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Most-filed U.S. trademark classes

All 45 Nice Classification classes ranked by total U.S. trademark filing volume. The top of the list is dominated by Class 9 (computers and electronics: every software product, app, and tech accessory wants protection here) and Class 25 (clothing: apparel branding is a brutal arena). The bottom is dominated by classes that rarely apply to consumer products: yarns, raw rubber, jute fibers.

All 45 classes by volume

# Class Name Total filings Registered Pending Approval rate
1 9 Computers & Electronics 1,848,059 489,374 136,163 60.8%
2 35 Advertising & Business 1,452,748 409,762 113,920 60.7%
3 41 Education & Entertainment 1,385,802 413,735 122,410 61.4%
4 25 Clothing 1,298,050 324,464 100,020 53.9%
5 42 Computer & Scientific 1,186,651 298,736 113,727 61.9%
6 16 Paper Goods 721,601 170,311 40,949 62.1%
7 5 Pharmaceuticals 613,024 141,854 51,434 53.9%
8 36 Insurance & Financial 612,132 170,474 39,982 63.1%
9 28 Toys & Sporting Goods 595,646 173,326 45,067 62.1%
10 3 Cosmetics & Cleaning 579,235 152,445 47,855 59.2%
11 30 Staple Foods 432,797 108,842 29,235 59.6%
12 21 Housewares 414,541 165,080 40,043 67.5%
13 11 Environmental Control 337,479 131,663 23,917 71.8%
14 20 Furniture 334,093 122,600 27,333 68%
15 44 Medical Services 320,079 108,031 31,686 61.4%
16 10 Medical Apparatus 306,764 99,530 23,843 63.4%
17 7 Machinery 289,646 106,388 18,356 76.1%
18 43 Hotels & Restaurants 291,524 96,945 26,820 59.3%
19 37 Building & Construction 288,892 95,552 23,045 68.8%
20 29 Meats & Processed Foods 254,050 61,131 14,579 60.8%
21 18 Leather Goods 252,470 81,492 21,271 63%
22 12 Vehicles 244,126 84,230 17,538 68.6%
23 14 Jewelry 237,340 71,864 16,149 63.2%
24 38 Telecommunications 229,726 44,713 11,871 53%
25 1 Chemicals 222,097 67,285 11,417 72%
26 33 Wine & Spirits 222,679 62,616 14,440 55%
27 45 Legal & Security Services 207,533 70,896 20,554 62.9%
28 32 Light Beverages 206,070 45,562 15,377 51.7%
29 39 Transportation & Storage 188,289 54,519 12,915 65%
30 6 Metal Goods 176,135 64,682 10,912 74.6%
31 24 Fabrics 174,738 60,307 13,075 66.1%
32 40 Treatment & Processing 145,704 46,374 12,324 64.9%
33 31 Natural Agricultural Products 134,696 36,795 8,401 62.8%
34 8 Hand Tools 127,767 50,351 9,463 71%
35 19 Building Materials 120,720 35,161 6,191 69.8%
36 17 Rubber Goods 85,639 30,253 4,704 75%
37 26 Fancy Goods 82,884 33,309 7,216 68.9%
38 34 Smokers Articles 80,496 19,193 5,773 54.1%
39 4 Lubricants & Fuels 76,153 23,429 5,549 65.3%
40 2 Paints 62,060 19,002 2,606 74.4%
41 27 Floor Coverings 54,503 19,547 4,111 68.9%
42 22 Cordage 44,600 17,147 3,311 71.4%
43 13 Firearms 34,908 12,666 2,545 67.1%
44 15 Musical Instruments 28,543 10,271 1,462 70.9%
45 23 Yarns & Threads 12,189 3,441 554 76.8%

Looking for trend analysis? Each class has a deeper page at /trends with year-over-year filings, top filers, and (for the most interesting classes) hand-tuned editorial commentary.

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