There are 1,341,640 companies and businesses in Kenya in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 401,742 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Kenya
Kenya has 1,341,640 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 401,742 of them are corporations. We build the records from the national business register and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 53% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Kenya, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,341,640 Kenyan companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Kenyan company database.
1,341,640 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies1,341,640
Corporations401,742
Counties47
Largest countyNairobi 64%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email0%
Phone10%
Website0%
Kenyan company list: all 1,341,640 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Kenya, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Kenyan company directory.
Tononoka Rolling Mills LIMITEDTononoka Rolling Mills LIMITED
| 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 | Tononoka Rolling Mills LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | Gate No 1,, Tononoka Rolling Mills Building, Off Komarock Road | Nairobi | 00100 | 2005 | $58,760,321,658 | 751 | Corporation | N/A | C.115809 |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Phillips Therapeutics LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | The Imaara Shopping Mall, Phillips Business Park Mombasa Road | N/A | 00606 | 2020 | $20,723,300,553 | 7,500 | N/A | PVT-EYUY8Z5 | |
| 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 | The Kenya Power And Lighting Company PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Stima Plaza Kolobot Road | Nairobi | N/A | 1983 | $1,695,727,564 | 10,018 | Corporation | 179 | C.1/22 |
| 8 | Kenolkobil PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Avenue 5 Building Rose Avenue | Nairobi | 00100 | 2008 | $1,532,029,416 | 500 | Corporation | 705 | C.6/65 |
| 9 | Kenya Airways PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya Airways Building Airport North Road | Nairobi | N/A | 1997 | $1,124,431,210 | 3,000 | Corporation | 13 | C.28/2005 |
| 10 | Totalenergies Marketing Kenya Public LIMITED Company | Kenya | Nairobi | Regal Plaza Limuru Road | Nairobi | 100 | 2021 | $1,110,356,639 | 370 | Corporation | 4493 | C.3/89 |
| 11 | Total Kenya PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Regal Plaza Limuru Road | Nairobi | 00100 | 2017 | $899,725,530 | 400 | Corporation | 4493 | 4948 |
| 12 | The Co-Operative Bank Of Kenya LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | Co-operative House Haile Selassie Avenue | Nairobi | N/A | 2008 | $898,756,273 | 3,000 | Corporation | 2 | C23/2008 |
| 13 | Gapco Kenya LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | 14th Floor National Center | Nairobi | 40908 | 1999 | $719,446,147 | 50 | Corporation | 4493 | 66712 |
| 14 | East African Breweries PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Garden City Business Park Off Exit 7 Thika Superhighway | Nairobi | 00100 | 1998 | $577,756,155 | 751 | Corporation | 579 | C.5/34 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | L'oreal East Africa LTD | Kenya | Nairobi | Opposite to Jkia Flyover, Mombasa Road | Nairobi | 00100 | 2010 | $466,816,225 | 1,159 | Corporation | 1813 | 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 | Absa Bank Kenya PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Absa Bank Headquarters Waiyaki Way, Westlands | Nairobi | N/A | 2020 | $444,256,974 | 2,200 | Corporation | 32 | C.18208 |
| 19 | Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC | Kenya | Nairobi | Kengen Pension Plaza Ii Kolobot Road | Nairobi | 100 | 2006 | $433,806,120 | 2,516 | Corporation | N/A | C.20/55 |
| 20 | Kenya Ports Authority | Kenya | Mombasa | Administration Block Kipevu | Mombasa | 80104 | 1978 | $417,064,680 | 300 | Government body | 179 | 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 | Diamond Trust Bank Kenya LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | Dtb Center Mombasa Road | Nairobi | N/A | 2014 | $332,480,682 | 3,353 | Corporation | 3 | C.15/67 |
| 23 | Airtel Networks Kenya LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | Parkside Towers Mombasa Road | Nairobi | 00200 | 2010 | $325,262,494 | 350 | Corporation | 3135 | C.140223 |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | I & M Bank LIMITED | Kenya | Nairobi | First Parklands Avenue | Nairobi | 00100 | 2008 | $270,879,188 | 1,670 | Corporation | 3 | C.8/90 |
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Companies and businesses in Kenya
1,341,640
2 November 2026
There are 1,341,640 companies and businesses in Kenya in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 401,742 corporations (Ltd), 686,958 sole traders and 444 partnerships. On top of those come 3,251 non-profit organisations, 60 branches of foreign companies and 455 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,341,202 100%
- Head offices
- 366
- Branch locations
- 72
Legal form
- Corporations
- 401,742 30%
- Sole traders
- 686,958
- Partnerships
- 444
Per working day this year
≈ 1
new companies registered · 196 so far in 2026
Largest companies in Kenya
Which are the largest companies in Kenya? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is The Kenya Power and Lighting Company, with 10,018 staff, ahead of The African Highlands Produce Company and Parapet Cleaning Services. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Kenolkobil and Kenya Airways. Below are the top companies of Kenya ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Kenya. 17 Kenyan companies employ more than 10,000 people and 10 report more than $1 billion a year.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company has the largest headcount of any company in Kenya in our data. 17 Kenyan companies list more than 10,000 people, 624 more than 500.
- 110,018 staff
- 25,000 staff
- 35,000 staff
- 45,000 staff
- 55,000 staff
- 65,000 staff
- 75,000 staff
- 85,000 staff
- 94,505 staff
- 104,500 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company is the largest company in Kenya by revenue; 10 Kenyan companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$1.7B
- 2$1.5B
- 3$1.1B
- 4$1.1B
- 5$898.8M
- 6$577.8M
- 7$466.8M
- 8$444.3M
- 9$433.8M
- 10$335.1M
Kenya Defence Forces is the largest public body in our data for Kenya, with 29,100 staff.
- 129,100 staff
- 29,397 staff
- 36,000 staff
- 46,000 staff
- 56,000 staff
- 65,432 staff
60 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Kenya.
- 12,500 worldwide
- 2750 worldwide
- 3350 worldwide
- 4300 worldwide
- 5200 worldwide
- 6200 worldwide
- 7159 worldwide
- 8159 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Kenya.
By employee size · 921,884 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 491,043 | 53% | |
| 5-9 | 107,383 | 12% | |
| 10-19 | 209,260 | 23% | |
| 20-49 | 87,943 | 10% | |
| 50-99 | 16,680 | 2% | |
| 100-199 | 8,073 | 0.9% | |
| 200-499 | 878 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 624 | <0.1% |
53% have 1 to 4 employees; 624 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 221,436 | 24% | |
| $100K-$500K | 255,360 | 28% | |
| $500K-$1M | 108,475 | 12% | |
| $1M-$5M | 288,705 | 31% | |
| $5M-$10M | 39,578 | 4% | |
| $10M-$100M | 6,203 | 0.7% | |
| $100M-$1B | 48 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 10 | <0.1% |
58 companies report more than $100 million; 10 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Kenya
Most companies in Kenya are small businesses. Of the 921,884 with a known headcount, 598,426 (65%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 297,203 are small (10 to 49) and 25,631 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 624 employ 500 people or more, so 99.93% of Kenyan companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 598,426 | 65% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 297,203 | 32% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 25,631 | 3% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 624 | <0.1% |
491,043
companies have 1 to 4 employees (53%). 221,436 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
686,958
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
62%
of the 196 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (95). Only 0 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Kenya based?
Nairobi has more companies than any other county in Kenya: 855,149, or 64% of the total, ahead of Mombasa (73,889) and Kiambu (45,766). Below you find the twelve largest of its 47 counties and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 47 counties
| County | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi | 855,149 | 64% | |
| Mombasa | 73,889 | 6% | |
| Kiambu | 45,766 | 3% | |
| Kisumu | 28,452 | 2% | |
| Nakuru | 28,264 | 2% | |
| Uasin Gishu | 18,369 | 1% | |
| Kajiado | 13,922 | 1% | |
| Kilifi | 13,453 | 1% | |
| Nyeri | 11,732 | 0.9% | |
| Machakos | 10,478 | 0.8% | |
| Kisii | 10,237 | 0.8% | |
| Bungoma | 8,120 | 0.6% |
Ten busiest cities
- Nairobi851,431
- Mombasa73,674
- Kisumu28,165
- Nakuru23,158
- Thika22,961
- Eldoret17,096
- Kiambu14,570
- Kajiado10,328
- Kisii10,039
- Malindi9,821
Main industries in Kenya
Business services and IT is the biggest industry in Kenya by number of companies: 191,493, or 21% of all firms with an industry code. Next come wholesale (consumer goods) (57,098) and building construction (52,202). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Business services and IT191,49321%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)57,0986%
- Building construction52,2026%
- Holding and investment companies51,2176%
- Furniture and electronics shops51,1566%
- Engineering, accounting and management40,0944%
- Food shops31,1003%
- Lenders30,5843%
- Travel and transport services29,7623%
- Wholesale (durable goods)28,4753%
- Education25,1963%
- Other shops25,0943%
- Real estate22,6092%
- Car dealers and petrol stations20,6462%
- Telecoms and broadcasting18,7302%
- Other industries245,66527%
The fifteen largest of 80 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Kenya
191,493
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 15,000 staff
- 24,505 staff
- 34,000 staff
57,098
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 14,000 staff
- 24,000 staff
- 33,815 staff
52,202
Building construction
SIC 15: Building Construction General Contractors And Operative Builders
- 12,800 staff
- 2600 staff
- 3450 staff
51,156
Furniture and electronics shops
SIC 57: Home Furniture, Furnishings, And Equipment Stores
- 1500 staff
- 2200 staff
- 3150 staff
40,094
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 14,000 staff
- 21,000 staff
- 31,000 staff
31,100
Food shops
SIC 54: Food Stores
- 11,500 staff
- 2750 staff
- 3600 staff
30,584
Lenders
SIC 61: Non-depository Credit Institutions
- 11,000 staff
- 2320 staff
- 3250 staff
29,762
Travel and transport services
SIC 47: Transportation Services
- 13,000 staff
- 23,000 staff
- 31,831 staff
Discover more: all Kenyan industries, cities and regions
Every Kenyan list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Kenya? (2026)
196 new companies and startups registered in Kenya so far in 2026, about 1 every working day, after 359 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 62% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 133 of them are corporations (Ltd).
≈ 1
new companies register every working day in 2026
62%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
359
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 5902022
- 3002023
- 3052024
- 3592025
- 1962026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1150 staff
- 245 staff
- 340 staff
- 420 staff
- 520 staff
Oldest companies in Kenya
Our data holds 1 Kenyan organisations founded before 1800, 7 before 1900 and 1,442 before 1950.
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123,723
Kenyan companies were founded before 1990
10,151
were founded in 1990
1,170,895 Kenyan companies, 90% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 123,723 are older.
Types of companies in Kenya
Three in ten Kenyan businesses in our data are corporations (Ltd), and half are sole traders. Partnerships make up <0.1%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations401,74230%
- No legal form on record248,63319%
- Sole traders686,95851%
- Partnerships444<0.1%
- Foreign companies60<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations3,2510.2%
- Cooperatives95<0.1%
- Public bodies455<0.1%
- Joint ventures2<0.1%
Which Kenyan companies are part of a group?
Most Kenyan companies stand alone: 100% are single-site businesses. The other 438 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 366 head offices or 72 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is TotalEnergies Marketing Kenya Public Limited, with 4,493 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 14,493 companies
- 21,813 companies
- 3705 companies
- 4579 companies
- 5179 companies
- 632 companies
- 713 companies
- 82 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,341,640; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Kenyan companies
0 Kenyan companies have a website on record (0%), 131,498 a phone number (10%) and 0 an email address (0%). Among corporations: 0% have a website and 0% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 0 | 0% | |
| Phone | 131,498 | 10% | |
| 0 | 0% |
Questions about companies in Kenya
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
1,341,640. That includes 686,958 sole traders and 444 partnerships.
401,742 corporations, 30% of all Kenyan businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 921,884 Kenyan companies with a known headcount, 921,260 have fewer than 500 employees: 598,426 micro, 297,203 small and 25,631 medium-sized. 624 are large enterprises.
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company, with $1.7 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Kenolkobil ($1.5B) and Kenya Airways ($1.1B).
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company, with 10,018 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
855,149, 64% of all Kenyan companies (2 November 2026).
196 so far in 2026, about 1 per working day, after 359 in 2025.
From the national business register and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
0, 0% of all Kenyan companies. 131,498 have a phone number and 0 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 1,341,640 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Kenyan company database.
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