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Trademark Class 36: Financial, monetary and banking services

Financial, monetary and banking services; insurance services; real estate services. What the class covers, what belongs in another class, the full list of 110 services and the filing fee for each class in India.

Nice Classification, 13th Edition, Version 2026110 listed services
TypeServices

Classes 1 to 34 cover goods; Classes 35 to 45 cover services.

Nice Classification 2026
Listed services110

Wordings in the alphabetical list of this class.

NCL (13-2026) · Class 36
E-filing fee, each class₹4,500

Individual, start-up or small enterprise. ₹5,000 on physical filing.

TM Rules 2017 · First Schedule · TM-A
E-filing fee, each class₹9,000

Any other applicant. ₹10,000 on physical filing.

TM Rules 2017 · First Schedule · TM-A
Scope

What Trademark Class 36 Covers

Class 36 includes mainly services relating to banking and other financial transactions, financial valuation services, as well as insurance and real estate activities.

This class includes, in particular

  • financial transaction and payment services, for example, exchanging money, electronic funds transfer, processing of credit card and debit card payments, issuance of travellers' cheques
  • financial management and research
  • financial appraisals, for example, jewellery, art and real estate appraisal, repair costs evaluation
  • cheque verification
  • financing and credit services, for example, loans, issuance of credit cards, hire- or lease-purchase financing
  • crowdfunding
  • safe deposit services
  • financial sponsorship
  • real estate agency services, real estate management, rental of apartments, rent collection
  • insurance underwriting, actuarial services
  • brokerage services, for example, securities, insurance and real estate brokerage, brokerage of carbon credits, pawnbrokerage
Belongs elsewhere

What Class 36 Does Not Cover

These look close to Class 36 but are classified elsewhere. Filing them here draws an objection, so pick the class named in brackets.

  • administration services relating to business transactions and financial records, for example, book-keeping, drawing up of statements of accounts, business and financial auditing, business appraisals, tax preparation and filing services (Class 35)
  • sponsorship search, promotion of goods and services through sponsorship of sports events (Class 35)
  • cash replenishment of automated teller machines (Class 39)
  • freight brokerage, transport brokerage (Class 39)
  • quality evaluation of wool and standing timber (Class 42)
Alphabetical list

Services in Trademark Class 36

Use these wordings in the specification of your application. Each carries its basic number in the Nice list. A description outside the list is allowed, but it must be specific enough for the Registry to classify.

Basic No.Service
360001accident insurance underwriting
360045accommodation bureau services [apartments]
360003actuarial services
360133administration of financial affairs
360145administration of insurance plans
360051antique appraisal
360033apartment house management
360112arranging finance for construction projects
360052art appraisal
360118bail-bonding
360013banking
360104brokerage of carbon credits
360005brokerage*
360135business brokerage
360073business liquidation services, financial
360017capital investment
360141car broker services
360015charitable fund raising
360053cheque verification / check verification
360006credit bureau services
360127crowdfunding
360111debt advisory services
360009debt collection agency services
360066deposits of valuables
360128e-wallet payment services
360058electronic funds transfer
360130electronic funds transfer provided via blockchain technology
360124electronic transfer of cryptocurrency
360019exchanging money
360027factoring
360137financial advice
360134financial advice relating to tax
360046financial analysis financial appraisals in responding to calls for tenders / financial appraisals in responding to requests for proposals 360120 [RFPs]
360021financial clearing
360054financial consultancy
360011financial customs brokerage services
360144financial engineering
360026financial evaluation [insurance, banking, real estate]
360121financial evaluation of development costs relating to the oil, gas and mining industries
360105financial evaluation of standing timber / financial valuation of standing timber
360107financial evaluation of wool / financial valuation of wool
360129financial exchange of cryptocurrency
360030financial management
360114financial management of reimbursement payments for others
360136financial patronage
360122financial research
360071financial sponsorship
360140financial trading of cryptocurrency
360125financial valuation of intellectual property assets
360029financing services
360034fire insurance underwriting
360025fiscal valuation
360038health insurance underwriting
360042hire-purchase financing / lease-purchase financing
360002instalment loans
360010insurance brokerage
360055insurance consultancy
360012insurance underwriting
360115investment of funds
360068issuance of credit cards
360131issuance of gift certificates
360138issuance of prepaid gift cards
360065issuance of prepaid vouchers
360020issuance of travellers' cheques / issuance of travelers' checks
360061jewellery appraisal / jewelry appraisal
360108lending against security
360044life insurance underwriting
360024loans [financing]
360039marine insurance underwriting
360132mobile banking services
360040mortgage banking
360016mutual funds
360062numismatic appraisal
360072online banking
360139online banking services rendered in virtual environments
360023organization of monetary collections
360031pawnbrokerage
360126preparation of quotes for cost estimation purposes
360056processing of credit card payments
360057processing of debit card payments
360109provident fund services
360059providing financial information
360113providing financial information via a website
360060providing insurance information
360117providing rebates at participating establishments of others through use of a membership card
360007real estate agency services
360014real estate appraisal
360008real estate brokerage
360032real estate management
360123real estate services
360063rent collection
360035rental of apartments
360036rental of farms
360069rental of offices [real estate]
360119rental of offices for co-working
360143rental of pastures
360146rental of payment terminals
360004rental of real estate
360103repair costs evaluation [financial appraisal]
360070retirement payment services
360022safe deposit services
360041savings bank services
360043securities brokerage
360064stamp appraisal
360110stock brokerage services
360067stock exchange quotations
360116stocks and bonds brokerage
360018surety services
360028trusteeship / fiduciary
360142warranty claims administration services

A slash separates alternative wordings of the same item. An asterisk marks an item whose name also appears in other classes, depending on its purpose.

Filing in India

Filing a Trademark in Class 36

The Trade Marks Registry classifies goods and services by the current edition of the Nice Classification (rule 20, Trade Marks Rules, 2017). One application in Form TM-A can cover Class 36 alone or several classes together; the fee is charged for each class.

ApplicantE-filing, per classPhysical filing, per class
Individual, start-up or small enterprise₹4,500₹5,000
Any other applicant₹9,000₹10,000

Government fee for Form TM-A under the First Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Professional charges are separate.

  • Search the mark in Class 36 and in the related classes before filing.
  • Describe the services in the words of the list wherever they fit.
  • File in every class you trade in; protection does not extend to a class you left out.

Official documents behind this page

  1. WIPO, Nice Classification, 13th Edition, Version 2026In force from 1 January 2026: class heading, explanatory note and the list of goods and services. Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which holds the copyright in the Classification.
  2. Trade Marks Rules, 2017, rule 20Goods and services are classified as in the current edition of the Nice Classification published by WIPO.
  3. Trade Marks Rules, 2017, First Schedule, entry 1Fee for Form TM-A, payable for each class.
  4. Trade Marks Act, 1999, section 18(2)One application may cover different classes, with the fee payable for each class.

Disclaimer: This guide is general information based on the law and notifications in force when it was last updated. It is not professional advice for your case — rates, thresholds and due dates change, so check the current position with the official source before you act on it.

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Questions, answered

Short, direct answers to the 4 questions readers ask most on this topic.

Class 36 covers: Financial, monetary and banking services; insurance services; real estate services. Examples from the list: accident insurance underwriting; accommodation bureau services [apartments]; actuarial services; administration of financial affairs; administration of insurance plans; antique appraisal.

Class 36 is a services class. Classes 1 to 34 cover goods and Classes 35 to 45 cover services.

For Form TM-A the fee for each class is ₹4,500 on e-filing (₹5,000 on physical filing) for an individual, start-up or small enterprise, and ₹9,000 on e-filing (₹10,000 on physical filing) for any other applicant, under the First Schedule to the Trade Marks Rules, 2017.

Yes. Under section 18(2) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 a single application can be made for different classes of goods and services, and the fee is payable for each class.