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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks

At a glance

		2024	2025	Changes in %
Applications (national and international)		80,376	96,328	+ 19.8
National trade marks	Applications	77,224	93,291	+ 20.8
	Concluded registration procedures	74,913	82,542	+ 10.2
	- with registration	50,016	55,863	+ 11.7
	Trade marks in force	897,771	909,659	+ 1.3
International trade marks	Requests for grant of protection in Germany	3,152	3,037	- 3.6
	Grants of protection	2,745	2,794	+ 1.8

Filings of national trade marks

Year	Total	Applications from Germany	Percentage of services[1]
2021	87,649	81,817	44.0
2022	73,312	68,191	44.3
2023	75,261	69,577	42.7
2024	77,224	70,264	42.4
2025	93,291	78,722	42.2
[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
2021	68,644
2022	53,643
2023	48,699
2024	50,016
2025	55,863

Companies and institutions with the most registered trade marks in 2025

Ranking	Proprietor [1]	Seat	Registrations
1	Sunday Natural Products GmbH	Germany	47
2	adRock Media FZCO	UAE	45
3	Lippische Consulting und Beteiligungen GmbH	Germany	43
[1]Proportional counting in the case of several proprietors; without taking into account any business intra-group affiliations.

Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2025

GermanLänder	Applications	Percentage	Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia	24,499	31.1	136
Bavaria	12,316	15.6	93
Baden-Württemberg	9,249	11.7	82
Hesse	5,756	7.3	92
Lower Saxony	5,391	6.8	67
Berlin	5,300	6.7	144
Hamburg	3,437	4.4	185
Rhineland-Palatinate	3,154	4.0	76
Schleswig-Holstein	2,445	3.1	83
Saxony	2,050	2.6	51
Brandenburg	1,470	1.9	57
Thuringia	890	1.1	42
Saxony-Anhalt	874	1.1	41
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	663	0.8	42
Saarland	616	0.8	61
Bremen	612	0.8	87
Germany	78,722	100	94

TOP 5 Classes of goods and services ^[1] in 2025

Class	Class includes[2]	2024	2025	Changes in %
35	Advertising; business management, organisation and administration; office functions	23,951	30,757	+ 28.4
41	Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities	19,227	24,679	+ 28.4
9	Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments	14,994	20,823	+ 38.9
42	Scientific and technological services	12,191	14,967	+ 22.8
25	Clothing; footwear and headgear	12,312	14,926	+ 21.2
[1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes.
[2] According to the current version of Nice Classification.

Last updated: 25 February 2026