Shoplots for rent by budget: under RM 10,000, RM 10,000 to RM 20,000 and above RM 20,000
What a monthly rent budget typically gets you in prime KL and Selangor hubs, based on the ground-floor shop and whole-shoplot asking rents MCE tracks.
Under RM 10,000 a month
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, SS3, Taman Paramount
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Paramount, Taman Paramount
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Raja Laut, Chow Kit
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, The Strand, Kota Damansara
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Kuchai Maju, Kuchai Lama
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Persiaran Wawasan, SetiaWalk
RM 10,000 to RM 20,000 a month
Main Road Shop for Rent, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway
Shop for Rent, Jalan Kuchai, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park
Main Road Shop for Rent, Jalan Raja Abdullah, Kampung Baru
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Beluntas, Bukit Damansara
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Vivekananda, Brickfields
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Kenari, IOI Boulevard
Above RM 20,000 a month
Shop for Rent, Jalan Petaling, Chinatown KL
Main Road Shop for Rent, Jalan Raja Abdullah, Kampung Baru
Corner Shop for Rent, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara PJU 5
Corner Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Bandar Baru Sri Petaling
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Jalan Sultan Ismail, KLCC
Ground Floor Shop for Rent, Persiaran Dutamas, Publika
Budget is usually the first filter, so it helps to know what each band buys before you shortlist hubs. The ranges below are the middle half of asking rents (the 25th to 75th percentile) for ground-floor shops and whole shoplots in each hub over the last six months, counting only hubs with at least ten listings. They were updated in November 2026. A typical single ground floor in these hubs is about 1,500 to 2,500 sq ft.
What can you rent for under RM 10,000 a month?
A single intermediate ground floor in a mature family township, with steady local trade rather than destination crowds. Most asking rents MCE tracks run:
- Kepong Baru: RM 5,800 to RM 9,000
- Bandar Sri Damansara: RM 6,000 to RM 9,000
- Puchong Utama: RM 5,000 to RM 9,500
- Bandar Menjalara: RM 6,900 to RM 10,000
- USJ 9 and USJ 21: RM 5,600 to RM 10,000
- Pearl Point and Jalan Klang Lama: RM 5,500 to RM 10,000
This band suits convenience stores, laundromats, clinics, bakeries and neighbourhood F&B that rely on repeat local customers. Inner rows of bigger hubs can also fall in this band.
What can you rent for RM 10,000 to RM 20,000 a month?
Well-known PJ, Puchong and Mont Kiara hubs, including main-road and corner units in some of them:
- SS2 Petaling Jaya: RM 10,000 to RM 17,000
- Damansara Uptown: RM 10,500 to RM 17,000
- Damansara Utama (SS21): RM 11,000 to RM 17,000
- Bandar Puteri Puchong: RM 8,000 to RM 17,500
- Bandar Puchong Jaya: RM 9,000 to RM 15,000
- Sri Hartamas: RM 12,000 to RM 18,000
- Kota Damansara PJU 5: RM 9,000 to RM 19,000
This is the main range for cafés, chain F&B, pharmacies and aesthetic clinics that want a busy hub without city-centre rents.
What do you get above RM 20,000 a month?
The most competitive streets, larger units and whole buildings:
- Bangsar Baru (Jalan Telawi): RM 18,000 to RM 25,000
- Jalan Alor: RM 15,000 to RM 26,000
- Changkat Bukit Bintang: RM 15,000 to RM 30,000
- KLCC, TRX and Jalan Sultan Ismail: RM 15,900 to RM 48,000
- SS15 Subang Jaya: RM 9,500 to RM 26,000, with the best rows at the top
Above RM 20,000 you are usually paying for a flagship position, a large or double unit, or a street with night and tourist crowds.
How does rent per sq ft compare across areas?
Size changes the monthly figure, so compare per sq ft too. MCE's typical asking rents run from about RM 4 per sq ft a month in Cheras and RM 4.30 in Kepong, through RM 5 in Puchong and RM 5.50 in Petaling Jaya, to about RM 10 in Bangsar and Mont Kiara. See every area in the shop rent index.
Is the asking rent what you will pay?
Not always. These are asking rents, and the agreed rent depends on the unit, the tenant's strength, the length of tenancy and how long the unit has been empty. Use the bands to shortlist, then check a specific unit against its own hub.