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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

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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

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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.

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Last updated: 5 March 2025