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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks

At a glance

		2023	2024	Changes in %
Applications (national and international)		78,694	80,365	+ 2.1
National trade marks	Applications	75,261	77,221	+ 2.6
	Concluded registration procedures	70,754	74,889	+ 5.8
	- with registration	48,689	49,991	+ 2.7
	Trade marks in force	888,773	897,701	+ 1.0
International trade marks	Requests for grant of protection in Germany	3,433	3,144	- 8.4
	Grants of protection	3,534	2,745	- 22.3

Filings of national trade marks

Year	Total	Applications from Germany	Percentage of services[1]
2020	84,623	78,713	44.8
2021	87,649	81,817	44.0
2022	73,312	68,190	44.3
2023	75,261	69,577	42.7
2024	77,221	70,305	42.4
[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
2020	60,445
2021	68,638
2022	53,636
2023	48,689
2024	49,991

Companies and institutions with the most registered trade marks in 2024

Ranking	Proprietor [1]	Seat	Registrations
1	Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH	Germany	135
2	Point Commerce B.V.	Belgium	95
3	Henkel AG & Co. KGaA	Germany	56
[1]Proportional counting in the case of several proprietors; without taking into account any business intra-group affiliations.

Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2024

GermanLänder	Applications	Percentage	Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia	21,568	30.7	119
Bavaria	11,431	16.3	85
Baden-Württemberg	8,053	11.5	71
Hesse	5,106	7.3	80
Lower Saxony	5,055	7.2	62
Berlin	4,758	6.8	126
Hamburg	3,117	4.4	163
Rhineland-Palatinate	2,858	4.1	68
Schleswig-Holstein	2,164	3.1	73
Saxony	1,834	2.6	45
Brandenburg	1,127	1.6	44
Saxony-Anhalt	815	1.2	37
Thuringia	729	1.0	34
Saarland	570	0.8	57
Bremen	569	0.8	82
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	551	0.8	34
Germany	70,305	100	83

TOP 5 Classes of goods and services ^[1] in 2024

Class	Class includes[2]	2023	2024	Changes in %
35	Advertising; business management, organisation and administration; office functions	24,056	23,986	- 0.3
41	Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities	18,320	19,284	+ 5.3
9	Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments	14,175	15,025	+ 6.0
25	Clothing; footwear and headgear	12,322	12,360	+ 0.3
42	Scientific and technological services	12,416	12,213	- 1.6
[1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes.
[2] According to the current version of Nice Classification.

Last updated: 1 March 2025