Showroom for rent in KL and Selangor: size, frontage, ceiling, rent

A furniture, lighting, kitchen or bathroom showroom usually needs a main-road ground floor with long frontage, a ceiling high enough for tall displays and lighting, parking for customers who stay a while, and rear access for deliveries. One standard unit suits small products; many showrooms take two or three joined units. Rent is quoted per square foot of floor area, but a good showroom is judged by the sales and enquiries it brings, not by its psf alone.

Showrooms cluster on main roads where homeowners drive past on the way to renovate: Old Klang Road, Jalan Ipoh, Jalan Kepong and Sri Petaling. Buyers compare several showrooms in one trip, so a showroom street helps you even if it brings competitors.

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In Selangor, look at the main roads of large mature townships with many landed homes.

The larger sizes in these ranges are usually corners, extended units or units already joined, which is what showrooms look for. See more on the Puchong and Petaling Jaya area pages.

Work it out from what you must display, not from a rule. List every room set or display bay, add walking space between them, then add a counter, a small store and a toilet.

Joining units needs the landlord's consent and council approval. Our checklist on combining units explains the steps, and the shop size guide explains frontage and depth figures.

As wide as you can get on the road. A single shoplot frontage is usually about 20 to 22 ft; two joined units give about 40 to 44 ft of glass. The frontage is your window display to traffic, so a corner with two faces is worth a premium for most showrooms. See corner lot vs intermediate.

High enough for your tallest display plus lighting. Under by-law 44 of the Uniform Building By-Laws 1984, ground-floor rooms of a shophouse must be at least 3 m high, but real heights vary, and some newer shoplots have much taller ground floors. Measure the clear height under beams and ducts at the viewing. Lighting and chandelier showrooms gain most from height; kitchen and bathroom showrooms can work with the standard.

The council sets requirements by use, so check the unit's approved use. In practice, showroom buyers come by car, often as couples or families, and stay 30 minutes or more, so they need bays in front or a car park nearby. Also check rear lane access for lorries, because furniture and kitchen stock arrives in bulk. Read how parking affects a shop.

The landlord quotes a monthly rent, usually worked out per square foot of floor area: 3,300 sq ft at RM 4 psf is RM 13,200 a month. Check any quote with the psf calculator. Then judge whether it pays:

• Rent against sales. Expected monthly sales times your target occupancy cost (rent divided by sales) gives the most you can pay. Use the rent affordability calculator.
• Rent per display. Divide the rent by the number of room sets. If a cheaper inner street halves the rent but loses half the walk-ins, it is not cheaper.
• Rent per enquiry. Count serious enquiries per month. A main-road showroom often replaces part of your advertising budget.

Negotiate fit-out time, since showrooms take weeks to build; see rent-free periods.

Send MCE your display list and target area through the brands page, and we will shortlist main-road ground floors that fit.

Written by Tok Ginstee (REN 37505), CID Realtors Sdn Bhd (E (1) 1855). Updated November 2026.