This trademark renewal and maintenance fee calculator estimates the total USPTO cost to keep your federal trademark alive in 2026, covering the Section 8 declaration of use, the combined Section 8 & 9 renewal, the $100-per-class grace-period surcharge, and optional attorney fees. A US trademark is not "register once and forget" — you must file maintenance documents on a fixed schedule or the registration is cancelled. The two recurring filings are the Section 8 declaration of continued use and, every ten years, the combined Section 8 & Section 9 renewal. Government fees are charged per class, so a multi-class mark costs proportionally more to maintain. Use the tool to model your renewal bill, then read the full schedule below.
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The cost to renew a US federal trademark breaks into two recurring filings, each priced per class. The first is the Section 8 declaration of continued use, due between years five and six, at roughly $325 per class. The second is the combined Section 8 & Section 9 renewal at year ten (and every ten years after), which carries both the Section 8 fee and the Section 9 renewal fee, landing around $650 per class in government fees. A single-class mark therefore costs about $325 at year six and about $650 at year ten; a three-class mark triples both numbers. The calculator above multiplies each per-class fee by your class count and adds the grace surcharge and any attorney fee so the total reflects your real bill.
| Maintenance filing | When it is due | Typical 2026 government fee |
|---|---|---|
| Section 8 declaration of use | Years 5–6 after registration | ~$325 per class |
| Combined Section 8 & 9 renewal | Years 9–10, then every 10 years | ~$650 per class |
| Grace-period surcharge | 6 months after either deadline | +$100 per class |
| Attorney fee (optional) | Any filing | $100–$500 per filing |
These section numbers come from the Lanham Act, the federal trademark statute. A Section 8 filing is a sworn declaration that you are still using the mark in commerce on the goods or services it covers; it proves the registration is not dead wood. A Section 9 filing is the actual renewal that extends the registration for another ten-year term. At the ten-year mark they are filed together as a combined Section 8 & 9. The practical point is that a trademark is only as alive as your last maintenance filing — let one lapse and the legal protection you paid for evaporates.
Miss a deadline and you can lose the mark, so the schedule matters as much as the fee. Between the fifth and sixth anniversary of registration, file the Section 8. Between the ninth and tenth anniversary, file the combined Section 8 & 9. Then repeat the combined filing every ten years for as long as you use the mark. Each deadline has a six-month grace period, but using it adds the per-class surcharge. Because the USPTO does not chase you for these, set calendar reminders the day your mark registers; the calculator helps you pre-budget each milestone.
If you miss a Section 8 or renewal deadline, you get a six-month grace window to file late, but the USPTO charges an additional grace-period surcharge of roughly $100 per class on top of the normal fee. Tick the grace box in the calculator to see how that inflates a multi-class renewal. The grace period is a safety net, not a plan: relying on it every cycle wastes money, and once the grace period closes the registration is cancelled with no further remedy except re-applying from scratch.
Suppose you registered a brand in two classes and the combined Section 8 & 9 renewal is due. With the defaults — $325 Section 8 per class, $325 Section 9 per class, two classes, a $300 attorney fee, filed on time — the calculator returns government fees of ($325 + $325) × 2 = $1,300, plus the $300 attorney fee, for a total of $1,600. Drop the attorney to $0 for a DIY filing and the total falls to $1,300. File in the grace period and you add $100 × 2 = $200. Seeing those levers side by side is the entire value of a dedicated renewal calculator.
Around the same time as your Section 8 (between years five and six), you can file an optional Section 15 declaration of incontestability. It is not a maintenance requirement, but it strengthens your registration by making certain challenges to your mark much harder. It carries its own per-class fee. Many owners file the Section 8 and Section 15 together to save a step. The calculator focuses on the mandatory Section 8 and 9 filings, but budget for Section 15 separately if your attorney recommends locking in incontestable status.
Renewals are more routine than the original application, so more owners handle them DIY through the USPTO's online system. The risk is technical: filing the wrong form, missing a class, submitting an unacceptable specimen of use, or blowing the deadline. An attorney's flat fee for a renewal is usually lower than for a new application (often $100–$500) because there is no clearance search. Set the attorney field to your quoted fee, or to $0 if you are confident filing yourself; either way the government fees are the same and are the bulk of the cost.
Because every fee is per class, the cheapest renewal is one where you only maintain the classes you still use. If your business has exited a product line, you can delete that class before or during renewal and stop paying its maintenance fee forever. The calculator makes this concrete: reduce the class count and watch the total drop by one full per-class fee. Pruning dead classes is the single most reliable way to cut your long-term trademark maintenance cost without weakening the protection that actually matters to you.
If you obtained protection in other countries through the Madrid System, those international registrations renew through WIPO on their own ten-year cycle and in Swiss francs, separately from your US Section 8 and 9 filings. Do not assume one renewal covers everything. Budget your domestic USPTO maintenance with this tool and your international renewals with our Madrid Protocol international trademark cost calculator so no jurisdiction lapses by surprise.
Founders fixate on the initial filing fee, but over thirty years the maintenance filings add up to more than the application itself. A single-class mark might cost $350 to file, then roughly $325 at year six, $650 at year ten, and $650 again at years twenty and thirty — well over $2,000 in government fees across its life, before attorney costs. That is not a reason to avoid registering; it is a reason to budget realistically. Run each milestone through the calculator so the lifetime cost is planned, not a recurring surprise.
A live trademark with a lapsed domain is a brand with a hole in it. Whenever you calendar a trademark renewal, check that the matching domain is set to auto-renew, because losing the .com to a squatter undermines the very mark you are paying to maintain. A domain renews for about $10–$22 per year — trivial next to per-class trademark fees — so there is no excuse for letting it drop. Track both with our domain cost calculator and keep the original filing budget aligned using the trademark registration cost calculator.
USPTO fees change periodically, and the figures pre-filled in this tool are representative, not a live feed. Before you submit any Section 8 or renewal, confirm the exact per-class amount on the official USPTO fees page. Filing with the wrong fee can delay or jeopardize your renewal. Treat the calculator as a planning estimate and the USPTO website as the source of truth.
The most damaging renewal errors are avoidable. The first is simply forgetting: the USPTO does not send a legal reminder you can rely on, and a missed Section 8 or Section 9 deadline plus the grace window ends the registration permanently. The second is submitting an unacceptable specimen of use, the proof that you are still using the mark in commerce, which can trigger a refusal even when you filed on time. The third is paying for the wrong number of classes, either renewing classes you no longer use (wasting money) or accidentally dropping a class you needed. The fourth is relying on a renewal scam: third-party solicitations that mimic official USPTO notices and overcharge for filings you can do yourself. Verify every notice against the official USPTO website, calendar each deadline the day your mark registers, and keep a current specimen ready. Each of these mistakes is far more expensive than the renewal fee itself, which is exactly why pre-budgeting with this calculator and tracking the dates matters.
Use this checklist alongside the calculator so nothing slips: (1) record your registration date and calculate the Section 8 window (years 5–6) and the combined Section 8 & 9 window (years 9–10, then every 10 years); (2) set calendar alerts six months before each deadline; (3) confirm which classes you still actively use and delete any you have abandoned to lower the fee; (4) gather a current specimen of use for each class; (5) decide DIY versus attorney and budget accordingly; (6) confirm the current per-class fees on the official USPTO fees page, since the figures here are representative; (7) file on time to avoid the per-class grace surcharge; and (8) check that your matching domain is set to auto-renew so the brand stays whole. Running each renewal milestone through the calculator turns a stressful, easy-to-miss obligation into a planned, predictable line in your annual budget.
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Renewing a US trademark costs roughly $325 per class for a Section 8 declaration and about $325 per class more for the Section 9 renewal at year 10, so a single-class combined renewal is around $650 in government fees, plus any attorney fee. Filing in the six-month grace period adds about $100 per class. A two-class mark therefore costs roughly double. This calculator multiplies every per-class fee by your class count so you see the real bill, but always confirm current amounts on uspto.gov.
A Section 8 declaration of continued use is due between the fifth and sixth year after registration. The combined Section 8 and Section 9 renewal is due between the ninth and tenth year, and then every ten years after that. Each deadline has a six-month grace period after it, but filing in the grace period adds a per-class surcharge. Missing the deadline entirely cancels the registration, so calendar these dates the moment your mark registers.
If you miss a Section 8 or renewal deadline and the six-month grace period also passes, the USPTO cancels or expires the registration and you lose your federal rights. You would then have to re-apply from scratch, paying the full application fee again and risking that someone else has filed for the name in the meantime. That is why the maintenance schedule matters: a missed renewal is far more expensive than the renewal fee itself.
Yes. USPTO maintenance fees are charged per class of goods or services, exactly like the original application. A mark registered in three classes pays the Section 8 fee three times and, at year ten, the Section 9 fee three times as well. If you no longer sell in a class, you can delete it before renewal to lower the cost, which the calculator lets you model by reducing the class count.
Yes. There is little point maintaining a trademark whose matching .com you have let lapse, because a competitor or domain investor could grab it and weaken your brand. A domain renews for about $10-$22 per year versus hundreds of dollars per class for trademark maintenance, so the domain is cheap insurance. Track the recurring domain cost alongside your renewal budget so neither one lapses.