How many companies are in Ad Darb?
Active commercial registrations in Ad Darb by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Jazan region.
2,666
active commercial registrations — 4.3% of the Jazan region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Ad Darb has 2,666 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 4.3% of the Jazan region and 0.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 54th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 2,474 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 191 are companies, and 1 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
113 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Ad Darb's share of new registrations (0.2%) is above its share of the stock, so it is attracting a growing share of new businesses.
Limited liability companies make up 99.5% of companies in Ad Darb and 71.2% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 100k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 2,666
- 4.3% of the Jazan region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 113
- 5% of the Jazan region
- Companies
- 191
- 2,474 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 100k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Ad Darb
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 proprietorship2,47492.8%
- LLC1907.1%
- General partnership1<0.1%
- Foreign branch1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 146 companies with their main registration in Ad Darb
- Under SAR 10k5940.4%
- SAR 10k–100k138.9%
- SAR 100k–500k5940.4%
- SAR 500k–5m106.8%
- SAR 5m+53.4%
Company variants
Share of all 191 companies
- Single-person companies13671.2%
- Holding companies136.8%
- Professional companies00%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Ad Darb?
Ad Darb has 2,666 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 191 companies and 2,474 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Ad Darb in Q2 2026?
113 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Ad Darb?
SAR 100k. Among companies registered in Ad Darb, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 100k.
How do I register a company in Ad Darb?
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 Ad Darb.
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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