Austria: registering a trademark costs an estimated US$1,345 for one class, plus US$180 for each further class. Austria is a member of the Madrid System, so a trademark can be filed with its office directly or extended to Austria through an international registration. Protection in Austria can also come from an EU trade mark, which covers all 27 EU countries. Austria is a leading import market for musical instruments (class 15) and clothing, footwear and headwear (class 25). It is also one of the world's leading exporters of beer and soft drinks (class 32) and building materials (class 19).
Much of the trademark protection in Austria is obtained through EU trade marks, which cover all 27 EU countries. The filing figures on this page count only applications filed directly with Austria's own office. See European Union (EUIPO).
Figures by trademark class count branded goods only: raw commodities that are traded mostly without brands - such as gold bars, fuel, bulk chemicals, grain and fabric by the metre - are left out. Hong Kong, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates are left out of the rankings, as much of their trade is re-exported.
In colour: goods where Austria is among the world's 10 largest exporters, or has at least 5% of world exports. In grey, for comparison: its next-largest shares.
Goods where Austria is among the world's 3 largest exporters, has at least 15% of world exports, or that make up at least 25% of its own exports - of at least US$500m a year.
Our estimate is about US$1,345 for one class, from filing to registration: about US$313 in official fees and about US$1,032 in professional (law firm) fees. Each further class adds about US$180. Responses to office actions and oppositions are not included. These are estimates only: the actual cost depends on the law firm and the application. Request a quote from a law firm on this site for an exact price.
Austria is a member of the Madrid System, so a trademark can be filed with its office directly or extended to Austria through an international registration. Designating Austria costs WIPO's standard complementary fee of CHF 100 (about US$120); beyond three classes WIPO also charges a supplementary fee per class, on top of its basic fee for the international application. Protection in Austria can also come from an EU trade mark, which covers all 27 EU countries.
Austria's 10 largest import markets by trademark class are electronics and software (class 9, US$27.3bn), machines (class 7, US$22.1bn), vehicles (class 12, US$21.4bn), pharmaceuticals (class 5, US$12.0bn), clothing, footwear and headwear (class 25, US$11.9bn), metal goods (class 6, US$4.3bn), furniture (class 20, US$4.0bn), meat, dairy and preserved foods (class 29, US$3.3bn), coffee, tea, bakery and confectionery (class 30, US$3.3bn) and lighting, heating and cooking appliances (class 11, US$3.2bn). Within its region, it stands out for musical instruments (#7 in Europe and Central Asia), clothing, footwear and headwear (#8 in Europe and Central Asia), agricultural products (#9 in Europe and Central Asia), games, toys and sports goods (#9 in Europe and Central Asia), building materials (#9 in Europe and Central Asia) and meat, dairy and preserved foods (#9 in Europe and Central Asia). Imports are growing fastest for jewellery and watches (32% a year), beer and soft drinks (16% a year) and coffee, tea, bakery and confectionery (13% a year). Foreign applicants filed 5,902 trademark classes in Austria in 2024 - #16 in Europe and Central Asia - a sign of how many brand owners already protect their marks there.
Austria's exports of goods came to US$205.1bn in 2024. Its 10 largest exports were vaccines, blood products and biologics (US$10.3bn, 5% of its exports, #9 in the world), cars (US$9.0bn, 4% of its exports, #20 in the world), packaged medicines (US$8.3bn, 4% of its exports, #17 in the world), vehicle parts (US$5.4bn, 3% of its exports, #20 in the world), electricity (US$3.5bn, 2% of its exports, #4 in the world), petrol engines (US$3.2bn, 2% of its exports, #7 in the world), soft drinks (US$3.0bn, 1% of its exports, #1 in the world), base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles for furniture, doors, staircases, windows, trunks, chests etc, castors with mountings of base metal, automatic door closers of base metal (US$2.3bn, 1% of its exports, #4 in the world), transformers and converters (US$2.3bn, 1% of its exports, #18 in the world) and alloy steel flat-rolled products, of a width 600mm or more (US$2.2bn, 1% of its exports, #5 in the world). By trademark class, its 10 largest exports were machines (class 7, US$32.4bn, #14 in the world), vehicles (class 12, US$20.8bn, #22 in the world), electronics and software (class 9, US$20.1bn, #23 in the world), pharmaceuticals (class 5, US$19.4bn, #13 in the world), metal goods (class 6, US$5.1bn, #15 in the world), meat, dairy and preserved foods (class 29, US$3.5bn, #19 in the world), building materials (class 19, US$3.4bn, #10 in the world), coffee, tea, bakery and confectionery (class 30, US$3.1bn, #19 in the world), rubber and plastics (class 17, US$3.1bn, #20 in the world) and clothing, footwear and headwear (class 25, US$3.0bn, #30 in the world). Where goods are made and exported, copies are often made too: a registered trademark there lets you act against counterfeits at the source, including with the help of customs.
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