What is the Nice Classification?

The Nice Classification is an international system of 45 classes — 34 for goods and 11 for services — used to categorize goods and services in trademark applications. It is administered under the Nice Agreement and used by the USPTO, EUIPO, WIPO, and most national offices.

Which classes are goods and which are services?

Classes 1 through 34 cover goods, and classes 35 through 45 cover services. For example, Class 25 is clothing (goods) and Class 35 is advertising and business services (services). Many trademarks are filed in multiple classes.

Can one trademark be in multiple classes?

Yes. A single mark can be registered across multiple classes, but most offices charge a separate fee per class. Choosing only the classes that match your actual goods and services keeps filing costs down and avoids non-use cancellation risk.

Are these the official acceptable identifications?

The examples here are illustrative starting points, not the complete official list. The USPTO maintains the ID Manual of pre-approved identifications, and other offices have their own. Always confirm exact wording against the relevant office's accepted-identifications database.

How do I pick the right class for a new product?

Identify the core nature of the offering — a physical good versus a service — then search the heading that best describes it. Borderline products (like downloadable software versus software-as-a-service) can fall in different classes, so check both goods and service classes.

Trademark Nice Classification Lookup

Every trademark application must list its goods and services in one or more of the 45 Nice classes. This lookup lets you search those classes by keyword or number, see the official class heading, whether the class covers goods or services, and example acceptable identifications to anchor your recitation.

How it works

The Nice Classification splits all goods and services into 45 classes. Classes 1–34 are goods and classes 35–45 are services. This tool filters the embedded class table by your search term, matching against the class number, heading, and example identifications:

matches = classes where (
  number === query OR
  heading contains query OR
  any example contains query
)

Each result shows the heading and a few representative acceptable identifications to help you draft wording.

Example and tips

Searching “software” surfaces Class 9 (downloadable software, as goods) and Class 42 (software-as-a-service and software development, as services), which is exactly the split many tech filers must navigate — a downloadable app belongs in Class 9, while a hosted SaaS platform belongs in Class 42. File in every class your actual offering touches, but no more, because each class carries its own fee and its own non-use cancellation exposure.