Registering your brand in Saudi Arabia costs $399 per class in professional fees with us, plus the government filing fee charged by Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property. We handle the whole filing — clearance, classes, the application itself and any examiner objection — and we confirm the exact government fee in writing before anything is filed.
What it costs to file a trademark in Saudi Arabia
Two fees apply, and it matters which is which. Ours is fixed. The government’s is not ours to set and we never mark it up.
- Our professional fee — $399 per class. Flat, quoted upfront, covering clearance, class and goods drafting, filing and prosecution.
- SAIP official fee — several thousand riyals per class across the filing, publication and registration stages. Paid to the office, passed through at cost.
Official fees are approximate and current as at September 2026; every register reviews them periodically, so we reconfirm the figure at the point of filing rather than asking you to rely on a number published on a web page.
What is different about filing in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is the Madrid System’s newest member: the Protocol took effect there on 8 October 2026, so the Kingdom can now be designated in an international application. The date matters more than it sounds, because a great many sources still give 2022 — if your records say Saudi Arabia has been designatable for years, they are wrong, and any international registration filed before October 2026 does not reach the Kingdom. Those earlier marks need a national SAIP filing. Fees are charged per class at each stage and are high by regional standards, and SAIP runs filing and renewals through its own online portal.
How the Saudi filing process runs
- Clearance. We check the Saudi register for earlier marks that would block or narrow yours, before you spend a filing fee.
- Classes and specification. Goods and services drafted to the Nice classification — too narrow and you leave gaps, too broad and you invite refusal.
- Filing. Filed as a national trademark at SAIP.
- Examination. Absolute and relative grounds — we respond to any objection as part of the fee.
- Opposition. 60 days from publication. We monitor the window and advise if anything is filed.
Use requirement at filing: no. You can register in Saudi Arabia without having used the mark yet, though long-term non-use will eventually expose the registration to cancellation.
Keeping a Saudi registration alive
Renewable every 10 years.
Madrid Protocol or a direct Saudi filing?
Saudi Arabia became a Madrid Protocol member on 8 October 2026, so the mark can now be reached by designating it from an existing home registration instead of filing directly. Anything registered internationally before that date does not cover Saudi Arabia and still needs a national filing.
Which is cheaper depends entirely on how many countries you need. For one or two territories, direct national filings usually win. Past roughly three, a single Madrid application generally costs less and is far easier to renew, because everything moves on one date instead of several. We cost both routes before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to register a trademark in Saudi Arabia?
Our professional fee is $399 per class. SAIP charges several thousand riyals per class across the filing, publication and registration stages on top, which we pass through at cost. For a single-class filing that is the whole cost; additional classes are charged per class by both us and the office.
How long does Saudi trademark registration take?
Absolute and relative grounds, and the opposition period runs for 60 days from publication. Where no objection and no opposition arise, registration follows on from there; an examiner objection or an opposition extends the timeline materially. We give you a current estimate at filing rather than a generic one.
Do I need to be based in Saudi Arabia to file?
No. Foreign applicants can register in Saudi Arabia. What you may need is a local address for service, which we provide as part of the filing, so being outside Saudi Arabia is not an obstacle.
Is a clearance search really necessary?
Filing fees are not refundable. A refusal based on an earlier confusingly similar mark costs you the fee and the months spent waiting for it. If you would rather test the ground first, our standalone trademark clearance search starts at $120 and the findings feed straight into the filing.
File your Saudi trademark — $399 per class, plus the SAIP official fee
The $399 is PerspireIP’s professional fee per class. The SAIP official filing fee is additional, is passed through at cost and is never marked up. Send us the mark and the goods or services it covers using the form below. We reply within one business day with the class recommendation, the exact SAIP fee and the all-in total before anything is filed.