Switzerland trademarks
Signa tracks 1,151,487 Switzerland trademarks from Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (IPI), synced daily.
- Trademarks on file
- 1,151,487
- Registered96% of decided applications
- 582,470
- Filed in 2025
- 33,488
- Update cadence
- Daily
What Switzerland protects
Every trademark on the IPI register, including international registrations designating Switzerland. A mark can cover several classes.
Top classes
- Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices381,82933%
- Class 35Advertising and Business311,50327%
- Class 42Computer and Scientific Services276,31824%
- Class 41Education and Entertainment223,94319%
- Class 5Pharmaceuticals216,49419%
- Class 25Clothing187,38216%
- Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter182,78016%
- Class 3Cosmetics and Cleaning Preparations173,12115%
- Class 30Staple Foods120,29110%
- Class 36Insurance and Financial117,13510%
By status
Filings per year
New applications at IPI each year. The current year is year to date.
- Peak year · 38,338 filed
- 2021
- 2022 to 2026 · filed
- 160,383
- First filing
- 1946
Filings by year: 1946: 2, 1947: 99, 1948: 360, 1949: 481, 1950: 784, 1951: 1134, 1952: 1195, 1953: 948, 1954: 1031, 1955: 1086, 1956: 694, 1957: 675, 1958: 1051, 1959: 1225, 1960: 1284, 1961: 1165, 1962: 1238, 1963: 1474, 1964: 1342, 1965: 1516, 1966: 3107, 1967: 1326, 1968: 2305, 1969: 2597, 1970: 2613, 1971: 2338, 1972: 2641, 1973: 2655, 1974: 3547, 1975: 3341, 1976: 3083, 1977: 5072, 1978: 6924, 1979: 7196, 1980: 7360, 1981: 7699, 1982: 8224, 1983: 8689, 1984: 8367, 1985: 9394, 1986: 10285, 1987: 11333, 1988: 15026, 1989: 16878, 1990: 16922, 1991: 16138, 1992: 16082, 1993: 20161, 1994: 16794, 1995: 21160, 1996: 18419, 1997: 19901, 1998: 20626, 1999: 22776, 2000: 27982, 2001: 24003, 2002: 21276, 2003: 21985, 2004: 24622, 2005: 25513, 2006: 27000, 2007: 29786, 2008: 30371, 2009: 27231, 2010: 27890, 2011: 28112, 2012: 28304, 2013: 28841, 2014: 28793, 2015: 29353, 2016: 30393, 2017: 31881, 2018: 32322, 2019: 33019, 2020: 34320, 2021: 38338, 2022: 34186, 2023: 31993, 2024: 32225, 2025: 33488, 2026: 28491.
Who files in Switzerland
Owners based in Switzerland hold 44% of the marks below. The rest come from abroad.
- Switzerland426,27544%
- Germany198,72220%
- United States110,11811%
- France98,38310%
- Italy52,9945%
- United Kingdom32,6673%
- Netherlands28,3113%
- Austria26,6903%
- Owners based in Switzerland
- 44%
- Owners from abroad
- 56%
How to protect a mark in Switzerland
Trademarks in Switzerland are examined and registered by the Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum. As a Madrid member, Switzerland can also be designated in one international application filed through WIPO.
About Switzerland trademarks
How many trademarks does Signa track in Switzerland?
Signa tracks 1,151,487 trademarks from Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, updated daily.
Is Switzerland a Madrid Protocol member?
Yes, Switzerland is a member of the Madrid Protocol, so marks can be designated there via an international registration.
How do I file a trademark in Switzerland?
You can file directly with Eidgenössisches Institut für Geistiges Eigentum (IPI), or designate Switzerland through a Madrid Protocol international registration.
Get this data via the API
Every number on this page comes from the Signa API. Pull Switzerland trademark data into your own product with one request.
GET/v1/analytics/offices/CHTotals, status mix, top classes and filings per year
GET/v1/countries/CHJurisdiction record, covering office and Madrid status
GET/v1/trademarks?jurisdictions=CHSearch trademarks protected in Switzerland
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/analytics/offices/CH \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"{
"object": "office_analytics",
"code": "CH",
"total_marks": 1151487,
"registered_count": 582470,
"registration_rate": 0.961
}