How many companies are in Abqaiq?
Active commercial registrations in Abqaiq by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Eastern Province.
2,614
active commercial registrations — 0.9% of the Eastern Province.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Abqaiq has 2,614 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 0.9% of the Eastern Province and 0.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 55th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 1,986 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 628 are companies.
87 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Its share of new registrations (0.1%) is below its share of the stock, so new formation is growing faster elsewhere.
Limited liability companies make up 97.9% of companies in Abqaiq and 40.6% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 5k, in line with the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 2,614
- 0.9% of the Eastern Province
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 87
- 0.9% of the Eastern Province
- Companies
- 628
- 1,986 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Abqaiq
Still-active CRs by the quarter they were created. Cancelled registrations are excluded, so earlier quarters read lower.
Business structures
Active registrations by legal form
- Sole proprietorship1,98676%
- LLC61523.5%
- General partnership50.2%
- SJSC40.2%
- Limited partnership40.2%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 599 companies with their main registration in Abqaiq
- Under SAR 10k37262.1%
- SAR 10k–100k15525.9%
- SAR 100k–500k457.5%
- SAR 500k–5m203.3%
- SAR 5m+71.2%
Company variants
Share of all 628 companies
- Single-person companies25540.6%
- Holding companies101.6%
- Professional companies10.2%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Abqaiq?
Abqaiq has 2,614 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 628 companies and 1,986 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Abqaiq in Q2 2026?
87 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Abqaiq?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Abqaiq, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 10k.
How do I register a company in Abqaiq?
Foreign investors first obtain a MISA investment licence, then the Ministry of Commerce issues the commercial registration (CR), followed by municipal licensing, Chamber of Commerce membership, ZATCA, GOSI and Qiwa registration. Alpha Consultancy runs the full process for companies setting up in Abqaiq.
Figures are Alpha Consultancy's analysis of the Ministry of Commerce's open datasets on the Saudi Open Data Platform (open.data.gov.sa): the register of active commercial registrations (CRs) as of 30 June 2026.
Active CRsinclude main and branch registrations, as in the Ministry's own totals. Registered in a period counts CRs created in that period that were still active on 30 June 2026; registrations since cancelled are not in the source file, so older periods read lower than the number originally issued.
The Ministry's extract is dated 30 June 2026; it was taken at the start of that day, so registrations created on the reference date itself are not included.
No individual business is identified on these pages; only aggregate counts are published.
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