Trademark applications by nonresidents — all countries

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Europe

Trademark applications by nonresidents in Southern Europe in 2021 — 84,282 filings. Since 2018, the indicator has fallen by 1.2%.

2021 84,282 filings +10.79% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 85,285 filings2018
Period minimum 76,071 filings2020

Trend over time

2018–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Europe, 2018–202175,00077,50080,00082,50085,00087,50020182019202020212018: 85,285 filings2019: 77,846 filings2020: 76,071 filings2021: 84,282 filings
Change over the period: −1,003 (−1.18%) Average annual rate: -0.39 %

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 84,282 filings
World 2.9M filings
Trademark applications by nonresidents — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 84,282 +8,211 +10.79%
2020 76,071 −1,775 −2.28%
2019 77,846 −7,439 −8.72%
2018 85,285

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.