Class 16 trade mark applications: Paper goods, printed matter and stationery

As of 3 November 2026, UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal) holds 14,681 trade mark applications in class 16 (Paper goods, printed matter and stationery) published between November 2025 and October 2026: 7.4% of the 197,195 trade mark applications in the dataset window, which makes it the 7th largest of the 45 class pages on this register.

In October 2026, the last full month in view, 1,503 trade mark applications in class 16 were published, up 416 (38.3%) on the 1,087 of September 2026. Across the 12 months in view the average is 1,223 a month; the busiest was July 2026 with 1,507 and the quietest August 2026 with 1,035.

Looking at applications published per weekly journal issue, the latest, 2026/044, carried 281 trade mark applications and the one before it, 2026/043, 341; the busiest of the 52 in view was 2026/028 with 367. Looking at UK filings vs international designations, UK application leads with 13,099 trade mark applications (89.2% of the total), followed by International registration designating the UK (1,582). Looking at organisations with most applications, World Wrestling Entertainment, LLC leads with 71 trade mark applications (0.5% of the total), followed by Games Workshop Limited (53) and Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) (51).

Next to it by number sit class 15 (Musical instruments) with 433 and class 17 (Rubber, plastics and insulating materials) with 1,936. The largest class pages on the register are class 09 (Computers, software and electronics, 47,331), class 35 (Advertising, business management and retail services, 47,156), class 41 (Education, training, entertainment and sport, 37,417), class 42 (Scientific, technological and software services, 35,412), class 25 (Clothing, footwear and headgear, 24,951); each has its own page, trend and feed.

A record counts in class 16 when its classes field matches 16, exactly as the API filter classes=16 selects it. The numbers cover the current window of the register, not all-time totals, and every table and sentence on this page is recomputed after each daily refresh of UK trade mark applications published for opposition (Trade Marks Journal), so a figure quoted with this page's URL and its date can be checked later.