Class 21 Housewares and Glass

GoodsNice ClassificationClasses 1 to 34

Nice Class 21 is the goods class for housewares and glass. Signa tracks 1,629,518 marks in this class at 11 offices, 61% still active.

Trademarks in this class
1,629,518
Still active61% of the class
994,967
Filed in 2025
98,261
Offices
11
Definition

What Class 21 covers

The official class heading, plus common goods terms filed under it.

Class heading

Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cookware and tableware, except forks, knives and spoons; combs and sponges; brushes, except paintbrushes; brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; unworked or semi-worked glass, except building glass; glassware, porcelain and earthenware

Companies

Who files most in Class 21

Ranked by unique Class 21 marks. Subsidiaries and owner-name variants count toward the parent company.

Coverage

Where Class 21 marks are filed

Office totals add up each office's own register, so an international registration counts at WIPO and again at each covered office where it is designated.

By office

+3 more

By status

registered
921,26457%
expired
252,34716%
abandoned
219,16314%
cancelled
147,5789%
pending
73,7035%
Activity

Filings per year

New Class 21 applications each year across every office Signa tracks. The current year is year to date.

Peak year · 100,113 filed
2021
2022 to 2026 · filed
419,434
First filing
1876

Filings by year: 1876: 16, 1877: 7, 1878: 2, 1880: 1, 1882: 1, 1883: 3, 1884: 3, 1885: 6, 1886: 6, 1887: 13, 1888: 13, 1889: 13, 1890: 6, 1891: 5, 1892: 3, 1893: 5, 1894: 2, 1895: 7, 1896: 4, 1897: 6, 1898: 7, 1899: 5, 1900: 2218, 1901: 16, 1902: 12, 1903: 16, 1904: 7, 1905: 32, 1906: 22, 1907: 21, 1908: 28, 1909: 18, 1910: 10, 1911: 24, 1912: 34, 1913: 26, 1914: 25, 1915: 24, 1916: 22, 1917: 42, 1918: 19, 1919: 38, 1920: 46, 1921: 77, 1922: 60, 1923: 68, 1924: 52, 1925: 53, 1926: 70, 1927: 86, 1928: 78, 1929: 106, 1930: 122, 1931: 86, 1932: 143, 1933: 103, 1934: 82, 1935: 91, 1936: 118, 1937: 116, 1938: 89, 1939: 84, 1940: 71, 1941: 60, 1942: 77, 1943: 58, 1944: 96, 1945: 122, 1946: 179, 1947: 320, 1948: 329, 1949: 351, 1950: 648, 1951: 619, 1952: 857, 1953: 794, 1954: 894, 1955: 1082, 1956: 1260, 1957: 747, 1958: 920, 1959: 1139, 1960: 1021, 1961: 762, 1962: 1364, 1963: 980, 1964: 1623, 1965: 1792, 1966: 5263, 1967: 1255, 1968: 1352, 1969: 1737, 1970: 1356, 1971: 1501, 1972: 1626, 1973: 1822, 1974: 1744, 1975: 3703, 1976: 4624, 1977: 4080, 1978: 5629, 1979: 4862, 1980: 5587, 1981: 4817, 1982: 5656, 1983: 5413, 1984: 6066, 1985: 7111, 1986: 8772, 1987: 8512, 1988: 10521, 1989: 12919, 1990: 13916, 1991: 12120, 1992: 12077, 1993: 12434, 1994: 12312, 1995: 15126, 1996: 18838, 1997: 17945, 1998: 18186, 1999: 19704, 2000: 22436, 2001: 19674, 2002: 20367, 2003: 24223, 2004: 24935, 2005: 27844, 2006: 30106, 2007: 29886, 2008: 28846, 2009: 27221, 2010: 31853, 2011: 34566, 2012: 35532, 2013: 36796, 2014: 39060, 2015: 48508, 2016: 55184, 2017: 58243, 2018: 61706, 2019: 68288, 2020: 87526, 2021: 100113, 2022: 77933, 2023: 84520, 2024: 95310, 2025: 98261, 2026: 63410.

Examples

Recently registered in Class 21

A few of the newest registrations. Search the class to see them all.

Search Class 21 trademarks
MarkStatusOfficeClassesFiled
KRYNTOS ORAXISregisteredEUIPO212026-07-14
ForBeadDenregisteredEUIPO14, 18, 21, 25, 342026-07-02
SARTI ROSAregisteredEUIPO21, 25, 32, 33, 35, 412026-06-09
[Design Mark]registeredEUIPO8, 212026-06-25
пусе .registeredEUIPO5, 21, 25, 29, 30, 322026-07-03
NordicbuddiesregisteredEUIPO9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 212026-07-02
FAQ

About Class 21

What does Nice Class 21 cover?

Household or kitchen utensils and containers; cookware and tableware, except forks, knives and spoons; combs and sponges; brushes, except paintbrushes; brush-making materials; articles for cleaning purposes; unworked or semi-worked glass, except building glass; glassware, porcelain and earthenware

Which office has the most Class 21 trademarks?

USPTO leads with 414,468 Class 21 trademarks tracked by Signa.

Which company has the most Class 21 trademarks?

Among the companies Signa resolves, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA holds the most, with 1,240 unique Class 21 marks.

API

Get this data via the API

Every number on this page comes from the Signa API. Pull Class 21 statistics and terms into your own product with one request.

  • GET/v1/analytics/classifications/{id}

    Totals, status mix, office split and filings per year

  • GET/v1/classifications/{id}

    Official heading and every goods or services term

  • GET/v1/trademarks?nice_classes=21

    Search trademarks filed in Class 21

GET /v1/analytics/classifications/{id}
ID=21
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/analytics/classifications/$ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"
Response
{
  "object": "classification_analytics",
  "nice_class": 21,
  "total_marks": 1629518,
  "active_count": 994967,
  "by_office": {
    "US": 414468,
    "WO": 389143,
    "GB": 190179
  }
}