Granite Prices in Kenya: And Why Three Quotes Are Impossible to Compare
The real problem is not the price, it is the unit
Kenyan countertop sellers quote per square foot, per running foot and per slab, often interchangeably and frequently without saying which. That is why three granite quotes for the same kitchen can look wildly different and be impossible to reconcile.
So here is everything converted, and the arithmetic shown, which is the only way to compare anything.
Installed rates
Granite, mid to good quality: KES 2,500 – 6,000 per square foot installed. That is KES 27,000 – 65,000 per square metre.
For quartz the band is KES 3,500 – 7,000 per square foot, or about 38,000 – 75,000 per square metre. Branded quartz lines quoted at KES 31,900 – 48,720 per square metre work out at roughly 2,960 – 4,530 per square foot, which sits inside that band, a useful cross-check that the conversion is right.
Work out your own area first
- Measure each run: length × depth in metres = square metres.
- Multiply square metres by 10.76 to get square feet.
- Apply the rate.
A standard worktop is 600mm deep, so a 3-metre run is 1.8 m², which is about 19 square feet.
Worked examples
Computed from the rate above rather than quoted, so you can check them:
- 19 sq ft small straight run → KES 48,000 – 116,000
- 34 sq ft L-shaped kitchen → KES 86,000 – 207,000
- 54 sq ft family kitchen with island → KES 135,000 – 323,000
Slab prices are not worktop prices
A local granite slab starts around KES 7,500; an imported one such as Black Galaxy around KES 10,500.
Those are raw stone. Templating, cutting, edge profiling, sink and hob cutouts, polishing, transport and installation are the rest, and on a finished worktop the fabrication is usually more than the stone.
A quotation that looks dramatically cheaper than everyone else’s is often a slab price being compared to a worktop price.
A figure with no unit is not a price
If you take one thing from this page: ask “per what?” It is the single question that makes Kenyan countertop quotations comparable, and almost nobody asks it.
Rates
| Work | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Granite, mid to good quality | KES 2,500 – 6,000 / sq ft | ≈ KES 27,000 – 65,000 / m² |
| Quartz, engineered | KES 3,500 – 7,000 / sq ft | ≈ KES 38,000 – 75,000 / m² |
| Branded quartz (Caesarstone, Silestone, Cambria) | KES 31,900 – 48,720 / m² | ≈ KES 2,960 – 4,530 / sq ft |
| Marble | Quoted per slab | Priced by the slab because veining is not repeatable, see below |
| Terrazzo, cast in situ | Quoted per run | Seamless; no slab constraint |
Rates reviewed 2026-08. Every job is confirmed with a written quotation before work starts.
What a worktop rate does not include
These are quoted separately and visibly rather than folded into a square-foot rate, because they are where two apparently similar quotations diverge.
- Sink and hob cutouts, and any drainer grooves
- Upstands and full-height splashbacks, priced by the running foot separately
- Mitred or built-up edge profiles, which double the material at the edge
- Removing and disposing of the existing worktop
- Making good where units are not level: tops are templated after levelling, not before
Worked examples
| Work | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small straight run, 3.0m × 0.6m (≈19 sq ft) | KES 48,000 – 116,000 | Granite, installed |
| L-shaped kitchen (≈34 sq ft) | KES 86,000 – 207,000 | Granite, installed |
| Family kitchen with island (≈54 sq ft) | KES 135,000 – 323,000 | Granite, installed |
Rates reviewed 2026-08. Every job is confirmed with a written quotation before work starts.