How many companies are in Baqaa?
Active commercial registrations in Baqaa by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Hail region.
2,540
active commercial registrations — 5.7% of the Hail region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Baqaa has 2,540 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 5.7% of the Hail region and 0.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 58th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 2,414 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 126 are companies.
90 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
Limited liability companies make up 100% of companies in Baqaa and 46% 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
- 2,540
- 5.7% of the Hail region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 90
- 5.5% of the Hail region
- Companies
- 126
- 2,414 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Baqaa
Still-active CRs by the quarter they were created. Cancelled registrations are excluded, so earlier quarters read lower.
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 124 companies with their main registration in Baqaa
- Under SAR 10k10080.6%
- SAR 10k–100k118.9%
- SAR 100k–500k108.1%
- SAR 500k–5m32.4%
- SAR 5m+00%
Company variants
Share of all 126 companies
- Single-person companies5846%
- Holding companies118.7%
- Professional companies00%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Baqaa?
Baqaa has 2,540 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 126 companies and 2,414 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Baqaa in Q2 2026?
90 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Baqaa?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Baqaa, at least half report exactly SAR 5k.
How do I register a company in Baqaa?
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 Baqaa.
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 Baqaa?
From MISA licence to commercial registration, municipal licence and bank account — we set up companies in Baqaa end to end.