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Record EU design filings in 2025
The EUIPO received 130,849 EU design (formerly RCD) applications in 2025, a 6% increase on 2024. This was the second consecutive year of record-breaking numbers.
Direct applications made up 84.31% of the total, while International Designs accounted for 15.69%.
China was the leading country of origin, overtaking Germany. It accounted for 39,144 (29.2%) of applications.
Germany took second place with 17,535 applications (13.4%), followed by Italy with 13,739 (10.5%), the USA with 11,312 (8.65%) and Poland with 5,497 (4.2%).
For the first time, applications from outside the EU (52%) exceeded those from the EU (48%).
Applications from China increased by 18.4%, while those from the UK increased by 17.8%. Within the EU, there was significant growth in applications from Austria (25.8%), Spain (17.2%) and Poland (13.9%).
Read more on EUIPO’s website here (from where the image is taken).
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