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Current Statistical Data for Designs

At a glance
2021 2022 Changes in %
Designs applied for[1] 37,236 33,652 - 9.6
Designs in registration procedures concluded 34,473 39,866 + 15.6
- with registration 31,083 36,251 + 16.6
Designs in force 270,476 260,387 - 3.7
[1]Preliminary for 2022, 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
2018 41,643 2,416 44,059 39,016
2019 40,843 2,256 43,099 36,398
2020 37,651 2,494 40,145 35,860
2021 34,973 2,263 37,236 33,972
2022[1] 32,455 1,197 33,652 31,619
[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
2018 47,647 5,569 53,216
2019 41,145 3,841 44,986
2020 37,130 4,210 41,340
2021 31,083 3,390 34,473
2022 36,251 3,615 39,866

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Top 3 Design proprietors in 2022 [1]
Ranking Proprietor Seat Registered Designs
1 Betty Barclay Group GmbH & Co. KG Germany 1,365
2 EveMotion GmbH Germany 932
3 SHOE CONZEPT Handels GmbH Germany 910
[1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations.
Registered designs by German Länder in 2022
Land Registered designs Percentage Registered designs per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia 10,581 31.0 59
Baden-Württemberg 5,868 17.2 53
Bavaria 5,227 15.3 40
Lower Saxony 2,670 7.8 33
Berlin 2,362 6.9 64
Rhineland-Palatinate 2,089 6.1 51
Hesse 1,511 4.4 24
Saxony 903 2.6 22
Schleswig-Holstein 788 2.3 27
Hamburg 681 2.0 37
Thuringia 548 1.6 26
Brandenburg 277 0.8 11
Saxony-Anhalt 244 0.7 11
Bremen 185 0.5 27
Saarland 110 0.3 11
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 88 0.3 5
Germany 34,132 100 41

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TOP 5 classes of goods [1] in 2022
Class Class includes Registrations in 2021 Registrations in 2022 Changes in %
6 Furnishing 8,192 9,047 + 10.4
2 Articles of clothing and haberdashery 5,343 7,455 + 39.5
32 Graphic symbols and logos, surface patterns, ornamentation 5,043 6,383 + 26.6
26 Lighting apparatus 4,035 5,643 + 39.9
7 Household goods, not elsewhere specified 2,846 4,221 + 48.3
[1] A design can be attributed to several classes of goods.

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Last updated: 22 June 2023