Based on a comparison of 134 countries in 2019, USA ranked the highest in trademark applications with 492,729 followed by India and Brazil. On the other end of the scale was Mauritania with 215, Burundi with 439 and Suriname with 546.
Total trademark applications reached 3,789,328 in 2019 in the World according to World Bank. This is 7.8 % more than in the previous year and 18.2 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total trademark applications reached an all time high of 4,960,737 in 2014 and an all time low of 630,229 in 1981. The average annual growth amounted to 4.61 % since 1960.
The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 13.0 % of trademark applications in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 28.7 % share while the ten largest countries some 55.8 % in 2019.
Data for more countries are available at Trademark Applications (Total) indicator page.
| Trademark Applications (Total) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Argentina | 55,295 | 58,486 | 66,278 | 71,058 | 74,722 | |||||||||||||||||
| Australia | 61,730 | 64,653 | 70,760 | 72,325 | 74,609 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 163,422 | 157,016 | 158,709 | 166,368 | 186,103 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 49,819 | 51,028 | 52,461 | 54,665 | 58,913 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 89,414 | 90,960 | 94,917 | 91,798 | 94,174 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 64,496 | 70,882 | 72,807 | 73,415 | 76,707 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 202,818 | 223,756 | 274,825 | 296,322 | 266,170 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 38,967 | 55,401 | 62,949 | 57,049 | 109,684 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 116,141 | 124,619 | 144,862 | 163,007 | 188,931 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 104,362 | 109,933 | 120,443 | 128,921 | 139,052 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 63,018 | 60,548 | 58,631 | 65,862 | 71,796 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 157,139 | 160,311 | 183,005 | 181,889 | 180,426 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 107,215 | 111,233 | 109,577 | 108,336 | 119,308 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 323,340 | 342,578 | 374,976 | 393,242 | 448,214 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | 50,005 | 54,796 | 57,892 | 67,053 | 83,756 |
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