Australia · Commercialisation
Which Australian trade mark classes grew fastest among IP Australia’s 2025 examples?
Australian trade mark applications nominated 170,460 goods and services classes in 2025. Service-class nominations rose 18.5%, ahead of goods at 10.7%. IP Australia identified several areas of faster growth, including financial and technology services.
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These are filing changes, not changes in sales or registered marks.
A filing can name several classes
The Nice Classification divides goods and services into 45 classes. The 170,460 class nominations in 2025 came from 97,345 applications, an average of about 1.75 per application. An applicant may use one filing to seek protection across several specified goods and services. Source 1 Source 2
Several service classes outpaced the services aggregate
Financial services grew 25.1%, construction services 24.0%, and scientific and technological services 23.4%. Each exceeded the 18.5% aggregate for services. Advertising and business services also grew 21.9% and was the leading class by filing volume, a separate ranking from its growth rate. Source 1
Technology demand appears in goods and services
IP Australia describes a rebound in scientific and technological services and in technological and electrical apparatus after two years of decline. One covers services and the other covers goods. Counting only the service category would miss part of the filing activity that IP Australia identified as technology-related. Source 1
Registration is a separate measure
IP Australia counted 70,614 registrations and 97,345 new applications in 2025. Registrations can come from applications filed in a prior year, so dividing the two calendar-year counts would not yield an approval rate. Class nominations measure the scope sought at filing, rather than whether protection was eventually registered. Source 1 Source 2