Trademark applications by residents — all countries

Trademark applications by residents — South America

Trademark applications by residents in South America in 2021 — 574,221 filings. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 93.4%.

2021 574,221 filings +23.48% vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 574,221 filings2021
Period minimum 253,944 filings2012

Trend over time

2010–2021 · applications, class count

Trademark applications by residents — South America, 2010–2021200,000300,000400,000500,000600,00020102012201420162018202020212010: 296,877 filings2012: 253,944 filings2013: 273,076 filings2014: 274,669 filings2015: 283,470 filings2016: 302,044 filings2017: 330,587 filings2018: 342,450 filings2019: 386,161 filings2020: 465,036 filings2021: 574,221 filings
Change over the period: +277,344 (+93.42%) Average annual rate: 6.18 %

Comparison, 2021

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

South America 574,221 filings
World 15.29M filings
Trademark applications by residents — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year filings Change Change, %
2021 574,221 +109,185 +23.48%
2020 465,036 +78,875 +20.43%
2019 386,161 +43,711 +12.76%
2018 342,450 +11,863 +3.59%
2017 330,587 +28,543 +9.45%
2016 302,044 +18,574 +6.55%
2015 283,470 +8,801 +3.2%
2014 274,669 +1,593 +0.58%
2013 273,076 +19,132 +7.53%
2012 253,944
2010 296,877

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 The World Bank has withdrawn the “direct” series without the class count from publication.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