Trademark applications filed are applications to register a trademark with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) office. Direct nonresident trademark applications are those filed by applicants from abroad directly at a given national IP office.
Direct nonresident trademark applications (number)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Burundi | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kenya | | | 1,978 | 2,136 | 2,378 | 2,759 | 2,546 | | 2,824 | | 3,112 | | 3,302 |
| Rwanda | 69 | 124 | 187 | | | 408 | | 1,122 | 1,092 | 1,036 | 1,338 | 1,404 | 1,325 |
| Tanzania | | 620 | 310 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uganda | 131 | 668 | 645 | | | | 1,354 | 1,590 | 1,769 | 1,753 | 115 | | |