Trademark class 43: restaurants & lodging
Updated October 5, 2026
Class 43 covers restaurants, cafés, bars, catering, and temporary accommodation such as hotels. It covers serving food and drink, not the packaged products sold under the same name.
- Class
- 43
- Type
- Services
- Commonly confused with
- Classes 30, 35, 36, 41, 39
What class 43 covers
Services for providing food and drink; temporary accommodation.
Restaurants, cafés, bars and food trucks; caterers; hotels, B&Bs and other accommodation providers.
Classes confused with class 43
- Class 30, staple foods: Packaged food and drink. Serving food is class 43; branded packaged products like sauces, coffee and frozen meals are goods in classes 29, 30, 32 or 33 depending on the product.
- Class 35, advertising & business: Business operations. Hotel business management and franchise services are class 35; running the restaurant or hotel itself is class 43.
- Class 36, finance & insurance: Property rental. Renting houses and flats for residential use is class 36; temporary accommodation for guests is class 43.
- Class 41, education & entertainment: Entertainment. Nightclubs, discotheques and event entertainment are class 41 even when they serve food and drink.
- Class 39, transport & storage: Travel services. Travel and transport reservations are class 39, separate from the accommodation itself.
Classes filed alongside class 43
- Class 30, staple foods: Branded packaged goods: coffee, sauces, baked goods.
- Class 35, advertising & business: Franchise programmes and retail operations.
- Class 41, education & entertainment: Events, cooking classes and entertainment.
- Class 32, beers & soft drinks: Branded beverages.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. Restaurants, cafés, bars, catering and food trucks are class 43. If the brand also sells packaged products like bottled sauces or frozen meals for retail, those goods are filed separately in the food classes.
Hotels and other temporary accommodation are class 43. Renting property for residential use is class 36, and hotel business management or franchising is class 35.
Class 43 is the service of preparing and serving food and drink. Class 30 is staple food products like coffee, baked goods and sauces sold as packaged goods. A café that also sells branded beans files both.
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