Trademark applications by residents — all countries

Trademark applications by residents — BRICS

Trademark applications by residents in BRICS in 2021 — 10,934,859 filings. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 1,344.7%.

2021 10.93M filings +1.85% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 10.93M filings2021
Period minimum 756,903 filings2004

Trend over time

2004–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by residents — BRICS, 2004–202105M10M15M20042006200820102012201420162018202020212004: 756,903 filings2005: 849,560 filings2006: 948,422 filings2007: 932,758 filings2008: 938,329 filings2009: 1,116,846 filings2010: 1,419,651 filings2011: 1,743,888 filings2012: 1,983,447 filings2013: 2,288,778 filings2014: 2,708,148 filings2015: 3,307,929 filings2016: 4,376,875 filings2017: 6,583,671 filings2018: 8,245,114 filings2019: 8,875,752 filings2020: 10,736,470 filings2021: 10,934,859 filings
Change over the period: +10.18M (+1,344.68%) Average annual rate: 17.01 %

Comparison, 2021

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

BRICS 10.93M filings
World 15.29M filings
Trademark applications by residents — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 10.93M +198,389 +1.85%
2020 10.74M +1.86M +20.96%
2019 8.88M +630,638 +7.65%
2018 8.25M +1.66M +25.24%
2017 6.58M +2.21M +50.42%
2016 4.38M +1.07M +32.31%
2015 3.31M +599,781 +22.15%
2014 2.71M +419,370 +18.32%
2013 2.29M +305,331 +15.39%
2012 1.98M +239,559 +13.74%
2011 1.74M +324,237 +22.84%
2010 1.42M +302,805 +27.11%
2009 1.12M +178,517 +19.02%
2008 938,329 +5,571 +0.6%
2007 932,758 −15,664 −1.65%
2006 948,422 +98,862 +11.64%
2005 849,560 +92,657 +12.24%
2004 756,903

About the indicator

Applications to register a trademark filed by residents of a country with its intellectual property office, counted by classes of goods and services. A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the goods of one enterprise from those of others, and unlike a patent it speaks not of an invention but of the market entry of a new product or brand. The series therefore behaves differently from the patent one: it responds to business activity quickly, grows along with the number of small enterprises and falls noticeably in crisis years.

Important: What is counted is not applications but the classes of goods within them: one application covering five classes counts as five. The class count is needed for comparability — some offices accept an application for a single class, others for several at once. The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.

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