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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks
At a glance
|
|
2022 |
2023 |
Changes in % |
| Applications (national and international) |
|
77,430 |
78,695 |
+ 1.6 |
| National trade marks |
Applications |
73,312 |
75,260 |
+ 2.7 |
| |
Concluded registration procedures |
75,060 |
70,732 |
- 5.8 |
| |
- with registration |
53,631 |
48,665 |
- 9.3 |
| |
Trade marks in force |
880,608 |
888,713 |
+ 0.9 |
| International trade marks |
Requests for grant of protection in Germany |
4,118 |
3,435 |
- 16.6 |
| |
Grants of protection |
3,846 |
3,536 |
- 8.1 |
Filings of national trade marks
| Year |
Total |
Applications from Germany |
Percentage of services[1] |
| 2019 |
73,627 |
68,252 |
46.1 |
| 2020 |
84,623 |
78,713 |
44.8 |
| 2021 |
87,649 |
81,816 |
44.0 |
| 2022 |
73,312 |
68,192 |
44.3 |
| 2023 |
75,260 |
69,595 |
42.6 |
| [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 |
| 2019 |
55,034 |
| 2020 |
60,444 |
| 2021 |
68,632 |
| 2022 |
53,631 |
| 2023 |
48,665 |
Companies and institutions with the most registered trade marks in 2023
| Ranking |
Proprietor [1] |
Seat |
Registrations |
| 1 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
Germany |
108 |
| 2 |
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH |
Germany |
94 |
| 3 |
Brillux GmbH & Co. KG |
Germany |
43 |
| [1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations. |
Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2023
| GermanLänder |
Applications |
Percentage |
Applications per 100,000 inhabitants |
| North Rhine-Westphalia |
20,392 |
29.3 |
112 |
| Bavaria |
11,183 |
16.1 |
84 |
| Baden-Württemberg |
8,336 |
12.0 |
74 |
| Hesse |
5,276 |
7.6 |
83 |
| Lower Saxony |
5,076 |
7.3 |
62 |
| Berlin |
4,781 |
6.9 |
127 |
| Hamburg |
3,192 |
4.6 |
169 |
| Rhineland-Palatinate |
3,044 |
4.4 |
73 |
| Schleswig-Holstein |
2,127 |
3.1 |
72 |
| Saxony |
1,927 |
2.8 |
47 |
| Brandenburg |
1,164 |
1.7 |
45 |
| Thuringia |
789 |
1.1 |
37 |
| Saxony-Anhalt |
707 |
1.0 |
32 |
| Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania |
572 |
0.8 |
35 |
| Saarland |
544 |
0.8 |
55 |
| Bremen |
485 |
0.7 |
71 |
| Germany |
69,595 |
100 |
82 |
TOP 5 Classes of goods and services [1] in 2023
| Class |
Class includes[2] |
2022 |
2023 |
Changes in % |
| 35 |
Advertising; business management, organisation and administration; office functions |
24,704 |
24,088 |
- 2.5 |
| 41 |
Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities |
18,222 |
18,386 |
+ 0.9 |
| 9 |
Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments |
14,596 |
14,195 |
- 2.7 |
| 42 |
Scientific and technological services |
13,370 |
12,444 |
- 6.9 |
| 25 |
Clothing; footwear and headgear |
11,376 |
12,382 |
+ 8.8 |
| [1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes. |
| [2] According to the current version of Nice Classification. |
Last updated: 1 March 2024
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