Collection

Big Tech trademark report

10 companiesMembership as of June 2026

The 10 companies in Big Tech hold 54,938 unique trademarks between them, led by IBM with 11,685. Class 9 (computers and scientific devices) is the most covered class, and USPTO holds the most marks.

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Data as of October 28, 2026. Each mark counts once.
Unique trademarks
54,938
Still active
60%
Most used classComputers and Scientific Devices
Class 9
Largest office15,101 marks
USPTO
Members

Who holds the most: IBM leads

Ranked by unique trademarks. Each company includes its subsidiaries and every owner name filed under its ticker.

Big Tech companies ranked by unique trademarks
#CompanyMarksTop class
01
IBMIBM
11,685Class 9
02
MicrosoftMSFT
11,232Class 9
03
AmazonAMZN
10,575Class 9
04
AppleAAPL
9,148Class 9
05
AlphabetGOOGL
5,196Class 9
06
OracleORCL
1,819Class 9
07
MetaMETA
1,587Class 9
08
SalesforceCRM
1,319Class 42
09
AdobeADBE
1,274Class 9
10
NvidiaNVDA
1,103Class 9
Coverage

Where Big Tech protects its brands

Each mark counts once here: an international registration is grouped with its country designations, not counted once per country. A mark can cover several classes.

By office

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By class

  • Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices37,67469%
  • Class 42Computer and Scientific Services21,49239%
  • Class 41Education and Entertainment12,33522%
  • Class 35Advertising and Business11,36021%
  • Class 38Telecommunications8,81316%
  • Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter8,19815%
  • Class 45Legal and Personal3,3976%
  • Class 28Toys and Sporting Goods3,0155%

+37 more

Activity

Filings per year

New trademarks Big Tech companies filed each year, counting each mark once.

Peak year · 3,224 filed
2018
2022 to 2026 · filed
6,551
First filing
1900

Filings by year: 1900: 9, 1907: 1, 1935: 1, 1937: 2, 1939: 2, 1941: 2, 1947: 2, 1948: 1, 1949: 8, 1950: 1, 1952: 5, 1954: 2, 1955: 1, 1956: 1, 1959: 4, 1960: 7, 1961: 7, 1962: 1, 1963: 2, 1964: 1, 1965: 1, 1966: 3, 1967: 5, 1968: 12, 1969: 6, 1970: 12, 1971: 1, 1972: 2, 1973: 5, 1974: 4, 1975: 7, 1976: 2, 1977: 5, 1978: 9, 1979: 39, 1980: 21, 1981: 29, 1982: 85, 1983: 74, 1984: 141, 1985: 200, 1986: 196, 1987: 312, 1988: 402, 1989: 577, 1990: 1018, 1991: 616, 1992: 897, 1993: 1057, 1994: 1051, 1995: 813, 1996: 1093, 1997: 922, 1998: 782, 1999: 1131, 2000: 1261, 2001: 1011, 2002: 1066, 2003: 1117, 2004: 1152, 2005: 1228, 2006: 1329, 2007: 1365, 2008: 904, 2009: 823, 2010: 1147, 2011: 1352, 2012: 1618, 2013: 1898, 2014: 2086, 2015: 2470, 2016: 2283, 2017: 2663, 2018: 3224, 2019: 2750, 2020: 2224, 2021: 1816, 2022: 1844, 2023: 1265, 2024: 1328, 2025: 1261, 2026: 853.

Methodology

How this report is built

What is in the group, what is counted, and how to reference it.

Membership
Membership as of June 2026. 10 companies.
What counts
Unique trademarks: each mark counts once, and an international registration is grouped with its country designations. A company's count includes its subsidiaries and every owner name under its ticker.
Source
Signa's per-company analytics, summed across members, computed October 28, 2026.
Cite this data

Signa, "Big Tech trademark portfolio analysis", signa.so/collections/big-tech, data as of October 28, 2026.

FAQ

About Big Tech's trademarks

How many trademarks do Big Tech companies own?

The 10 companies in Big Tech hold 54,938 unique trademarks, counting each mark once and including subsidiaries.

Which Big Tech company has the most trademarks?

IBM has the largest portfolio in Big Tech, with 11,685 unique marks.

Which Nice class do Big Tech companies file in most?

Class 9, Computers and Scientific Devices, appears on 37,674 of their marks.

API

Get this data via the API

This report sums one analytics call per company. Rebuild it for any group of tickers, starting with IBM.

  • GET/v1/entities/{id}/analytics

    One company's portfolio: marks, classes, offices, years

  • GET/v1/entities?ticker=IBM&publicly_traded=true

    Every owner record listed under a ticker

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GET /v1/entities/{id}/analytics
ID=ent_019f286c-a0ea-761e-b055-c0cce82fb06b
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/entities/$ID/analytics \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"