2026 in U.S. trademarks, year to date

Five-year context

Total annual filings, 2022–2026. Locates this year's volume against the recent baseline.

Filings by month, 2026 (YTD)

Within-year seasonality. Volume usually peaks in Q4 (year-end product launches) and dips around major U.S. holidays. Material deviation from that pattern is itself a signal.

Top 10 classes by filings, 2026 (YTD)

Where the trademark activity actually concentrated. Click any class for the full deep-dive.

1. #1
   Class 41: Education & Entertainment 68,710 · 13.2% of year
2. #2
   Class 9: Computers & Electronics 68,033 · 13% of year
3. #3
   Class 42: Computer & Scientific 61,523 · 11.8% of year
4. #4
   Class 35: Advertising & Business 57,524 · 11% of year
5. #5
   Class 25: Clothing 54,953 · 10.5% of year
6. #6
   Class 3: Cosmetics & Cleaning 28,145 · 5.4% of year
7. #7
   Class 5: Pharmaceuticals 26,886 · 5.2% of year
8. #8
   Class 28: Toys & Sporting Goods 24,878 · 4.8% of year
9. #9
   Class 21: Housewares 22,529 · 4.3% of year
10. #10
    Class 16: Paper Goods 21,236 · 4.1% of year

Most-active filers, 2026 (YTD)

The 10 entities that filed the most applications this year.

1. #1 LIGHT & WONDER, INC. 351
2. #2 Walmart Apollo, LLC 312
3. #3 Glaxo Group Limited 297
4. #4 L'Oreal USA S/D, Inc. 263
5. #5 Sun Guojun 235
6. #6 OpenEvidence Inc. 232
7. #7 Yang Guangning 220
8. #8 Games Global USA Inc. 219
9. #9 IGT 217
10. #10 Sun Xingyao 215