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Business Services — 34,822 companies Social Services — 2,609 Services — 1,116 Computer Programming Services — 427 Management Consulting Services — 364

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Totalenergies Marketing Kenya Public LIMITED Company	Kenya	Nairobi	Regal Plaza Limuru Road	Nairobi	0100	2021	$214,550,000,000	370	Corporation	4557	C.3/89
2	Tononoka Rolling Mills LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Tononoka Rolling Mills, Komarock Road	Nairobi	00100	2005	$58,760,321,658	510	Corporation	N/A	C. 115809
3	Osho Chemical Industries LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Plot No.09, Osho Complex Sasio Rd	N/A	00100	1992	$24,309,058,265	500	Corporation	N/A	C.49266
4	Royal Media Services LTD	Kenya	Nairobi	Communication Center Maalim Juma Road	Nairobi	00300	1999	$23,762,300,000	1,121	Corporation	N/A	C 53506
5	Jumbo Foam Matresses Industries LIMITED	Kenya	Kisumu	Jumbo Foam Mattress Industries Premises Obote Road, Along Kisumu	Kisumu	40101	2009	$18,347,801,716	200	Corporation	N/A	CPR/2009/14819
6	Syngenta East Africa LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Avenue 5 Building, Rose Avenue	Nairobi	00100	1965	$12,790,000,000	150	Corporation	N/A	C.6149
7	Safaricom PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Safaricom House	Nairobi	00800	2018	$2,885,603,055	7,500	Corporation	3	C.8/2002
8	The Kenya Power And Lighting Company PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Stima Plaza Kolobot Road	Nairobi	G.P.O	1983	$1,749,143,382	10,018	Corporation	179	C.1/22
9	Kenolkobil PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Avenue 5 Building Rose Avenue	Nairobi	00100	2008	$1,532,029,416	500	Corporation	714	C.6/65
10	Kenya Airways PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Kenya Airways Building Airport North Road	N/A	00501	1977	$1,335,836,820	3,000	Corporation	13	C.28/2005
11	Total Kenya PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Regal Plaza Limuru Road	Nairobi	00100	2017	$899,725,530	400	Corporation	4557	4948
12	Gapco Kenya LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	14th Floor National Center	Nairobi	40908	1999	$719,446,147	50	Corporation	4557	66712
13	The Co-Operative Bank Of Kenya LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Co-operative House Haile Selassie Avenue	Nairobi	00100	2008	$622,726,316	3,000	Corporation	2	C23/2008
14	Central Bank Of Kenya	Kenya	Nairobi	Central Bank of Kenya Building Haile Selassie Avenue	Nairobi	00200	1966	$504,255,840	3,500	Local government body	4	N/A
15	Absa Bank Kenya PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Absa Bank Headquarters Waiyaki Way, Westlands	Nairobi	00100	2020	$498,805,610	2,200	Corporation	32	C.18208
16	L'oreal East Africa LTD	Kenya	Nairobi	Opposite to Jkia Flyover, Mombasa Road	Nairobi	00100	2010	$466,816,225	1,159	Corporation	1846	CPR/2010/38423
17	Information Research Solutions LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Sarit Centre Lantana Court	Nairobi	00606	2023	$445,901,206	5	Corporation	N/A	PVT-XYU8D9BJ
18	Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC	Kenya	Nairobi	Kengen Pension Plaza Ii Kolobot Road	Nairobi	00100	2006	$433,806,120	2,516	Corporation	N/A	C.20/55
19	Kenya Ports Authority	Kenya	Mombasa	Administration Block Kipevu	Mombasa	80104	1978	$417,064,680	300	Local government body	179	N/A
20	I&M Holdings LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	I&m Bank House 2nd Ngong Avenue	Nairobi	00100	2014	$387,044,793	2,200	Corporation	2	N/A
21	Ags Worldwide Movers LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Unit B12, Atlantis Business Park, Icd Road	Nairobi	00800	1995	$335,105,958	1,831	Corporation	N/A	C 65602
22	Airtel Networks Kenya LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Parkside Towers Mombasa Road	Nairobi	00200	2010	$325,262,494	350	Corporation	3123	C.140223
23	Diamond Trust Bank Kenya LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Dtb Center Mombasa Road	Nairobi	00200	2014	$315,828,207	3,353	Corporation	3	C.15/67
24	Standard Chartered Bank Kenya LIMITED	Kenya	Nairobi	Standard Chartered Building Westlands Road	Nairobi	00100	2010	$299,463,002	1,000	Corporation	907	C 11/89
25	State Department For Immigration, Border Control And Citizen Services	Kenya	Nairobi	Nyayo House 9th Floor	Nairobi	00100	N/A	$274,749,000	3,000	Government body	N/A	N/A

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Companies by Employee Size

1-4341,443
5-982,173
10-19163,999
20-4969,014
50-9913,078
10.000+15
100-1996,631
200-499857
500-999313
1.000-4.999251
5.000-9.99939
0 or Unknown662,928

Companies by Revenue Size (in USD)

0 or Unknown421,628
1 to 100.000221,367
100.001 to 499.999255,296
500.000 to 999.999126,939
1.000.000.000 or more10
1.000.000 to 4.999.999269,759
5.000.000 to 9.999.99939,507
10.000.000 to 49.999.9996,139
50.000.000 to 99.999.99950
100.000.000 to 499.999.99942
500.000.000 to 999.999.9994

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Understanding Official Company Statistics in Kenya

This section gives you the key facts and answers to common questions about registered companies in Kenya, using official business figures and statistics.

There are 1,340,342 registered companies in Kenya.

Business Services — 34,822 companies
Social Services — 2,609
Services — 1,116
Computer Programming Services — 427
Management Consulting Services — 364

The regions with the most companies are Nairobi (854,159 companies), Mombasa (71,294), and Kiambu (43,953).

There are 400,869 private limited companies (Ltd) registered in Kenya.

SMEs are defined here as companies with 5–99 employees. Our data shows there are over 8,123 SMEs in Kenya.

The list includes all registered companies in Kenya, covering every official business, whether currently active or not.

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The company statistics and rankings on this page are based on official Kenyan registries, including the Registrar of Companies at the Business Registration Service (BRS), Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), county level registries in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kiambu, and national business sector registries. These sources are used to compile company counts, industry statistics, regional distributions, and the Top 25 company rankings shown on this page.

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