This market was started in the 1920’s by the British as an informal market for Europeans only. In 1954, the market was formalized through incorporation into a company. In 1963, Africans were allowed to join and trade in the market. For many years, the market operated through the telephone with a weekly meeting at the Stanley Hotel. In 1991, this market mover to IPS building and was opened to the public. In 1994, the market moved to its current location, on the 1st Floor of the Nation Centre, with the introduction of the Central Depository and Settlement Corporation (CDSC) investors will open share and bond accounts, in electronic accounts similar to their bank accounts.

Listed Companies
Agriculture Rea Vipingo Ltd. Sasini Tea & Coffee Ltd. Kakuzi Ltd.

Commercial and Services Access Kenya Group Marshalls E.A. Ltd. Car & General Ltd. Hutchings Biemer Ltd. Kenya Airways Ltd. CMC Holdings Ltd. Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd. Nation Media Group Ltd. TPS (Serena) Ltd. ScanGroup Ltd. Standard Group Ltd. Safaricom Ltd.

Finance and Investment Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd. CFC Stanbic Bank Ltd. Housing Finance Company of Kenya Ltd. Centum Investment Ltd. Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd. National Bank of Kenya Ltd. Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd Diamond Trust Bank of Kenya Ltd. Jubilee Insurance Co. Ltd Standard Chartered Bank Ltd. NIC Bank Ltd. Equity Bank Ltd. The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd.

Industrial and Allied Athi River Mining Ltd. BOC Kenya Ltd. British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd. Carbacid Investments Ltd. Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd. E.A. Cables Ltd. E.A. Breweries Ltd. Sameer Africa Ltd. Kenya Oil Ltd. Mumias Sugar Company Ltd. Unga Group Ltd. Bamburi Cement Ltd. Crown berger (K) Ltd. E.A Portland Cement Co. Ltd. Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd. Total Kenya Ltd. Eveready East Africa Ltd. Kengen Ltd.