Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — NATO

Trademark applications by nonresidents in NATO in 2021 — 917,499 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 147.9%.

2021 917,499 filings +30.32% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 917,499 filings2021
Period minimum 262,805 filings2009

Trend over time

2004–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — NATO, 2004–20210250,000500,000750,0001M20042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 370,089 filings2008: 352,744 filings2009: 262,805 filings2010: 303,197 filings2011: 350,764 filings2012: 336,353 filings2013: 395,764 filings2014: 386,733 filings2015: 393,823 filings2016: 447,387 filings2017: 510,456 filings2018: 562,032 filings2019: 592,002 filings2020: 704,031 filings2021: 917,499 filings
Change over the period: +547,410 (+147.91%) Average annual rate: 5.49 %

Comparison, 2021

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

NATO 917,499 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 917,499 +213,468 +30.32%
2020 704,031 +112,029 +18.92%
2019 592,002 +29,970 +5.33%
2018 562,032 +51,576 +10.1%
2017 510,456 +63,069 +14.1%
2016 447,387 +53,564 +13.6%
2015 393,823 +7,090 +1.83%
2014 386,733 −9,031 −2.28%
2013 395,764 +59,411 +17.66%
2012 336,353 −14,411 −4.11%
2011 350,764 +47,567 +15.69%
2010 303,197 +40,392 +15.37%
2009 262,805 −89,939 −25.5%
2008 352,744
2004 370,089

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.