Trademark applications by nonresidents in the world in 2021 — 2,897,100 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 90.6%.
2004–2021 · applications, class count
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | filings | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.9M | +512,500 | +21.49% |
| 2020 | 2.38M | +32,900 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 2.35M | +26,200 | +1.13% |
| 2018 | 2.33M | +218,700 | +10.38% |
| 2017 | 2.11M | +135,500 | +6.87% |
| 2016 | 1.97M | +118,400 | +6.39% |
| 2015 | 1.85M | +62,800 | +3.51% |
| 2014 | 1.79M | +7,800 | +0.44% |
| 2013 | 1.78M | +60,000 | +3.48% |
| 2012 | 1.72M | +36,300 | +2.15% |
| 2011 | 1.69M | +134,200 | +8.65% |
| 2010 | 1.55M | +106,400 | +7.36% |
| 2009 | 1.45M | −330,500 | −18.61% |
| 2008 | 1.78M | −4,100 | −0.23% |
| 2007 | 1.78M | +98,700 | +5.87% |
| 2006 | 1.68M | +149,800 | +9.78% |
| 2005 | 1.53M | +11,600 | +0.76% |
| 2004 | 1.52M | — | — |
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.
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