How many companies are in Hofuf?
Active commercial registrations in Hofuf by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Eastern Province.
19.7K
active commercial registrations — 6.6% of the Eastern Province.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Hofuf has 19,746 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 6.6% of the Eastern Province and 1% of Saudi Arabia, the 16th-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 17,491 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 2,252 are companies, and 3 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
701 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
Limited liability companies make up 92.8% of companies in Hofuf and 53.7% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 30k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 19,746
- 6.6% of the Eastern Province
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 701
- 7.4% of the Eastern Province
- Companies
- 2,252
- 17,491 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 30k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Hofuf
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 proprietorship17,49188.6%
- LLC2,08910.6%
- General partnership810.4%
- JSC360.2%
- Limited partnership330.2%
- SJSC130.1%
- Foreign branch3<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 1,788 companies with their main registration in Hofuf
- Under SAR 10k54130.3%
- SAR 10k–100k55531%
- SAR 100k–500k42423.7%
- SAR 500k–5m1488.3%
- SAR 5m+1206.7%
Company variants
Share of all 2,252 companies
- Single-person companies1,21053.7%
- Holding companies1556.9%
- Professional companies944.2%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Hofuf?
Hofuf has 19,746 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 2,252 companies and 17,491 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Hofuf in Q2 2026?
701 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Hofuf?
SAR 30k. Among companies registered in Hofuf, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 100k.
How do I register a company in Hofuf?
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 Hofuf.
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 Hofuf?
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