Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Guitar Center, Inc.

69 live US trademarks, filing since 1982. 11 new applications filed this year.

Live marks
69
registered + pending
Registered
54
on the Principal Register
Pending
15
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
11
1 intent to use
Classes used
11
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1982
44 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly education & entertainment: 36 of 69 live marks are in Class 41. Advertising & business (Class 35) is next with 35.
Filing faster than usual: 11 applications so far in 2026 against a yearly average of 3.0.
New products ahead: 1 of the 11 filings this year are intent-to-use applications, meaning the goods are not yet on sale.
Entering Class 18 (leather goods) and Class 25 (clothing & footwear): first filings this year in a class with no earlier Guitar Center, Inc. marks.
4 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 11 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 11 so far

Marks held on the register, by filing date. 2026 is year to date.

Portfolio by classlive marks · rank among filers in that class

A multi-class mark counts once per class. Rank shown where the owner is in the class's top 50.

Latest activity

What Guitar Center, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
MUSIC MATTERS 18, 25, 35, 36, 41 Sep 9, 2026 — pending 50097553
GET THERE FASTER 41 Aug 31, 2026 — pending 50080581
MUSIC MATTERS 18, 25, 35, 36, 41 Aug 31, 2026 intent to use pending 50081912
OPEN FOR LEGENDS 41 Jul 2, 2026 — pending 99918938
KORENA 35 Jun 27, 2026 — pending 99909444
AERIS 15 Jun 5, 2026 — pending 99866948
GUITAR CENTER DRUM-OFF 41 May 6, 2026 — pending 99807421
FOUNDRY 15, 35 May 1, 2026 — pending 99798908
KOREENA 35, 41, 42 Jan 29, 2026 — pending 99621831
LEGENDS PLAY HERE 35 Jan 21, 2026 — registered Sep 22 99605954
Recently registeredlast 12 months
LEGENDS PLAY HERE · Cl. 35 · Reg. 8,454,753
Sep 22, 2026
CH CUSTOM HOUSE AT GUITAR CENTER · Cl. 35, 37, 42 · Reg. 8,174,572
Mar 17, 2026
CH · Cl. 35, 37, 42 · Reg. 8,142,273
Feb 17, 2026
CUSTOM HOUSE · Cl. 35, 37, 42 · Reg. 8,121,049
Jan 27, 2026

Registration starts the maintenance clock: a Section 8 declaration is due between years 5 and 6.

Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
DAILY PICK · Reg. 5,115,668 · registered Jan 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Jan 3, 2026 → Jan 3, 2027
MIWHOLESALE · Reg. 5,114,588 · registered Jan 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Jan 3, 2026 → Jan 3, 2027
GUITAR CENTER · Reg. 2,085,508 · registered Aug 1997
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 30)
Aug 5, 2026 → Aug 5, 2027
FIND YOUR SOUND · Reg. 5,272,372 · registered Aug 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Aug 22, 2026 → Aug 22, 2027

A filing missed by the due date enters a six-month grace period, then the registration cancels.

Names on the registerwhat this page merges, and what it leaves out
GUITAR CENTER, INC. · 69 live marks
included
Guitar Center Stores, Inc. · 11 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Guitar Monkey Entertainment, Inc. · 10 live marks · may be a related company
separate page

Spellings are merged when they differ only in punctuation or legal suffix. Anything else stays separate rather than guessed.

Common questions

About Guitar Center, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Guitar Center, Inc. have?

69 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 54 registered and 15 pending applications. 11 were filed in 2026 so far.

What does Guitar Center, Inc. sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly education & entertainment (Class 41, 36 live marks). Also advertising & business (Class 35) and science & technology (saas) (Class 42).

Who owns the GUITAR CENTER trademark?

GUITAR CENTER is owned by Guitar Center, Inc.. It was registered on August 14, 1984 (Reg. No. 1290481) and is live. The same owner holds 68 other live US marks.

When did Guitar Center, Inc. first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1982: GUITAR CENTER, filed July 12, 1982.

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Data: USPTO trademark bulk files, processed nightly by Thorgate. Last rebuilt October 23, 2026. Counts cover the US federal register only, not state or foreign marks. Owner names are shown as recorded by the USPTO. This page reports public-record facts and dates and is not legal advice. For the official record of any mark, follow its serial number to USPTO TSDR.