Trademark applications by residents — all countries

Trademark applications by residents — Kenya

Trademark applications by residents in Kenya in 2020 — 5,254 filings. Ranked 62 in the world out of 133. Since 2015, the indicator has risen by 12.2%.

2020 5,254 filings −9.8% vs 2019
World rank 62of 133
Period maximum 5,825 filings2019
Period minimum 4,684 filings2015

Trend over time

2015–2020 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by residents — Kenya, 2015–20204,5005,0005,5006,0002015201620172018201920202015: 4,684 filings2017: 5,321 filings2019: 5,825 filings2020: 5,254 filings
Change over the period: +570 (+12.17%) Average annual rate: 2.32 %

Comparison, 2020

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

Kenya 5,254 filings
World 14.8M filings
Sub-Saharan Africa 52,736 filings
Eastern Africa computed 19,728 filings
Trademark applications by residents — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2020 5,254 −571 −9.8%
2019 5,825
2017 5,321
2015 4,684

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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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.