Trademark owner · USPTO register · rebuilt nightly

Guitar Center Stores, Inc.

11 live US trademarks, filing since 1983. 1 new application filed this year.

Live marks
11
registered + pending
Registered
10
on the Principal Register
Pending
1
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
1
by filing date
Classes used
3
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1983
43 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly advertising & business: 9 of 11 live marks are in Class 35. Science & technology (SaaS) (Class 42) is next with 1.
Entering Class 16 (paper & printed matter): first filings this year in a class with no earlier Guitar Center Stores, Inc. marks.
1 registration has a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 2 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1 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 Stores, Inc. filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
BATON 16 Jan 29, 2026 — published 99623418
WOODWIND BRASSWIND 35 Mar 9, 2016 — registered Aug 22 86934972
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND 35 Oct 6, 2015 — registered Jun 21 86779524
WWBW.COM 35 Jul 23, 2015 — registered Feb 26 86702407
MUSICIANSFRIEND.COM 35 Sep 22, 2011 — registered May 15 85429811
WOODWIND & BRASSWIND 35 Jul 22, 2010 — registered Jun 10 85090885
MUSIC123 35 Sep 29, 2008 — registered May 5 77580998
THE STRING CENTRE 35 Oct 3, 2003 — registered Aug 2 76553506
MUSIC123.COM 35 Dec 10, 1999 — registered Sep 19 75869155
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND 35 Dec 1, 1999 — registered Dec 12 75862530
Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
WOODWIND BRASSWIND · Reg. 5,272,124 · 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 STORES, INC. · 11 live marks
included
Guitar Center, Inc. · 69 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 Stores, Inc. trademarks.

How many trademarks does Guitar Center Stores, Inc. have?

11 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 10 registered and 1 pending applications. 1 were filed in 2026 so far.

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

Mostly advertising & business (Class 35, 9 live marks). Also science & technology (saas) (Class 42) and paper & printed matter (Class 16).

Who owns the LYONS trademark?

LYONS is owned by Guitar Center Stores, Inc.. It was registered on May 1, 1984 (Reg. No. 1276584) and is live. The same owner holds 10 other live US marks.

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

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1983: LYONS, filed February 17, 1983.

Know the morning after Guitar Center Stores, Inc. files.

Watch this company in Thorgate and get an alert for every new application, registration, publication and lapse, with the opposition deadline already worked out. Or monitor your own marks for conflicts with theirs.

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.