Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
Trademark applications and registrations in Class 43 over the past 15 years.
Class 43 covers services for providing food and drink, and temporary accommodation. It is a solidly mid-range service class that serves the hospitality industry in its entirety — restaurants, hotels, bars, catering companies, cafeterias, food trucks, bed-and-breakfasts, and resort operators. The class was carved out of the former Class 42 in the eighth edition of the Nice Classification, recognizing that hospitality services warranted their own dedicated class.
The range of services in Class 43 spans from fine dining restaurants and boutique hotels to fast food chains, coffee shops, food delivery preparation services, event catering, and temporary housing services including vacation rentals. Top filing firms include LZ Legal Services, Greenberg Traurig, and LegalForce RAPC, with filing volume reflecting the restaurant and hospitality industry's enormous brand density — every independent restaurant, hotel chain, and catering company represents a potential trademark filing.
Classification pitfalls in Class 43 most frequently involve the boundary between providing food as a service and selling food as a product. Restaurant services (preparing and serving food for consumption on premises or for takeaway) belong in Class 43, but packaged food products sold at retail belong in Classes 29 or 30 depending on the food type. A pizza restaurant files in Class 43, but frozen pizzas sold in grocery stores require Class 30. Hotel and temporary accommodation services are here, but real estate services for permanent housing belong in Class 36, and construction of hotel buildings falls under Class 37. Bar services for serving beverages belong in Class 43, but the beverages themselves are goods in Classes 32 or 33.
Multi-class filings for hospitality brands frequently pair Class 43 with Class 30 or Class 29 for branded food products sold at retail, Class 32 or Class 33 for branded beverages, and Class 35 for franchising services when operating a restaurant or hotel franchise system. Hotels with spa services should add Class 44, and those offering entertainment programming need Class 41. Travel companies that both arrange travel and operate hotels require both Class 39 and Class 43.
Class 43 includes mainly services provided by persons or establishments whose aim is to prepare food and drink for consumption and services provided to obtain bed and board in hotels, boarding houses or other establishments providing temporary accommodation.
| # | Firm | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LZ Legal Services, LLC | 2,524 |
| 2 | Greenberg Traurig, LLP | 1,817 |
| 3 | Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | 1,610 |
| 4 | LegalForce RAPC Worldwide, P.C. | 1,548 |
| 5 | Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP | 918 |
| 6 | Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. | 902 |
| 7 | DLA Piper LLP (US) | 873 |
| 8 | ArentFox Schiff LLP | 838 |
| 9 | Holland & Hart LLP | 821 |
| 10 | K&L Gates LLP | 801 |
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Search TrademarksA restaurant providing food services files in Class 43. If the restaurant also sells branded food products (bottled sauces, packaged meals) for retail, those products are filed separately in Class 29 or Class 30. The service of serving food is Class 43; the food product itself is a different class.
Food delivery apps typically file in Class 43 (food services), Class 39 (delivery/transportation), and Class 9/42 (software). The classification depends on whether you are providing the food, delivering it, or providing the technology platform.
Providing temporary accommodation and food/drink services at event venues belongs in Class 43. Event planning and organization services belong in Class 41 (entertainment) or Class 35 (business services).
Meal kit delivery services involve multiple classes. Class 43 covers food preparation services, Class 39 covers the delivery and transportation, and Classes 29 or 30 cover the food products themselves. The classification depends on which aspect is the primary service being offered.
Yes. Ghost kitchens and virtual restaurant brands that prepare food for delivery belong in Class 43 as food preparation and catering services. The delivery component requires Class 39. The ordering platform technology may need Class 42 and Class 9.
Coffee shops, juice bars, smoothie bars, and similar beverage-focused establishments belong in Class 43 for providing food and drink services. The beverages sold as retail products (bottled coffee, packaged juice) require Class 30 or Class 32 as goods classes.
The food and beverage services within a co-working space belong in Class 43. The office space rental itself belongs in Class 36 or Class 35. Most co-working companies with food service need both classes to protect the full brand experience.
Yes. Pet boarding, pet hotels, and animal day care services belong in Class 43 as temporary accommodation services for animals. Veterinary care for boarded animals belongs in Class 44. Pet grooming may fall under Class 44 (hygienic care) depending on the nature of the service.
Restaurant franchises typically need Class 43 for restaurant services, Class 35 for franchise business administration, Classes 29 and 30 for branded food products sold at retail, Class 32 or 33 for branded beverages, and Class 39 for delivery. Five or more classes are standard for major chains.