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Class 39: Transportation & Storage: trademark trends & clearance risk
Class 39 is the 29th busiest of the 45 classes, with 188,289 U.S. applications on record and 12,915 waiting for a decision. Its registration rate of 65% ranks 21st of 45, above the 61.9% average. Filings rose 1.8% in 2025, and are below the 8,554 filed in the peak year of 2021. 66.5% of applications filed from 2015 to 2019 drew an Office Action, the 8th highest share. The word used most in its live marks is "travel", in 1,890 of them.
What it covers: Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement
Words already crowded in Class 39
The words that appear most often in the 73,087 live Class 39 marks. A word that many owners already use gets narrow protection: two marks that share it are usually told apart by the rest of the name. That cuts both ways. A new name built on "travel" is easier to fit in, and harder to defend against the next one.
| Word | Live marks using it |
|---|---|
| travel | 1,890 |
| logistics | 1,137 |
| storage | 1,078 |
| com | 1,006 |
| express | 892 |
| services | 837 |
| energy | 817 |
| service | 719 |
| world | 644 |
| group | 631 |
| air | 623 |
| solutions | 621 |
| moving | 547 |
| international | 543 |
| transportation | 528 |
Live marks are registered or pending. Words of three letters or more, counted once per mark; articles and company suffixes left out. Rebuilt weekly.
Check before you file. The free clearance risk check finds marks that look or sound like yours in Class 39, not only exact matches. If your mark has a logo, run it through the logo similarity search too.
Easy to confuse with Class 39
Filing in the wrong class means paying again, so check where your goods or services actually belong.
- Arranging travel and tours is Class 39. Booking hotel rooms is Class 43. Class 43: Hotels & Restaurants
Not sure? Describe what you sell to the class recommender.
Wording that got through in Class 39
The descriptions of goods and services used most often in Class 39 applications that went on to register, filed since 2020. Wording that examiners have accepted thousands of times is a safer start than your own: a description written freely costs $200 more per class and is a common reason for an Office Action asking you to rephrase. Check the exact entry in the USPTO's ID Manual before you file.
| Description | Registered marks using it |
|---|---|
| Storage of goods | 709 |
| Travel arrangement | 699 |
| Travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for transportation | 676 |
| Travel booking agencies | 650 |
| Delivery of goods | 644 |
| Arranging of transportation for travel tours | 622 |
| Travel information services | 610 |
| Coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups | 580 |
| Travel guide and travel information services | 562 |
| Warehousing services | 519 |
| Freight brokerage | 513 |
| Transport of goods | 487 |
| Packaging and storage of goods | 472 |
| Travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for cruises | 457 |
| Travel information | 445 |
| Transport and delivery of goods | 433 |
| Transportation of goods | 433 |
| Travel guide services | 422 |
| Courier services | 409 |
| Freighting services | 405 |
Each application's description split into its separate items, counted once per application. Source: USPTO records. Rebuilt weekly.
What examination did to Class 39 applications
The 33,005 Class 39 applications filed from 2015 to 2019, followed through their file histories. 64.8% of them registered 3.3 points better than the all-class average.
| What happened | Applications | Share | All 45 classes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filed in this class | 33,005 | 100% | – |
| Drew at least one Office Action | 21,942 | 66.5% | 58.4% |
| Escalated to a final refusal | 3,675 | 11.1% | 8.9% |
| Abandoned for never answering one | 5,962 | 18.1% | – |
| Registered in the end | 21,398 | 64.8% | 61.5% |
Every share is of the 33,005 applications filed. Rows overlap: an application that drew an Office Action and then registered is counted in both.
Of the 21,942 Class 39 applications that drew one, 27.2% were abandoned for never answering or answering late. Of those that did answer, 81.8% went on to register. If you get one, the deadline matters more than the refusal does: track it here, and put an email address you actually read on the application.
- How long it took. Half the Class 39 applications that registered did so within 13.2 months of filing, and nine in ten within 30.6 months.
- Intent to use. 34.6% reached a Notice of Allowance, with only proof of use left to file. Even then, 45.2% of them were abandoned without a Statement of Use ever being filed, and of the ones that bought three or more extensions first, only 35.2% made it to registration.
- Filing without an attorney. 77.8% of Class 39 applications had an attorney on record, and those registered 70% of the time against 46.8% without one. 56.2% of unrepresented applicants who drew an Office Action never answered it. Your odds in Class 39.
Cohort: applications with a filing date from 2015 to 2019, counted once in every class they claim. Outcome is whether a registration ever issued. Source: USPTO file histories. All 45 classes compared. How we count.
Status mix of all filings
| Status | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Live (registered) | 54,519 | 29% |
| Pending | 12,915 | 6.9% |
| Abandoned | 61,378 | 32.6% |
| Cancelled / expired | 59,477 | 31.6% |
Filings by year (last decade)
How many new applications were filed in this class each year. Excludes records with null filing dates (mostly very old paper backfile).
| Year | New filings | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,477 | |
| 2016 | 6,235 | |
| 2017 | 6,643 | |
| 2018 | 7,047 | |
| 2019 | 7,049 | |
| 2020 | 7,250 | |
| 2021 | 8,554 | |
| 2022 | 8,327 | |
| 2023 | 7,601 | |
| 2024 | 7,527 | |
| 2025 | 7,666 | |
| 2026 | 6,095 |
Source: USPTO bulk trademark feed. How we count.
International filings in Class 39 (Madrid System)
Where Class 39 marks are designated, and where they are refused
| Country / office | Designations | Provisional | Total refusals | Partial | Refusal rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Union (EM) | 1,992 | 37.2% | 52 | 23 | 2.6% |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 1,942 | 20.6% | 9 | 8 | 0.5% |
| United States (US) | 1,938 | 99.1% | 58 | 3 | 3% |
| Switzerland (CH) | 1,659 | 15.6% | 36 | 4 | 2.2% |
| China (CN) | 1,569 | 80.4% | 311 | 655 | 19.8% |
| Canada (CA) | 1,479 | 95% | 355 | 0 | 24% |
| Australia (AU) | 1,238 | 45.1% | 5 | 0 | 0.4% |
| Norway (NO) | 1,195 | 44.9% | 38 | 4 | 3.2% |
Most international Class 39 filers come from European Union (4,030), Germany (3,334), France (3,051), Switzerland (1,804), United States (1,489), Benelux (1,261).
WIPO Madrid Monitor data (CC BY 4.0); refusals measured on 2019–2022 registrations. Why we count this way.
Most-active filers in this class
The 10 entities with the most trademark applications in Class 39.
| # | Filer | Applications in this class |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE | 1,543 |
| 2 | FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION | 869 |
| 3 | AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. | 828 |
| 4 | UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA, INC. | 777 |
| 5 | UNITED AIR LINES, INC. | 660 |
| 6 | ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. | 636 |
| 7 | U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 561 |
| 8 | Southwest Airlines Co. | 401 |
| 9 | ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. | 392 |
| 10 | HERTZ SYSTEM, INC. | 379 |
Recently registered in Class 39
The latest marks the USPTO registered in this class, on 29 September 2026.