{"id":5807,"date":"2025-02-05T04:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T04:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=5807"},"modified":"2025-02-05T04:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T04:30:14","slug":"kncci-unveils-2025-business-barometer-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/kncci-unveils-2025-business-barometer-report\/","title":{"rendered":"KNCCI Unveils 2025 Business Barometer Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-04-at-8.37.39-PM.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By John Kariuki<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) today launched the KNCCI 2025 Business Barometer Report at Serena Hotel, Nairobi. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of business expectations for 2025, based on insights gathered from 1,981 businesses across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key findings from the report include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Employment Outlook: 60% of surveyed businesses do not plan to hire new employees in 2025, signaling a cautious approach to expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revenue Expectations: Despite hiring constraints, 65% of businesses anticipate revenue growth in 2025, reflecting optimism in market opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rising Costs: 55% of respondents expect an increase in production costs, highlighting concerns over inflation, taxation, and operational expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KNCCI 2025 Business Barometer Report serves as a crucial tool for policymakers, investors, and business leaders as they navigate the economic landscape of the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Kariuki The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) today launched the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5809,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5807\/revisions\/5809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}