Best towns & Cities to start business in Kenya 2024

Kenya has a total of 4 cities and over 50 towns. There are specific towns which are conducive for business. If you want to start a business, consider factors like climate, population, security, infrastructure, economic activities and financial capability of the residents. Below is a list of best towns & cities to start a business in Kenya 2024:

—-Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya and the most populated city. Money in circulation is high. If you set it up in a strategic location, you will make decent profits.

Here are some of the best businesses to start in Nairobi 2024:

1. Airbnb
2. Hotel
3. Wines & Spirits
4. Matatu business
5. PlayStation
6. Printing business
7. Food delivery & errand
8. Water refilling
9. Grocery
10. Chemist
11. Club
12. Fast food restaurant
13. Selling Turkey clothes
14. Car hire
15. Selling Uji Power
16. Smocha business
17. Gym
18. Milk ATM
19. Hardware shop
20. Motor vehicle spare part business
21. Building rental houses
22. Perfume refill business

—-Kisii

Kisii is a populated town which is busy 24/7.There is a lot of money in circulation here.

Best businesses to start in Kisii

1. Hardware shop
2. Boda boda spare part business
3. Selling water tanks
4. Hotel
5. Wines & Spirits shop
6. Mitumba business
7. Online taxi
8. Agrovet
9. Transport business
10. Posh mill
11. Hawking umbrella
12. Buying vegetables, bananas and sugarcane and selling them in other towns
13. Sell duvet and bedsheets
14. Hawk umbrellas

—Eldoret

There is a lot of money going to Eldoret.Since President Ruto is the president, majority of major projects are going to the city. The people have money in their pockets ready to consume.

List of best businesses to start in Eldoret 2024:

1. Club
2. Wines & Spirits
3. Agrovet
4. Boda boda spare part business
5. Rental property
6. Guest Houses
7. Hardware shop
8. Taxi business
9. Buying a tractor for ploughing people’s land
10. Car wash
11. Garage

—-Kisumu City

Kisumu City has plenty of business opportunities for new entrepreneurs. The city is ideal for business such as:

1. Water refilling business
2. Hotel
3. Wines & spirits
4. Mpesa shop
5. Boda boda spare parts business
6. Taxi business
7. Airbnb
8. Grocery shop
9. Coffee shop
10. Perfume refill business
11. Boutique shop
12. Mitumba business
13. Cereals business
14. Hardware shop
15. Garage
16. Car wash
17. Milk ATM machine
18. Sell Uji Power
19. Night club
20. Guest House
21. Butchery
22. Chemist

—-Nakuru

Nakuru is ls also a busy city just like Kisumu. Life is generally cheap in Nakuru.There are a couple of businesses that perform well here.

One thing to note is that there is no sufficient water in the city. If you come to solve the problem of water, you will make decent income.

Best businesses to start in Nakuru 2024

1. Water Refilling business
2. Online taxi business
3. Butchery
4. Drill borehole and sell water to residents
5. Build rental houses
6. Do farming and chicken rearing
7. Airbnb business
8. Wines & spirits shop
9. Jaba shop
10. Grocery shop
11. Hardware shop

—-Thika Town

Thick is adjacent Nairobi and one of the busiest towns in Kenya. It’s ideal for starting a business especially targeting students and those working in industries.

Best businesses to start in Thika 2024

1. Grocery shop
2. Online taxi business
3. PlayStation
4. Boda boda
5. Chemist
6. Fast food restaurant
7. Printing, photocopy and scanning business
8. Small hotel
9. Wines & Spirits shop
10. Water refilling business
11. Mpesa shop
12. Airbnb
13. Grocery shop
14. Mitumba shop like Think Twice

—–Mombasa

Mombasa CBD and Mtwapa are some of the ideal places to start business in Mombasa. There are more than 10 businesses to start in the city which are profitable. The list is as follows:

Best businesses to start in Mombasa

1. Cake baking business
2. Boda boda
3. Tuktuk business
4. Grocery shop
5. Butchery
6. Selling bottled water
7. Milk ATM business
8. Perfume refill business
9. Mitumba clothes business
10. Car wash business
11. Chemist shop
12. Airbnb
13. Build rental houses
14. Guest houses
15. Wines & Spirits
16. Sell Jaba
17. Bar & night club

—Naivasha

Naivasha receives a lot of people from Kenya and round the world. The demand for guest houses, food and transport is extremely high. If you are planning to start business in Naivasha, here is a list of the best businesses to start:

1. Nyama Choma joint
2. Guest house
3. Bar & night club
4. Grocery shop
5. Online taxi business
6. Mpesa & Bank agency business
7. Hardware shop
8. Boda boda spare part business
9. Fast food restaurant
10. Sell clean water
11. Car wash business
12. Chemist shop

If you start business in any of those towns and cities, be sure of making good profits.