Collection

FAANG trademark report

5 companiesMembership as of June 2026

The 5 companies in FAANG hold 26,802 unique trademarks between them, led by Amazon with 10,575. 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
26,802
Still active
79%
Most used classComputers and Scientific Devices
Class 9
Largest office7,373 marks
USPTO
Members

Who holds the most: Amazon leads

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

FAANG companies ranked by unique trademarks
#CompanyMarksTop class
01
AmazonAMZN
10,575Class 9
02
AppleAAPL
9,148Class 9
03
AlphabetGOOGL
5,196Class 9
04
MetaMETA
1,587Class 9
05
NetflixNFLX
296Class 41
Coverage

Where FAANG 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 Devices17,45865%
  • Class 42Computer and Scientific Services10,24538%
  • Class 35Advertising and Business6,83425%
  • Class 41Education and Entertainment6,76125%
  • Class 38Telecommunications5,62821%
  • Class 45Legal and Personal2,5339%
  • Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter2,0218%
  • Class 28Toys and Sporting Goods1,7697%

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Activity

Filings per year

New trademarks FAANG companies filed each year, counting each mark once.

Peak year · 2,239 filed
2018
2022 to 2026 · filed
4,731
First filing
1900

Filings by year: 1900: 3, 1937: 1, 1939: 1, 1941: 1, 1948: 1, 1949: 1, 1965: 1, 1966: 2, 1968: 12, 1969: 3, 1970: 12, 1972: 2, 1973: 1, 1974: 1, 1975: 1, 1976: 1, 1977: 2, 1978: 5, 1979: 5, 1980: 10, 1981: 19, 1982: 27, 1983: 21, 1984: 16, 1985: 55, 1986: 59, 1987: 75, 1988: 113, 1989: 72, 1990: 43, 1991: 110, 1992: 83, 1993: 199, 1994: 226, 1995: 148, 1996: 189, 1997: 104, 1998: 121, 1999: 244, 2000: 293, 2001: 167, 2002: 249, 2003: 290, 2004: 295, 2005: 308, 2006: 462, 2007: 557, 2008: 350, 2009: 294, 2010: 583, 2011: 806, 2012: 790, 2013: 885, 2014: 1251, 2015: 1632, 2016: 1699, 2017: 2015, 2018: 2239, 2019: 1992, 2020: 1588, 2021: 1328, 2022: 1407, 2023: 881, 2024: 935, 2025: 900, 2026: 608.

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. 5 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, "FAANG trademark portfolio analysis", signa.so/collections/faang, data as of October 28, 2026.

FAQ

About FAANG's trademarks

How many trademarks do FAANG companies own?

The 5 companies in FAANG hold 26,802 unique trademarks, counting each mark once and including subsidiaries.

Which FAANG company has the most trademarks?

Amazon has the largest portfolio in FAANG, with 10,575 unique marks.

Which Nice class do FAANG companies file in most?

Class 9, Computers and Scientific Devices, appears on 17,458 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 Amazon.

  • GET/v1/entities/{id}/analytics

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

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

    Every owner record listed under a ticker

Get API keyView docs
GET /v1/entities/{id}/analytics
ID=ent_019eb6f8-bfb3-736b-be3c-c71ab7077b93
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/entities/$ID/analytics \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"