As many as 82% of major brands are aware of the opportunity to apply for a “dot Brand” top level domain and of those 54% say they plan to apply, according to this infographic from from Afilias.

ICANN is now accepting applications for new dot Brand top level domains, but they close the application window on April 12.

The infographic shows that web users can expect to see a substantial number of dot Brand domains in 2013 when they go live although it also points to a lack of awareness about the looming closing date.