This statistical profile documents trademark applications in Singapore in total and relative to population, GDP and new business registrations.
Resident trademark applications in Singapore reached 15,088 in 2021, compared with 47,358 nonresident applications. The resident-to-nonresident filing ratio was 0.32. Trademark activity was equivalent to 10218.3 applications per 1 million people and 114.08 applications per US$1 billion of GDP. The country registered 52,248 new businesses in 2024, corresponding to 1.20 trademark applications per newly registered business.
Based on comparable data for 2021, Singapore ranked 103rd of 155 economies by the resident share of trademark filings.
Singapore Trademark Applications by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Trademark applications, resident, by count (IP.TMK.RSCT); Trademark applications, nonresident, by count (IP.TMK.NRCT); Population, total (population); GDP, current US$ (NY.GDP.MKTP.CD); New businesses registered, number (IC.BUS.NREG).
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About the Indicators
Trademark applications, resident, by count. Trademark applications filed by applicants resident in the country.
Trademark applications, nonresident, by count. Trademark applications filed in the country by applicants resident abroad.
GDP, current US$. Gross domestic product converted to current U.S. dollars.
New businesses registered, number. The number of new limited-liability corporations registered in the calendar year.