Trademark Class 37: Building Construction and Repairs

A comprehensive guide to Class 37 of the Trademark Filing Classification. Trademarks must be applied or registered under classes and each class represents a distinct class of goods or services. In this post, we comprehensively cover the services which fall under Class 37 of trademark classification.

Trademark Class 37

Trademark Class 37 pertains to building construction; repair; installation services.

The following services are also classified under Class 37:

  • Services relating to the construction of buildings, roads, bridges, dams or transmission lines and services of undertakings specializing in the field of construction such as those of painters, plumbers, heating installers or roofers
  • Services auxiliary to construction services like inspections of construction plans
  • Services of shipbuilding
  • Services consisting of hiring of tools or building materials
  • Repair services, i.e., services which undertake to put any object into good condition after wear, damage, deterioration or partial destruction (restoration of an existing building or another object that has become imperfect and is to be restored to its original condition)
  • Various repair services such as those in the fields of electricity, furniture, instruments, tools, etc.
  • Services of maintenance for preserving an object in its original condition without changing any of its properties.

Therefore, Trademark Class 37 includes mainly services rendered by contractors or subcontractors in the construction or making of permanent buildings, as well as services rendered by persons or organizations engaged in the restoration of objects to their original condition or in their preservation without altering their physical or chemical properties.

What Class 37 does not cover

The following services must NOT be classified under Class 37:

  • Services consisting of storage of goods such as clothes or vehicles.
  • Services connected with dyeing of cloth or clothes.
Nice Classification

List of services classified under Trademark Class 37

135 services listed under Class 37.

  • air conditioning apparatus installation and repair
  • airplane maintenance and repair
  • anti-rust treatment for vehicles
  • artificial snow-making services
  • asphalting
  • boiler cleaning and repair
  • bricklaying
  • building construction supervision
  • building insulating
  • building of fair stalls and shops
  • building sealing
  • burglar alarm installation and repair
  • burner maintenance and repair
  • car wash
  • carpentry services
  • chimney sweeping
  • cleaning of buildings [exterior surface]
  • cleaning of buildings [interior]
  • cleaning of clothing
  • clock and watch repair
  • clothing repair
  • construction consultation
  • construction information
  • construction*
  • damp-proofing [building]
  • demolition of buildings
  • diaper cleaning
  • disinfecting
  • drilling of deep oil or gas-wells
  • drilling of wells
  • dry cleaning
  • electric appliance installation and repair
  • elevator installation and repair
  • factory construction
  • film projector repair and maintenance
  • fire alarm installation and repair
  • freezing equipment installation and repair
  • fur care, cleaning and repair
  • furnace installation and repair
  • furniture maintenance
  • furniture restoration
  • harbour construction
  • heating equipment installation and repair
  • installation of doors and windows
  • installation, maintenance and repair of computer hardware
  • interference suppression in electrical apparatus
  • irrigation devices installation and repair
  • kitchen equipment installation
  • knife sharpening
  • laundering
  • leather care, cleaning and repair
  • lift installation and repair
  • linen ironing
  • machinery installation, maintenance and repair
  • masonry
  • mending clothing
  • mining extraction
  • motor vehicle maintenance and repair
  • motor vehicle wash
  • office machines and equipment installation, maintenance and repair
  • painting or repair of signs
  • painting, interior and exterior
  • paper hanging
  • parasol repair
  • photographic apparatus repair
  • pier breakwater building
  • pipeline construction and maintenance
  • plastering
  • plumbing
  • pressing of clothing
  • pumicing
  • pump repair
  • quarrying services
  • rat exterminating
  • re-tinning
  • rebuilding engines that have been worn or partially destroyed
  • rebuilding machines that have been worn or partially destroyed
  • refilling of toner cartridges
  • renovation of clothing
  • rental of bulldozers
  • rental of cleaning machines
  • rental of construction equipment
  • rental of cranes [construction equipment]
  • rental of drainage pumps
  • rental of excavators
  • rental of laundry washing machines
  • rental of road sweeping machines
  • repair information
  • repair of power lines
  • repair of security locks
  • restoration of musical instruments
  • restoration of works of art
  • retreading of tires
  • retreading of tires [tyres]
  • retreading of tyres
  • riveting
  • road paving
  • roofing services
  • rustproofing
  • safe maintenance and repair
  • sanding
  • scaffolding
  • shipbuilding
  • shoe repair
  • street cleaning
  • strong-room maintenance and repair
  • swimming-pool maintenance
  • telephone installation and repair
  • tire balancing
  • tyre balancing
  • umbrella repair
  • underwater construction
  • underwater repair
  • upholstering
  • upholstery repair
  • varnishing
  • vehicle battery charging
  • vehicle breakdown assistance [repair]
  • vehicle cleaning
  • vehicle greasing
  • vehicle lubrication
  • vehicle lubrication [greasing]
  • vehicle maintenance
  • vehicle polishing
  • vehicle service stations [refuelling and maintenance]
  • vehicle wash
  • vermin exterminating, other than for agriculture
  • vulcanization of tires [repair]
  • vulcanization of tires [tyres] [repair]
  • vulcanization of tyres [repair]
  • wallpapering
  • warehouse construction and repair
  • washing
  • washing of linen
  • window cleaning

Source: the Nice Classification (NCL) list of indications published by WIPO. The list guides the class you file in; the Registry decides the class on the facts of your mark.

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