Cooking gas business is a very profitable business in Kenya, in a good month you can get profits of between Ksh.200, 000 and Ksh.300,000. What determines cooking gas retail business profits is your ability to retain customers and how you gain new customers.
We at KeGasDealers do wholesale refilling at Ksh.126 per kg, the wholesale price to refill a 6kgs gas cylinder is Ksh.756 the retail selling price of 6kgs gas cylinder is Ksh.1, 100 to Ksh.1, 250. When refilling a 6kg gas cylinder one makes a profit of ksh 400-500.
Refilling a 13kgs gas cylinder in wholesale costs Ksh.1,638, the retail price of 13kgs gas cylinder ranges between Ksh.2600 to Ksh.2,800. That means you can make a profit ranging between Ksh.900 – Ksh.1, 100.
In a day a cooking gas retail business can sell a minimum of 10 6kg and 5 13kg gas cylinders refills, that means you can make a profit of Ksh.4,000 from 6kg gas cylinders and ksh 5000 from 13kg gas cylinders daily thus making a profit of ksh 9,000 on just refilling…per month that is ksh 270,000 per month.
But keep in mind that this only accounts for 6kgs and 13kg gas cylinders refills, so selling a complete full sets gas cylinders throughout the day could earn you even more money on top.
At most on a monthly basis your LPG Cooking gas business can generally generate profits between Ksh. 200,000 and Ksh.300,000 on a good month