S&P 500 trademark report
The 468 of 499 companies matched in the S&P 500 hold 527,853 unique trademarks between them, led by Johnson & Johnson with 29,419. Class 9 (computers and scientific devices) is the most covered class, and USPTO holds the most marks.
- Unique trademarks
- 527,853
- Still active
- 44%
- Most used classComputers and Scientific Devices
- Class 9
- Largest office218,129 marks
- USPTO
Who holds the most: Johnson & Johnson leads
Ranked by unique trademarks. Each company includes its subsidiaries and every owner name filed under its ticker.
| # | Company | Marks | Share | Top class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 29,419 | 5.6% | Class 5 | |
| 02 | 26,356 | 5% | Class 3 | |
| 03 | 16,750 | 3.2% | Class 5 | |
| 04 | PfizerPFE | 15,318 | 2.9% | Class 5 |
| 05 | DisneyDIS | 14,446 | 2.7% | Class 28 |
| 06 | 13,856 | 2.6% | Class 34 | |
| 07 | IBMIBM | 11,685 | 2.2% | Class 9 |
| 08 | Hasbro, Inc.HAS | 11,667 | 2.2% | Class 28 |
| 09 | MicrosoftMSFT | 11,232 | 2.1% | Class 9 |
| 10 | 10,865 | 2.1% | Class 3 |
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Where the S&P 500 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
By class
- Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices115,69822%
- Class 5Pharmaceuticals94,74718%
- Class 42Computer and Scientific Services60,13111%
- Class 3Cosmetics and Cleaning Preparations51,09810%
- Class 35Advertising and Business46,1969%
- Class 41Education and Entertainment43,2448%
- Class 36Insurance and Financial42,3428%
- Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter39,4887%
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Filings per year
New trademarks S&P 500 companies filed each year, counting each mark once.
- Peak year · 16,474 filed
- 2007
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 46,073
- First filing
- 1866
Filings by year: 1866: 1, 1874: 1, 1876: 7, 1877: 2, 1879: 2, 1882: 2, 1883: 1, 1884: 2, 1885: 3, 1886: 1, 1887: 1, 1888: 6, 1889: 3, 1890: 4, 1891: 1, 1892: 2, 1893: 3, 1894: 5, 1895: 4, 1896: 7, 1897: 6, 1898: 7, 1899: 5, 1900: 1369, 1901: 4, 1902: 3, 1903: 9, 1905: 30, 1906: 34, 1907: 28, 1908: 12, 1909: 16, 1910: 20, 1911: 25, 1912: 14, 1913: 13, 1914: 17, 1915: 25, 1916: 15, 1917: 35, 1918: 28, 1919: 46, 1920: 63, 1921: 78, 1922: 61, 1923: 60, 1924: 71, 1925: 82, 1926: 77, 1927: 58, 1928: 100, 1929: 92, 1930: 94, 1931: 76, 1932: 155, 1933: 85, 1934: 138, 1935: 121, 1936: 91, 1937: 120, 1938: 125, 1939: 150, 1940: 161, 1941: 100, 1942: 94, 1943: 98, 1944: 101, 1945: 131, 1946: 226, 1947: 447, 1948: 304, 1949: 256, 1950: 306, 1951: 316, 1952: 400, 1953: 395, 1954: 434, 1955: 547, 1956: 581, 1957: 517, 1958: 611, 1959: 675, 1960: 666, 1961: 1032, 1962: 962, 1963: 1082, 1964: 1169, 1965: 1319, 1966: 1389, 1967: 1571, 1968: 1499, 1969: 1445, 1970: 1466, 1971: 1645, 1972: 1512, 1973: 1489, 1974: 1432, 1975: 1546, 1976: 1862, 1977: 1945, 1978: 2139, 1979: 2553, 1980: 2512, 1981: 2686, 1982: 3292, 1983: 3023, 1984: 2888, 1985: 3489, 1986: 3647, 1987: 3977, 1988: 4500, 1989: 5297, 1990: 6085, 1991: 6454, 1992: 7069, 1993: 7789, 1994: 7955, 1995: 8273, 1996: 10929, 1997: 9775, 1998: 10570, 1999: 12986, 2000: 13684, 2001: 13360, 2002: 12881, 2003: 13999, 2004: 14483, 2005: 14615, 2006: 15475, 2007: 16474, 2008: 14289, 2009: 14015, 2010: 14736, 2011: 15351, 2012: 14117, 2013: 14982, 2014: 14764, 2015: 15129, 2016: 14926, 2017: 15212, 2018: 15439, 2019: 14245, 2020: 13345, 2021: 11973, 2022: 11704, 2023: 9289, 2024: 8555, 2025: 9202, 2026: 7323.
How this report is built
What is in the group, what is counted, and how to reference it.
- Membership
- Constituents as of July 2026. 468 of 499 companies matched. Not yet in Signa's data: ACGL, BRK.B, BF.B, BG, COIN, CRH, FANG, EQR, FDXF, FLEX, FTV, GRMN, HCA, HONA, HII, KKR, KHC, LITE, LYB, MRVL, NCLH, NXPI, PWR, Q, SBAC, SW, TRGP, TKO, TT, VRSK, WTW.
- 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.
Signa, "S&P 500 trademark portfolio analysis", signa.so/collections/sp500, data as of October 28, 2026.
About the S&P 500's trademarks
How many trademarks do S&P 500 companies own?
The 468 of 499 companies matched in the S&P 500 hold 527,853 unique trademarks, counting each mark once and including subsidiaries.
Which S&P 500 company has the most trademarks?
Johnson & Johnson has the largest portfolio in the S&P 500, with 29,419 unique marks.
Which Nice class do S&P 500 companies file in most?
Class 9, Computers and Scientific Devices, appears on 115,698 of their marks.
Get this data via the API
This report sums one analytics call per company. Rebuild it for any group of tickers, starting with Johnson & Johnson.
GET/v1/entities/{id}/analyticsOne company's portfolio: marks, classes, offices, years
GET/v1/entities?ticker=JNJ&publicly_traded=trueEvery owner record listed under a ticker
ID=ent_019eb7ba-67fc-717e-bcfd-996931fa9380
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-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"