How many companies are in Al Qouz?
Active commercial registrations in Al Qouz by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Makkah region.
2,212
active commercial registrations — 0.6% of the Makkah region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Al Qouz has 2,212 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 0.6% of the Makkah region and 0.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 63rd-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 2,160 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 52 are companies.
56 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 100% of companies in Al Qouz and 86.5% 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
- 2,212
- 0.6% of the Makkah region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 56
- 0.4% of the Makkah region
- Companies
- 52
- 2,160 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Al Qouz
Still-active CRs by the quarter they were created. Cancelled registrations are excluded, so earlier quarters read lower.
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 40 companies with their main registration in Al Qouz
- Under SAR 10k2357.5%
- SAR 10k–100k615%
- SAR 100k–500k615%
- SAR 500k–5m410%
- SAR 5m+12.5%
Company variants
Share of all 52 companies
- Single-person companies4586.5%
- Holding companies11.9%
- Professional companies00%
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Common questions
How many companies are there in Al Qouz?
Al Qouz has 2,212 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 52 companies and 2,160 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Al Qouz in Q2 2026?
56 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Al Qouz?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Al Qouz, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 100k.
How do I register a company in Al Qouz?
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 Qouz.
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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