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Trademark refusal rate in Singapore: Madrid System filings
110,026 international registrations on record designate Singapore. Among the 25,559 designations registered 2019–2022 (the resolved cohort we measure outcomes on), 37% received a provisional refusal, 722 (2.8%) are still refused outright, 111 partially, and 24,309 (95.1%) hold a grant of protection. That refusal rate is below the 4.4% median across the 60 most-designated offices.
How U.S. companies fare in Singapore compared with 60+ other offices: where U.S. trademark owners get refused abroad.
48% of the registrations designating Singapore also designate the United States. Those appear in USPTO data as well, so a USPTO clearance check catches them; the rest are invisible to a U.S.-only search.
Most-designated Nice classes in Singapore
| Class | Goods / services | Registrations |
|---|---|---|
| Class 9 | Computers & Electronics | 31,624 |
| Class 35 | Advertising & Business | 20,180 |
| Class 42 | Computer & Scientific | 19,739 |
| Class 3 | Cosmetics & Cleaning | 13,878 |
| Class 5 | Pharmaceuticals | 12,605 |
| Class 41 | Education & Entertainment | 12,279 |
| Class 25 | Clothing | 11,200 |
| Class 7 | Machinery | 8,498 |
| Class 18 | Leather Goods | 7,339 |
| Class 36 | Insurance & Financial | 7,282 |
Who files into Singapore
Office of origin of the registrations designating Singapore, where the filers are based.
| Office of origin | Registrations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| United States (US) | 17,613 | 16% |
| China (CN) | 13,622 | 12.4% |
| European Union (EM) | 12,783 | 11.6% |
| Japan (JP) | 9,973 | 9.1% |
| France (FR) | 7,345 | 6.7% |
| Switzerland (CH) | 7,220 | 6.6% |
| Germany (DE) | 6,916 | 6.3% |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 5,853 | 5.3% |
International registrations designating Singapore, by registration year
Registrations on record by the year they were registered internationally. Our copy covers registrations with activity since July 2025, so older years reflect renewals and decisions, not original volume.
| Year | Registrations | Volume |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5,035 | |
| 2018 | 5,654 | |
| 2019 | 5,966 | |
| 2020 | 5,858 | |
| 2021 | 6,438 | |
| 2022 | 7,297 | |
| 2023 | 8,890 | |
| 2024 | 10,846 | |
| 2025 | 10,930 | |
| 2026 | 5,544 |
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