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Current Statistical Data for Trade Marks

At a glance
2021 2022 Changes in %
Applications (national and international) 92,335 77,427 - 16.1
National marks Applications 87,649 73,309 - 16.4
  Concluded registration procedures 91,629 75,053 - 18.1
  - with registration 68,609 53,621 - 21.8
  Trade marks in force 868,455 880,538 + 1.4
International marks Requests for grant of protection in Germany 4,686 4,118 - 12.1
  Grants of protection 3,340 3,847 + 15.2
Filings of national trade marks
Year Total Applications from Germany Percentage of services[1]
2018 70,542 65,669 47.3
2019 73,627 68,252 46.1
2020 84,623 78,713 44.8
2021 87,649 81,816 44.0
2022 73,309 68,209 44.3
[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.

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Registrations
Year Registrations under Sec. 41 Trade Mark Act
2018 50,588
2019 55,030
2020 60,436
2021 68,609
2022 53,621
Top 3 Trade Mark Proprietors in 2022
Ranking Proprietor [1] Seat Registrations
1 BERLIN-CHEMIE AG Germany 103
2 ApoE Consulting GmbH Germany 94
3 MERCK KGaA Germany 86
[1] Without taking into account possible business group affiliations.

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Trade Mark applications by German Länder 2022
Land Applications Percentage Applications per 100,000 inhabitants
North Rhine-Westphalia 17,716 26.0 99
Bavaria 12,530 18.4 95
Baden-Württemberg 8,359 12.3 75
Hesse 5,273 7.7 84
Berlin 5,182 7.6 141
Lower Saxony 4,696 6.9 59
Hamburg 3,267 4.8 176
Rhineland-Palatinate 2,803 4.1 68
Schleswig-Holstein 2,142 3.1 73
Saxony 1,841 2.7 46
Brandenburg 1,166 1.7 46
Thuringia 877 1.3 42
Saxony-Anhalt 705 1.0 32
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 616 0.9 38
Bremen 535 0.8 79
Saarland 501 0.7 51
Germany 68,209 100 82

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TOP 5 Classes of goods and services [1] in 2022
Class Class includes[2] 2021 2022 Changes in %
35 Advertising; business Management, organisation and Administration; office functions 29,935 24,742 - 17.3
41 Education; training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities 20,429 18,281 - 10.5
9 Electronic apparatus and instruments; computer hardware; software, optical apparatus and instruments 16,584 14,634 - 11.8
42 Scientific and technological services 15,517 13,393 - 13.7
25 Clothing; footwear and headgear 13,233 11,402 - 13.8
[1] A trade mark application can be attributed to several classes.
[2] According to the current version of Nice Classification.

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Last updated: 22 June 2023