Trademark class for restaurant & cafe
To register a trademark for a restaurant, cafe, or cloud kitchen in India — covering restaurants, cafes, bars, cloud kitchens, and catering businesses — you file under the NICE class(es) that match what you sell or do. The main class is Class 43 (Food, drink & hotels). Here are the classes most restaurant & cafe businesses file in, and why.
Primary class
43Class 43 — Food, drink & hotels
Services for providing food and drink — the home class for restaurants and cafes.
What Class 43 coversOther classes restaurant & cafe businesses often add
A single brand can be protected across several classes in one multi-class application — each adds its own government fee.
Trademark classes for restaurant & cafe — FAQ
Which trademark class is a restaurant, cafe, or cloud kitchen registered in?
The primary class is Class 43 (Food, drink & hotels). Services for providing food and drink — the home class for restaurants and cafes. Many restaurant & cafe businesses also file in Class 30, Class 35 to cover the full brand.
Do I need to register in more than one class for restaurant & cafe?
Often, yes. A trademark only protects the goods and services in the classes you file. If a restaurant, cafe, or cloud kitchen sells products and also retails them online, those can be different classes — Class 43, Class 30, Class 35. You can cover them all in one multi-class application, but each class adds its own government fee.
How much does it cost to trademark a restaurant, cafe, or cloud kitchen in India?
The government fee is ₹4,500 per class for an individual, startup, or small enterprise (e-filing), and ₹9,000 per class for companies and other applicants. So filing in 3 classes costs 3 × that per-class fee. Use the Trademark Fee Calculator to total it for your applicant type.
How do I make sure my restaurant & cafe name is available?
Before you file, run a conflict check against the Indian Trade Marks Registry in your class to see if an identical or similar mark already exists. Filing a name that conflicts with an earlier mark risks objection or opposition — and the loss of your fee.
Is your restaurant & cafe name free to register?
Run a live Indian Trade Marks Registry conflict check in Class 43 before you file — and let Novipra docket every deadline that follows.