How much does a trademark cost?
As of August 2026, filing a US federal trademark costs $350 per class in USPTO base fees, and filing an EU trade mark costs EUR 850 for one class, EUR 900 for two, and EUR 150 for each class beyond the second. Those are government filing fees only: surcharges, later maintenance filings, and attorney fees come on top, which is why the realistic budget is higher than the headline number. Here is the full table for both offices, and what moves the total.
Fees verified August 2026 against the USPTO fee schedule at uspto.gov and the EUIPO fees page at euipo.europa.eu.
US federal trademark: USPTO fees
The USPTO restructured its fees in January 2025, replacing the old TEAS tiers with a single base application fee plus surcharges that price the way you file. The base fee is $350 per class, and the surcharges are avoidable: pick your goods and services from the USPTO's pre-approved ID Manual and file complete, and you pay the base fee alone. Write a custom description or leave gaps, and the per-class surcharges stack.
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Base application, per class (electronic) | $350 | The single filing system since the January 2025 restructure |
| Free-form description surcharge, per class | +$200 | If your goods/services text is not picked from the USPTO ID Manual |
| Insufficient information surcharge, per class | +$100 | If required application information is incomplete |
| Extra free-form text, per 1,000 characters | +$200 | Per affected class, beyond the first 1,000 characters |
| Statement of use, per class | $150 | For intent-to-use filings, when you prove use in commerce |
| Extension to file statement of use, per class | $125 | Per six-month extension |
| Section 8 declaration, per class | $325 | Due between years 5 and 6 to keep the registration alive |
| Combined Section 8 and 9 renewal, per class | $650 | Due every 10 years |
Two structural points. Fees are per class, so the count of Nice classes you file in is the biggest cost lever you control; most startups need one to three, and the trademark classes guide covers how to pick them. And registration is not the end of spending: the Section 8 declaration between years five and six and the combined renewal every 10 years are how the registration stays alive, at $325 and $650 per class respectively as of August 2026.
EU trade mark: EUIPO fees
The EU runs a different pricing shape: a larger basic fee that already includes one class, with cheap expansion into a second class and flat increments after that. One registration covers every EU member state.
| Fee | Amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic fee, one class (online) | EUR 850 | One EU trade mark covers all member states |
| Second class | +EUR 50 | Two classes total EUR 900 |
| Each class beyond the second | +EUR 150 | Three classes total EUR 1,050 |
| Validity | 10 years | Renewable indefinitely, 10 years at a time |
The EUIPO structure rewards deciding your class set up front: the jump from one class to two costs EUR 50, so under-filing to save money rarely makes sense at the margin. As with the US, these are office fees; EUIPO publishes the full schedule, including renewal and opposition fees, on its own fees page, which is the source to re-check at filing time.
US plus EU, the case most startups care about
The two systems are independent. A US registration gives you nothing in Europe, an EU trade mark gives you nothing in the US, and a startup selling on both sides files in both offices. The clean-case math for a two-class filing, at the fees above: $700 to the USPTO plus EUR 900 to the EUIPO in government fees. Attorney fees for clearance and filing typically exceed the government fees, and a contested application, an office action, or an opposition moves the total up from there. None of those numbers are predictable from a fee table, which is why the honest budget line is “government fees plus counsel, times two offices” rather than a single figure.
The cheapest line item is the screen
Every dollar above is spent on a name you have already committed to. The expensive failure mode is spending it on a name that collides: an application refused for likelihood of confusion, or worse, an opposition after you have printed the name on everything. Screening candidates against the registers before filing is the one step that costs little and caps that risk early. The US (USPTO) trademark check here is free on any name; the paid check adds the EU (EUIPO) register, and the methodology page documents exactly how the matching works. A registry screen is not legal clearance and does not replace counsel; it decides which name is worth paying counsel to clear.
What this page does not do
This page states official filing fees, dated, from the two offices' own schedules. It is not legal advice, it does not estimate attorney fees, and it does not tell you whether to file, which depends on your market, category, and timing; the guide on whether to trademark at all covers that decision. Fee schedules change: verify against uspto.gov and euipo.europa.eu at filing time, and treat any undated figure you find elsewhere as suspect.
Questions, answered
How much does it cost to trademark a name in the US?
As of August 2026, the USPTO base application fee is $350 per class, filed electronically. Surcharges apply per class for custom free-form descriptions of goods and services ($200) or insufficient information ($100). A startup filing cleanly in two classes pays $700 in base government fees, before any attorney fees, and maintenance filings come later at their own fees.
How much does an EU trade mark cost?
As of August 2026, the EUIPO basic online fee is EUR 850 and covers one class. The second class adds EUR 50, so two classes cost EUR 900, and each class beyond the second adds EUR 150, so three classes cost EUR 1,050. One EU trade mark applies across all member states, and the registration is valid for 10 years, renewable indefinitely.
Does the USPTO application fee cover the whole process?
No. The $350 per class covers the application. If you filed on intent to use, the statement of use adds $150 per class when you prove use. Keeping the registration alive costs more later: the Section 8 declaration between years five and six is $325 per class, and the combined Section 8 and 9 renewal due every 10 years is $650 per class, at the fees in effect in August 2026.
Do I need to pay for both a US and an EU trademark?
Only if you trade in both territories. The two systems are separate: a US registration protects nothing in the EU and an EU trade mark protects nothing in the US. A startup selling on both sides files twice, roughly $700 plus EUR 900 in government fees for a clean two-class filing in each office, before attorney fees.
Are attorney fees included in these numbers?
No, every figure on this page is a government filing fee. Most startups also pay a trademark attorney for clearance and filing, which is typically the larger share of the total cost and varies by firm and by how contested the name is. The cheapest line item in the whole process is screening the name against the registers before you spend any of it.
Related: searching the EU register, the free US trademark search, and what a knockout search is.
Trademark results are an automated database search against the USPTO and EUIPO registries, not legal advice and not a clearance opinion. Registries change daily; results are dated. Before filing, have counsel run full clearance.