How many companies are in Bisha?
Active commercial registrations in Bisha by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Asir region.
7,583
active commercial registrations — 7.9% of the Asir region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Bisha has 7,583 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 7.9% of the Asir region and 0.4% of Saudi Arabia, the 28th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 6,905 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 678 are companies.
215 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Its share of new registrations (0.3%) is below its share of the stock, so new formation is growing faster elsewhere.
Limited liability companies make up 97.1% of companies in Bisha and 69% 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
- 7,583
- 7.9% of the Asir region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 215
- 6.1% of the Asir region
- Companies
- 678
- 6,905 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Bisha
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 proprietorship6,90591.1%
- LLC6588.7%
- General partnership110.1%
- JSC70.1%
- Limited partnership2<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 568 companies with their main registration in Bisha
- Under SAR 10k28750.5%
- SAR 10k–100k14225%
- SAR 100k–500k9015.8%
- SAR 500k–5m254.4%
- SAR 5m+244.2%
Company variants
Share of all 678 companies
- Single-person companies46869%
- Holding companies334.9%
- Professional companies121.8%
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Common questions
How many companies are there in Bisha?
Bisha has 7,583 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 678 companies and 6,905 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Bisha in Q2 2026?
215 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Bisha?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Bisha, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 60k.
How do I register a company in Bisha?
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 Bisha.
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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