Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — BRICS

Trademark applications by nonresidents in BRICS in 2021 — 514,720 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 245.1%.

2021 514,720 filings +14.28% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 514,720 filings2021
Period minimum 149,146 filings2004

Trend over time

2004–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — BRICS, 2004–20210200,000400,000600,00020042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 149,146 filings2005: 167,460 filings2006: 188,185 filings2007: 205,857 filings2008: 214,056 filings2009: 171,974 filings2010: 214,757 filings2011: 278,629 filings2012: 282,192 filings2013: 311,105 filings2014: 312,723 filings2015: 336,013 filings2016: 363,019 filings2017: 400,643 filings2018: 459,853 filings2019: 474,901 filings2020: 450,399 filings2021: 514,720 filings
Change over the period: +365,574 (+245.11%) Average annual rate: 7.56 %

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: BRICS

BRICS 514,720 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 514,720 +64,321 +14.28%
2020 450,399 −24,502 −5.16%
2019 474,901 +15,048 +3.27%
2018 459,853 +59,210 +14.78%
2017 400,643 +37,624 +10.36%
2016 363,019 +27,006 +8.04%
2015 336,013 +23,290 +7.45%
2014 312,723 +1,618 +0.52%
2013 311,105 +28,913 +10.25%
2012 282,192 +3,563 +1.28%
2011 278,629 +63,872 +29.74%
2010 214,757 +42,783 +24.88%
2009 171,974 −42,082 −19.66%
2008 214,056 +8,199 +3.98%
2007 205,857 +17,672 +9.39%
2006 188,185 +20,725 +12.38%
2005 167,460 +18,314 +12.28%
2004 149,146

About the indicator

Applications to register a trademark filed in a country by nonresident applicants, counted by classes. As with patents, the indicator measures not the activity of the country itself but the appeal of its market: a mark is protected only where it is registered, so foreign companies register where they intend to sell. But the ratio to applications by residents works differently here than with patents: even countries that are not wealthy file many trademark applications of their own, because a small enterprise registers a brand too, while it has no inventions to patent.

Important: The classes of goods within applications are counted, not the applications themselves. The count includes marks received by an office through the Madrid System — the World Bank has no separate series for it.

Source: IP Statistics (WIPO), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.