UAE Registers 1,900 New Trademarks in October, Up 90% From a Year Earlier

The October additions took the total number of new trademarks registered in the first ten months of 2026 to 20,800, the report said.

Registrations in the second half of the year have run ahead of 2025. Between July and October 2026, 6,900 new trademarks were registered, compared with 5,000 in the same period a year earlier, which Al Bayan described as growth of 40%.

Monthly Pattern

Activity peaked earlier in the year. January and April each saw 2,700 new trademarks, followed by 2,500 in March, 2,200 in June and 2,000 in February. May and September each recorded 1,800, August 1,700 and July 1,500, according to the figures cited.

The new marks span major sectors of the goods and services market and include a large number of UAE companies as well as foreign companies operating locally, the report said. It did not give a breakdown by sector or by the origin of applicants.

What the Numbers Suggest

Al Bayan linked the rise to strong domestic demand and to a shift towards locally registered product alternatives that can make up for slower imports, as well as to suppliers' confidence in the purchasing power of the UAE market. Those explanations are the newspaper's reading of the data; the ministry figures cited do not themselves set out the causes.

The figures come as the UAE's trade has been disrupted by the conflict involving Iran, with official data showing a sharp fall in re-exports to some neighbouring markets in the first half. Trademark registrations are a forward-looking indicator of companies preparing to launch or protect brands, so a sustained increase would point to businesses continuing to invest in the local market despite that disruption.