How many companies are in Al Jafr?
Active commercial registrations in Al Jafr by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Eastern Province.
2,010
active commercial registrations — 0.7% of the Eastern Province.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Al Jafr has 2,010 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 0.7% of the Eastern Province and 0.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 67th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 1,977 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 33 are companies.
69 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
Limited liability companies make up 90.9% of companies in Al Jafr and 75.8% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 10k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 2,010
- 0.7% of the Eastern Province
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 69
- 0.7% of the Eastern Province
- Companies
- 33
- 1,977 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 10k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Al Jafr
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 proprietorship1,97798.4%
- LLC301.5%
- SJSC20.1%
- General partnership1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 33 companies with their main registration in Al Jafr
- Under SAR 10k1545.5%
- SAR 10k–100k1133.3%
- SAR 100k–500k39.1%
- SAR 500k–5m412.1%
- SAR 5m+00%
Company variants
Share of all 33 companies
- Single-person companies2575.8%
- Holding companies13%
- Professional companies00%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Al Jafr?
Al Jafr has 2,010 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 33 companies and 1,977 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Al Jafr in Q2 2026?
69 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Al Jafr?
SAR 10k. Among companies registered in Al Jafr, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 50k.
How do I register a company in Al Jafr?
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 Al Jafr.
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.
Opening a business in Al Jafr?
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