Trademark Gap Analyser
See which active UK companies in a sector have no registered trademark — and which do. Understand trademark coverage rates across industries. Useful for IP lawyers and brand consultants identifying unprotected businesses.
Data gap: Feb 2018 – Apr 2025
No trademark records exist in the UK IPO bulk download for this period. Results show marks filed before February 2018 and from April 2025 onwards only. A company showing as unprotected may still hold a valid trademark filed during this window.
Select a sector
How the Trademark Gap Analyser works
What it does
Select a UK industry sector and we search up to 200 active registered companies in that sector, then check each against the UK IPO trademark database to see if the business holds a registered mark.
How we match trademarks
We strip common suffixes (LIMITED, LTD, PLC, LLP) from the company name and search for that simplified name within the trademark owner field. This is a heuristic — brands using trading names may not match.
Who is it for?
IP solicitors, trademark attorneys, and brand consultants looking to identify unprotected businesses in a given sector as prospective clients or as part of brand due diligence work.
Data sources
Company data from the Companies House bulk dataset (5.7M companies). Trademark data from the UK Intellectual Property Office bulk download — pre-2018 snapshot plus weekly journals from April 2025.