
| Applications (national and international) |
|
89,442 |
92,317 |
+3.2 |
| National marks |
Applications |
84,623 |
87,631 |
+3.6 |
| |
Concluded registration procedures |
79,587 |
91,613 |
+15.1 |
| |
- with registration |
60,428 |
68,597 |
+13.5 |
| |
Trade marks in force |
845,635 |
868,401 |
+2.7 |
| International marks |
Requests for grant of protection in Germany |
4,819 |
4,686 |
-2.8 |
| |
Grants of protection |
3,980 |
3,406 |
-14.4 |
Filings of national trade marks
| Year |
Total |
Applications from Germany |
Percentage of services[1] |
| 2017 |
72,048 |
67,441 |
47.1 |
| 2018 |
70,534 |
65,661 |
47.3 |
| 2019 |
73,635 |
68,260 |
46.1 |
| 2020 |
84,623 |
78,716 |
44.8 |
| 2021 |
87,631 |
81,815 |
44.0 |
| [1] Percentage of service classes claimed out of all classes claimed in national trade mark applications, since a trade mark application may be attributed to several classes. |
Registrations
| Year |
Registrations under Sec. 41 Trade Mark Act |
| 2017 |
50,954 |
| 2018 |
50,584 |
| 2019 |
55,026 |
| 2020 |
60,428 |
| 2021 |
68,597 |
Top 3 Trade Mark Proprietors in 2021
|
Proprietor [1] |
Seat |
Number |
| 1 |
Make Great Sales Ltd. |
USA |
79 |
| 2 |
Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
66 |
| 3 |
Private Mark GmbH |
Germany |
65 |
| [1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations. |
Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2021
| Land |
Applications |
Percentage |
Applications per 100,000 inhabitants |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
19,842 |
24.3 |
111 |
| Bavaria |
14,845 |
18.1 |
113 |
| Baden-Württemberg |
9,992 |
12.2 |
90 |
| Hesse |
6,443 |
7.9 |
102 |
| Lower Saxony |
6,089 |
7.4 |
76 |
| Berlin |
6,014 |
7.4 |
164 |
| Hamburg |
4,185 |
5.1 |
226 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
3,815 |
4.7 |
93 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
2,792 |
3.4 |
96 |
| Saxony |
2,281 |
2.8 |
56 |
| Brandenburg |
1,388 |
1.7 |
55 |
| Thuringia |
1,079 |
1.3 |
51 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
850 |
1.0 |
53 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
814 |
1.0 |
37 |
| Bremen |
750 |
0.9 |
110 |
| Saarland |
636 |
0.8 |
65 |
| Germany |
81,815 |
100 |
98 |
TOP 5 Classes of goods and services [1]
| Class [2] |
2020 |
2021 |
Changes in % |
| 35 - Advertising; business Management, organisation and Administration; office functions |
29,351 |
29,974 |
+ 2.1 |
| 41 - Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities |
20,666 |
20,483 |
- 0.9 |
| 9 - Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments |
16,312 |
16,613 |
+ 1.8 |
| 42 - Scientific and technological services |
15,258 |
15,549 |
+ 1.9 |
| 25 - Clothing; footwear and headgear |
12,810 |
13,262 |
+ 3.5 |
| [1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes. |
| [2] According to the current version of Nice Classification. |
Last updated: 1 March 2022
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