Trademark statistics

Public-Company Trademark Filings

Name: Public-Company Trademark Filings
Creator: Signa
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Signa counts 1,521,779 national filings by public companies. Class 9 (Computers and Scientific Devices) is the most used class: 289,221 marks, or 19% of all national filings by public companies, cover it.

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Data current as of October 28, 2026Source: Signa API, POST /v1/trademarks

289,221

marks cover Class 9 (Computers and Scientific Devices), the most used Nice class.

National filings by public companies: 1,521,779
Most used class289,221 marks: Class 9

The data

Trademarks by Nice class

National filings only. International registrations are left out because the search index counts them once per designated country, which would inflate every number here. A mark can cover several classes.

Trademarks by Nice class, national filings by public companies
#	Nice class	Trademarks	Share
01	Class 9Computers and Scientific Devices	289,221	19%
02	Class 5Pharmaceuticals	245,664	16.1%
03	Class 3Cosmetics and Cleaning Preparations	167,054	11%
04	Class 42Computer and Scientific Services	162,797	10.7%
05	Class 35Advertising and Business	154,118	10.1%
06	Class 41Education and Entertainment	122,824	8.1%
07	Class 36Insurance and Financial	119,825	7.9%
08	Class 16Paper Goods and Printed Matter	117,600	7.7%
09	Class 28Toys and Sporting Goods	80,976	5.3%
10	Class 1Chemicals	79,572	5.2%
11	Class 10Medical Apparatus	75,906	5%
12	Class 38Telecommunications	75,397	5%
13	Class 30Staple Foods	74,954	4.9%
14	Class 25Clothing	67,852	4.5%
15	Class 12Vehicles	61,117	4%
16	Class 37Building Construction and Repair	51,973	3.4%
17	Class 29Meats and Processed Foods	51,389	3.4%
18	Class 7Machines and Machine Tools	50,301	3.3%
19	Class 32Light Beverages	45,299	3%
20	Class 11Environmental Control Apparatus	43,205	2.8%
21	Class 39Transportation and Storage	42,059	2.8%
22	Class 21Housewares and Glass	40,467	2.7%
23	Class 44Medical, Beauty, and Agricultural	38,885	2.6%
24	Class 34Smokers' Articles	30,850	2%
25	Class 18Leather Goods	29,135	1.9%
26	Class 6Common Metals	28,643	1.9%
27	Class 17Rubber Goods	25,125	1.7%
28	Class 20Furniture and Articles Not Otherwise Classified	24,854	1.6%
29	Class 4Lubricants and Fuels	24,679	1.6%
30	Class 2Paints	24,604	1.6%
31	Class 43Hotels and Restaurants	24,566	1.6%
32	Class 33Wine and Spirits	24,513	1.6%
33	Class 14Jewelry	24,506	1.6%
34	Class 40Treatment of Materials	22,761	1.5%
35	Class 19Non-metallic Building Materials	20,186	1.3%
36	Class 45Legal and Personal	19,961	1.3%
37	Class 31Natural Agricultural Products	19,666	1.3%
38	Class 24Fabrics	17,351	1.1%
39	Class 8Hand Tools and Cutlery	16,791	1.1%
40	Class 27Floor Coverings	8,122	0.5%
41	Class 26Fancy Goods	6,940	0.5%
42	Class 22Cordage and Fibers	6,833	0.4%
43	Class 13Firearms	4,531	0.3%
44	Class 15Musical Instruments	3,286	0.2%
45	Class 23Yarns and Threads	2,981	0.2%

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Key findings

What the numbers say

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01
Class 9 (Computers and Scientific Devices) is the most used class: 289,221 marks, or 19% of all national filings by public companies, cover it.
02
Class 5 (Pharmaceuticals) is second, on 245,664 marks.
03
The five most used classes are 9, 5, 3, 42 and 35.
04
Class 23 (Yarns and Threads) is the least used, on 2,981 marks.

Breakdowns

The same data, cut another way

Every figure below comes from the same source as the numbers above: the same search aggregation.

Trademarks by office

USPTO548,47636%
UKIPO199,93613%
EUIPO167,75711%
CIPO152,22410%
INPI France95,5996%
IP Australia94,6176%
IPOS65,1124%
OEPM62,3524%

+3 more

New filings per year

Peak year · 43,985 filed: 2007
2021 to 2025 · filed: 143,314
First filing: 1866

Trademarks by status

registered

632,84342%

expired

310,78120%

cancelled

273,97218%

abandoned

225,61615%

refused

22,3631%

withdrawn

20,3971%

allowed

12,2261%

examining

8,9011%

pending opposition

4,8030%

filed

3,1650%

surrendered

2,9740%

pending publication

1,4090%

pending issuance

1,2960%

opposition period

3550%

pending cancellation

2430%

published

2080%

unknown

2060%

invalidated

210%

Methodology

How this is counted

Where the numbers come from and how to reference them.

What counts: National filings only. International registrations are left out because the search index counts them once per designated country, which would inflate every number here. A mark can cover several classes.
Source: The Signa API (POST /v1/trademarks), built from the trademark offices' own registers.
As of: Data as of October 28, 2026, the latest office sync. 2026 is still in progress, so its count is partial.

Cite this data

Signa, "Public-Company Trademark Filings", signa.so/stats/public-company-trademark-filings, data as of October 28, 2026.

FAQ

Common questions

Which nice class has the most trademarks?

Class 9 (Computers and Scientific Devices) is the most used class: 289,221 marks, or 19% of all national filings by public companies, cover it.

How many national filings by public companies are there?

Signa counts 1,521,779 national filings by public companies, as of October 28, 2026.

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POST/v1/trademarks
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POST /v1/trademarks

curl -X POST https://api.signa.so/v1/trademarks \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"filters":{"owner_publicly_traded":true,"is_madrid":false},"options":{"aggregations":["nice_classes","office_code","filing_year","status_stage"],"aggregations_only":true}}'

Response

{
  "aggregations": {
    "nice_classes": {
      "3": 167054,
      "5": 245664,
      "9": 289221
    },
    "office_code": {
      "US": 548476,
      "GB": 199936,
      "EM": 167757
    }
  }
}

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