Trademark applications, resident, by count by country
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What the numbers show
Trademark applications, resident, by count is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 6.79 million in China; the lowest is 4 in Dominica.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,802, and the mean is 84,556.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 1,507.8%), and the largest decrease in Dominica (down 60.0%).
Trademark applications, resident, by count: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6.79 million | 2024 | up 217.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Russia | 523,570 | 2024 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 512,597 | 2024 | up 156.1% | volatile |
| 4 | United States | 493,415 | 2024 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 425,953 | 2024 | up 233.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Turkey | 366,543 | 2024 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 7 | Iran | 302,009 | 2024 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 8 | South Korea | 265,457 | 2024 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 240,417 | 2024 | up 25.1% | flat |
| 10 | France | 239,028 | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 11 | Germany | 207,784 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 200,303 | 2024 | up 111.9% | rising |
| 13 | Mexico | 159,140 | 2024 | up 96.2% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 127,832 | 2024 | up 270.3% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 96,135 | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 16 | Vietnam | 86,376 | 2024 | up 122.3% | rising |
| 17 | Australia | 84,859 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 83,918 | 2024 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 19 | Spain | 74,275 | 2024 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 69,217 | 2024 | up 507.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Pakistan | 50,989 | 2024 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 46,808 | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 23 | Chile | 43,369 | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 24 | Switzerland | 41,584 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 38,182 | 2024 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 26 | Ukraine | 38,101 | 2024 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 27 | Thailand | 36,220 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 33,986 | 2024 | up 84.2% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 33,566 | 2024 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 30 | Kazakhstan | 32,613 | 2024 | up 362.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 32,442 | 2024 | up 562.5% | rising |
| 32 | Poland | 31,847 | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 33 | Portugal | 31,528 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 34 | Morocco | 27,746 | 2024 | up 93.0% | rising |
| 35 | Hong Kong | 26,623 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 36 | Romania | 26,334 | 2024 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 37 | South Africa | 25,039 | 2024 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 38 | Malaysia | 21,467 | 2024 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 39 | New Zealand | 20,197 | 2024 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 19,789 | 2024 | up 286.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Czechia | 19,046 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 42 | Algeria | 14,597 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Singapore | 14,405 | 2024 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 44 | Ecuador | 13,392 | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 13,376 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 12,247 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 47 | Austria | 11,980 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 48 | Hungary | 11,973 | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 49 | Sweden | 11,620 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 11,516 | 2024 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 51 | Nigeria | 11,341 | 2019 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 52 | Slovakia | 10,849 | 2024 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 10,818 | 2024 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 10,774 | 2024 | up 75.2% | rising |
| 55 | Mongolia | 10,531 | 2024 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 9,176 | 2024 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 57 | Syria | 8,788 | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 58 | Venezuela | 8,200 | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 8,170 | 2024 | up 141.2% | rising |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 7,966 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Oman | 7,689 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 62 | Armenia | 7,336 | 2024 | up 203.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Norway | 7,231 | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 6,619 | 2024 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 65 | Kenya | 6,016 | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 66 | El Salvador | 5,995 | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 67 | Uruguay | 5,916 | 2024 | up 54.7% | flat |
| 68 | Panama | 5,799 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 5,613 | 2024 | up 119.9% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 5,447 | 2024 | up 83.5% | rising |
| 71 | Tunisia | 5,317 | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 72 | Belarus | 5,219 | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Lithuania | 4,925 | 2024 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 74 | Serbia | 4,802 | 2024 | up 79.9% | flat |
| 75 | Bolivia | 4,761 | 2022 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 76 | Myanmar | 4,321 | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 4,209 | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 78 | Denmark | 4,056 | 2024 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 79 | Moldova | 4,013 | 2024 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 80 | Nepal | 4,005 | 2017 | up 554.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Israel | 3,790 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 82 | Madagascar | 3,739 | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 83 | Angola | 3,606 | 2024 | up 127.5% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 3,534 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 85 | Botswana | 3,506 | 2024 | up 876.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Cuba | 3,359 | 2024 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Honduras | 3,331 | 2024 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 88 | Slovenia | 3,141 | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 89 | Macao | 2,960 | 2024 | up 108.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Georgia | 2,904 | 2024 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 91 | Tanzania | 2,881 | 2024 | up 538.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Ethiopia | 2,818 | 2024 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Yemen | 2,758 | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 94 | Uganda | 2,506 | 2024 | up 132.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Cambodia | 2,288 | 2024 | up 93.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Albania | 2,159 | 2024 | up 271.6% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 1,992 | 2024 | up 133.0% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 1,987 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 99 | Latvia | 1,951 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 100 | Iceland | 1,872 | 2024 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 101 | Jamaica | 1,864 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 1,839 | 2024 | — | rising |
| 103 | Malta | 1,793 | 2024 | up 324.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 1,695 | 2024 | up 119.8% | rising |
| 105 | Rwanda | 1,640 | 2024 | up 1,507.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,574 | 2024 | up 323.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Qatar | 1,566 | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mozambique | 1,473 | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 1,414 | 2020 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 110 | Iraq | 1,283 | 2024 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,238 | 2024 | up 117.2% | rising |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 1,146 | 2013 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 113 | Laos | 1,109 | 2024 | up 580.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Zambia | 1,003 | 2024 | up 90.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Monaco | 922 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 780 | 2024 | up 215.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Ghana | 697 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 118 | Andorra | 691 | 2024 | up 31.4% | flat |
| 119 | Suriname | 546 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 541 | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 121 | Liechtenstein | 466 | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 122 | Haiti | 460 | 2014 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 123 | Bahrain | 457 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 390 | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 339 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 126 | Malawi | 338 | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 127 | Namibia | 291 | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Gambia | 213 | 2024 | up 373.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 199 | 2017 | up 342.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Bhutan | 177 | 2024 | up 1,006.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 141 | 2024 | up 1,181.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Burundi | 122 | 2023 | up 114.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Brunei | 121 | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 107 | 2024 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 135 | Papua New Guinea | 106 | 2022 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 136 | Barbados | 103 | 2024 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 137 | Seychelles | 74 | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 138 | Saint Lucia | 51 | 2023 | up 88.9% | rising |
| 139 | Tonga | 47 | 2023 | up 422.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Somalia | 45 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 41 | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Grenada | 30 | 2023 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 25 | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 | 2024 | up 850.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17 | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 8 | 2024 | — | falling |
| 147 | Dominica | 4 | 2022 | down 60.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 12.80 million
- Upper middle income 8.74 million
- East Asia & Pacific 7.78 million
- High income 3.27 million
- Europe & Central Asia 2.44 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 872,672
- Lower middle income 724,993
- North America 540,223
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 536,154
- South Asia 529,916
- Sub-Saharan Africa 63,169
- Low income 27,227
About this data
Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through the Madrid System. A trademark is a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. A trademark provides protection to the owner of the mark by ensuring the exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services, or to authorize another to use it in return for payment. The period of protection varies, but a trademark can be renewed indefinitely beyond the time limit on payment of additional fees. Resident application refers to an application filed with the IP office of or acting on behalf of the state or jurisdiction in which the first-named applicant in the application has residence. Class count is used to render application data for trademark applications across offices comparable, as some offices follow a single-class/single-design filing system while other have a multiple class/design filing system.