Trademark statistics

Trademark Filing Trends by Year

Signa counts 45,677,533 tracked trademarks across 12 live offices. 2025 is the peak year, with 2,067,491 new filings.

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Source: Signa API, GET /v1/offices

2,067,491

new trademarks were filed in 2025, the peak year.

Tracked trademarks
45,677,533
Still active
47%
Peak year2,067,491 marks
2025
Filed so far in 2026
1,592,286
The data

New filings per year

Office totals add up each office's own register, so an international registration counts at WIPO and again at each covered office where it is designated.

Filings by year: 1789: 2, 1823: 2, 1824: 1, 1832: 1, 1866: 1, 1871: 1, 1872: 1, 1874: 1, 1875: 3, 1876: 441, 1877: 108, 1878: 28, 1879: 30, 1880: 29, 1881: 20, 1882: 26, 1883: 31, 1884: 135, 1885: 241, 1886: 181, 1887: 175, 1888: 230, 1889: 173, 1890: 147, 1891: 121, 1892: 98, 1893: 136, 1894: 130, 1895: 120, 1896: 132, 1897: 143, 1898: 204, 1899: 232, 1900: 61135, 1901: 190, 1902: 290, 1903: 315, 1904: 287, 1905: 1287, 1906: 1339, 1907: 965, 1908: 773, 1909: 698, 1910: 702, 1911: 809, 1912: 836, 1913: 931, 1914: 870, 1915: 802, 1916: 770, 1917: 748, 1918: 724, 1919: 1252, 1920: 1915, 1921: 2116, 1922: 2371, 1923: 2495, 1924: 2687, 1925: 2763, 1926: 2891, 1927: 3089, 1928: 3302, 1929: 3577, 1930: 3690, 1931: 3327, 1932: 4059, 1933: 3436, 1934: 3612, 1935: 3938, 1936: 3448, 1937: 3070, 1938: 3056, 1939: 5007, 1940: 4760, 1941: 4576, 1942: 4540, 1943: 4797, 1944: 5674, 1945: 8519, 1946: 10308, 1947: 15697, 1948: 15048, 1949: 14437, 1950: 17225, 1951: 18743, 1952: 20223, 1953: 21541, 1954: 24087, 1955: 28562, 1956: 27300, 1957: 22815, 1958: 28821, 1959: 30633, 1960: 33051, 1961: 38783, 1962: 43057, 1963: 47020, 1964: 50323, 1965: 61174, 1966: 97331, 1967: 59287, 1968: 62799, 1969: 68284, 1970: 65042, 1971: 66135, 1972: 74954, 1973: 77034, 1974: 81484, 1975: 112580, 1976: 134289, 1977: 137784, 1978: 172477, 1979: 175728, 1980: 189360, 1981: 189757, 1982: 208934, 1983: 210792, 1984: 231056, 1985: 260199, 1986: 310054, 1987: 330670, 1988: 411129, 1989: 473641, 1990: 508986, 1991: 479356, 1992: 454721, 1993: 487603, 1994: 499603, 1995: 560954, 1996: 648192, 1997: 622600, 1998: 643378, 1999: 749056, 2000: 862467, 2001: 745400, 2002: 710435, 2003: 743694, 2004: 814125, 2005: 918373, 2006: 1017819, 2007: 992155, 2008: 972306, 2009: 881648, 2010: 961703, 2011: 1046259, 2012: 1063065, 2013: 1105074, 2014: 1152677, 2015: 1374281, 2016: 1479804, 2017: 1461657, 2018: 1519724, 2019: 1581071, 2020: 1763650, 2021: 1829088, 2022: 1616933, 2023: 1690704, 2024: 1901605, 2025: 2067491.

New filings per year, tracked trademarks
YearNew filingsChange
2026so far
1,592,286-
2025
2,067,491+8.7%
2024
1,901,605+12.5%
2023
1,690,704+4.6%
2022
1,616,933−11.6%
2021
1,829,088+3.7%
2020
1,763,650+11.5%
2019
1,581,071+4.0%
2018
1,519,724+4.0%
2017
1,461,657−1.2%
2016
1,479,804+7.7%
2015
1,374,281+19.2%
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Key findings

What the numbers say

Each line stands on its own, so you can quote it directly.

  1. 01

    2025 is the peak year, with 2,067,491 new filings.

  2. 02

    Filings in 2025 were up 8.7% on 2024 (2,067,491 vs 1,901,605).

  3. 03

    16,911,727 trademarks were filed in the ten years from 2016 to 2025.

  4. 04

    1,592,286 have been filed so far in 2026.

Breakdowns

The same data, cut another way

Every figure below comes from the same source as the numbers above: the live office feed.

Trademarks by office

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Methodology

How this is counted

Where the numbers come from and how to reference them.

What counts
Office totals add up each office's own register, so an international registration counts at WIPO and again at each covered office where it is designated.
Source
The Signa API (GET /v1/offices), built from the trademark offices' own registers.
As of
Totals from the live feed of 12 offices, last synced October 28, 2026. 2026 is still in progress, so its count is partial.
Cite this data

Signa, "Trademark Filing Trends by Year", signa.so/stats/trademark-filings-by-year, data as of October 28, 2026.

FAQ

Common questions

Which year had the most trademark filings?

2025 is the peak year, with 2,067,491 new filings.

How many tracked trademarks are there?

Signa counts 45,677,533 tracked trademarks, as of October 28, 2026.

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  • GET/v1/offices

    Every live office with its trademark total and last sync

  • GET/v1/analytics/offices/{code}

    One office's status split and yearly trend

  • GET/v1/analytics/classifications/{n}

    One Nice class's totals by office and year

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GET /v1/offices
curl https://api.signa.so/v1/offices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIGNA_API_KEY"
Response
{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "office",
      "code": "US",
      "status": "live",
      "total_marks": 14393632
    },
    {
      "object": "office",
      "code": "WO",
      "status": "live",
      "total_marks": 9248910
    },
    {
      "object": "office",
      "code": "ES",
      "status": "live",
      "total_marks": 3803211
    }
  ]
}