COATS
Coats has been registered in the UK for sewing threads and yarns since the company's founding in Paisley, Scotland in 1755. Coats & Clark became the world's largest manufacturer of sewing thread and the company was a FTSE 100 constituent for decades. The Paisley thread mills were a cornerstone of Scotland's industrial revolution and the Coats trademark is one of the oldest continuously maintained marks in Class 23.
UK IPO Record
- Application Number
- UK00003234632
- Word Mark
- COATS
- Status
- Registered
- Applied
- 1 June 2017
- Registered
- 13 October 2017
- Next Renewal
- 1 June 2027
- Owner
- J. & P. Coats, Limited
- Nice Classes
- Class 10
Trademark Classification
Nice Class 23 covers yarns & threads. View all Class 23 trademarks and case studies →
Brand History & Trademark Analysis
Coats Group originated with James Clark's 1755 loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland. The Clark and Coats families merged in 1896 to form J&P Coats Ltd, which had a market value of £22 million and 50,000 employees worldwide. Subsequent mergers created Coats Patons (1961) and Coats Viyella (1986). Coats plc now holds approximately 22% of the global sewing thread market.