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Current Statistical Data for Designs
At a glance
|
2023 |
2024 |
Changes in % |
| Designs applied for[1] |
29,259 |
29,962 |
+ 2.4 |
| Designs in registration procedures concluded |
29,751 |
30,675 |
+ 3.1 |
| - with registration |
27,018 |
28,024 |
+ 3.7 |
| Designs in force |
248,899 |
238,193 |
- 4.3 |
| [1]Preliminary for 2024, as the actual number of designs applied for will not be known until the registration procedure is completed. |
Designs applied for
| Year |
Applications with multiple Designs |
Applications with one design |
Total |
of which from Germany |
| 2020 |
37,659 |
2,493 |
40,152 |
35,867 |
| 2021 |
34,988 |
2,261 |
37,249 |
33,985 |
| 2022 |
32,637 |
1,180 |
33,817 |
31,777 |
| 2023 |
28,110 |
1,149 |
29,259 |
27,564 |
| 2024[1] |
28,723 |
1,239 |
29,962 |
27,924 |
| [1]Preliminary, as the actual number of designs applied for will not be known until the registration procedure is completed. |
Conclusions
| Year |
by registration |
without registration |
Total |
| 2020 |
37,130 |
4,210 |
41,340 |
| 2021 |
31,089 |
3,390 |
34,479 |
| 2022 |
36,256 |
3,602 |
39,858 |
| 2023 |
27,018 |
2,733 |
29,751 |
| 2024 |
28,024 |
2,651 |
30,675 |
Companies and institutions with the most registered designs in 2024
| Ranking |
Proprietor[1] |
Seat |
Registered Designs |
| 1 |
Betty Barclay Group GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
972 |
| 2 |
SWING Collections GmbH |
Germany |
708 |
| 3 |
SHOE CONZEPT Handels GmbH |
Germany |
569 |
| [1] Proportional counting in the case of several proprietors; without taking into account any business intra-group affiliations. |
Registered designs by German Länder in 2024
| GermanLänder |
Registered designs |
Percentage |
Registered designs per 100,000 inhabitants |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
7,349 |
28.3 |
40 |
| Bavaria |
4,681 |
18.0 |
35 |
| Baden-Württemberg |
4,609 |
17.7 |
41 |
| Lower Saxony |
1,723 |
6.6 |
21 |
| Berlin |
1,544 |
5.9 |
41 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
1,456 |
5.6 |
35 |
| Hesse |
1,303 |
5.0 |
20 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
887 |
3.4 |
30 |
| Hamburg |
758 |
2.9 |
40 |
| Saxony |
581 |
2.2 |
14 |
| Brandenburg |
284 |
1.1 |
11 |
| Thuringia |
278 |
1.1 |
13 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
152 |
0.6 |
7 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
128 |
0.5 |
8 |
| Saarland |
124 |
0.5 |
12 |
| Bremen |
110 |
0.4 |
16 |
| Germany |
25,967 |
100 |
31 |
TOP 5 classes[1] in 2024
| Class |
Class includes |
Registrations in 2023 |
Registrations in 2024 |
Changes in % |
| 2 |
Articles of clothing and haberdashery |
3,849 |
4,415 |
+ 14.7 |
| 6 |
Furnishing |
4,468 |
4,394 |
- 1.7 |
| 32 |
Graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentation, arrangement of interiors and exteriors |
3,758 |
3,631 |
- 3.4 |
| 11 |
Articles of adornment |
2,700 |
2,773 |
+ 2.7 |
| 26 |
Lighting apparatus |
1,609 |
1,981 |
+ 23.1 |
| [1] A design can be attributed to several classes. |
Last updated: 5 March 2025
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