Trademark Class 39: Transport, delivery and travel
Moving people or goods from one place to another, storing them, and arranging travel.
“Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement.”
Official class heading, Nice Agreement, Eleventh Edition. Published by the USPTO.
Typical goods and services in class 39
- Courier, delivery and freight services
- Fulfilment and warehousing
- Travel agency and tour booking
- Taxi, rideshare and transport services
- Storage and removals
Example of pre-approved USPTO wording for this class: Delivery of goods. Using the USPTO’s own ID Manual language keeps your filing fee at the base rate — describing your goods in your own words carries a surcharge of $200 per class.
Commonly confused with class 39
These look like they belong here and do not. Each one is a separate class with a separate $350 government fee, and a class cannot be added to an application once it has been filed.
Vehicles themselves
Class 12 — Vehicles
Hotels and accommodation
Class 43 — Restaurants, cafés and accommodation
Packaging materials
Class 16 — Paper, stationery and printed matter
Logistics software
Class 42 — SaaS, IT and design services
Filing in one class
A single-class application in class 39 costs $350 in USPTO government fees, paid to the government, plus our flat fee of $199 — $549 in total. Every additional class is another $350. Government fees are current as of 18 January 2025.
Work out how many classes you need Check if the name is taken
This page describes how the USPTO groups goods and services in general. It is not legal advice about your application, and the lists above are written for the common case rather than being exhaustive. Which classes you actually need depends on what you sell, and a licensed attorney confirms them before anything is filed.
Classes either side of this one
Class 37 — Construction, installation and repair
Building things, installing things and fixing things — the trades, in one class.
Class 38 — Telecommunications
Carrying other people's messages and signals. A narrow class, and a commonly mis-selected one: most apps are not telecoms businesses.
Class 40 — Manufacturing and treatment of materials
Making or altering something to a customer's order. Custom manufacturing, printing and finishing all sit here — which is where print-on-demand businesses often belong.
Class 41 — Education, training and entertainment
Teaching, training, publishing and entertaining. If you make content or run classes under your brand, this is your class whatever the subject matter.