NESTO GROUP

Nesto Group is one of the fastest-growing grocery retail chains in the Middle East, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates and operating as part of the Western International Group. Founded in 2004 by K.P. Basheer, the group runs a multi-format network of hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores under the Nesto Hypermarket, Nesto Supermarket and Nesto Center banners, and has become a key player in the region's fast-moving consumer goods retail sector.

As of 2026 the group operates more than 140 outlets across six countries — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and India — with over 8 million square feet of retail space. Its expansion has been rapid: the group opened its 50th outlet in 2017 and celebrated its 125th outlet with the opening of Nesto Hypermarket Musaffah in 2024. Within the UAE, Nesto is particularly dominant in the Sharjah and Ajman markets, and its stores record a daily footfall exceeding 250,000 customers across the GCC.

Nesto's stores are designed as one-stop shopping destinations for a diverse, multi-ethnic customer base of local residents and expatriates, with an emphasis on convenience, accessibility and competitive pricing under the tagline "Nesto, all that you need". The product offer spans the full FMCG spectrum: fresh food and produce, butchery and seafood, bakery, dairy, frozen foods, ambient groceries, beverages, ethnic and international foods, personal care, household essentials, as well as general merchandise, electronics and apparel in the larger hypermarket formats. Serving Arab, South Asian, Filipino and Western consumer segments alike, the group sources a wide mix of international and local brands and imports heavily across food and non-food categories to match its multicultural assortment.

Group revenue is estimated at around USD 3.2 billion, and the workforce numbers in the tens of thousands across its GCC and Indian operations. With an aggressive store-opening pipeline in Saudi Arabia, the wider Gulf and India, Nesto Group represents a major and expanding buying organisation for FMCG suppliers: it purchases at scale across fresh, frozen, ambient, beverage, personal care and household categories, and its centralised sourcing and distribution operations support a continuously growing retail network.