Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — South America

Trademark applications by nonresidents in South America in 2021 — 142,604 filings. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 17.3%.

2021 142,604 filings +20.66% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 142,604 filings2021
Period minimum 106,200 filings2017

Trend over time

2010–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — South America, 2010–2021100,000110,000120,000130,000140,000150,00020102012201420162018202020212010: 121,608 filings2012: 107,525 filings2013: 119,914 filings2014: 117,307 filings2015: 106,593 filings2016: 110,773 filings2017: 106,200 filings2018: 110,592 filings2019: 107,825 filings2020: 118,184 filings2021: 142,604 filings
Change over the period: +20,996 (+17.27%) Average annual rate: 1.46 %

Comparison, 2021

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

South America 142,604 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 142,604 +24,420 +20.66%
2020 118,184 +10,359 +9.61%
2019 107,825 −2,767 −2.5%
2018 110,592 +4,392 +4.14%
2017 106,200 −4,573 −4.13%
2016 110,773 +4,180 +3.92%
2015 106,593 −10,714 −9.13%
2014 117,307 −2,607 −2.17%
2013 119,914 +12,389 +11.52%
2012 107,525
2010 121,608

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.