How many companies are in Dhahran?
Active commercial registrations in Dhahran by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Eastern Province.
3,684
active commercial registrations — 1.2% of the Eastern Province.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Dhahran has 3,684 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 1.2% of the Eastern Province and 0.2% of Saudi Arabia, the 44th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 2,482 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 1,184 are companies, and 18 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
188 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Dhahran's share of new registrations (0.3%) is above its share of the stock, so it is attracting a growing share of new businesses.
Limited liability companies make up 94.1% of companies in Dhahran and 47.4% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 50k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 3,684
- 1.2% of the Eastern Province
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 188
- 2% of the Eastern Province
- Companies
- 1,184
- 2,482 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 50k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Dhahran
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 proprietorship2,48267.4%
- LLC1,11430.2%
- JSC361%
- General partnership170.5%
- Foreign branch150.4%
- SJSC140.4%
- Limited partnership30.1%
- GCC branch30.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 940 companies with their main registration in Dhahran
- Under SAR 10k13414.3%
- SAR 10k–100k37640%
- SAR 100k–500k21422.8%
- SAR 500k–5m14315.2%
- SAR 5m+737.8%
Company variants
Share of all 1,184 companies
- Single-person companies56147.4%
- Holding companies524.4%
- Professional companies393.3%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Dhahran?
Dhahran has 3,684 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 1,184 companies and 2,482 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Dhahran in Q2 2026?
188 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Dhahran?
SAR 50k. Among companies registered in Dhahran, the middle half report between SAR 10k and SAR 200k.
How do I register a company in Dhahran?
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 Dhahran.
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 Dhahran?
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