How many companies are in Makkah?
Active commercial registrations in Makkah by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Makkah region.
98.3K
active commercial registrations — 24.8% of the Makkah region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Makkah has 98,323 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 24.8% of the Makkah region and 5.1% of Saudi Arabia, the 3rd-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 76,031 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 22,246 are companies, and 46 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
5,484 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Makkah's share of new registrations (8.1%) is above its share of the stock, so it is attracting a growing share of new businesses.
Limited liability companies make up 96.6% of companies in Makkah and 56% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 20k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
- Active registrations
- 98,323
- 24.8% of the Makkah region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 5,484
- 35.7% of the Makkah region
- Companies
- 22,246
- 76,031 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 20k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Makkah
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 proprietorship76,03177.3%
- LLC21,48021.8%
- JSC3140.3%
- General partnership2690.3%
- Limited partnership1510.2%
- Foreign branch43<0.1%
- SJSC32<0.1%
- GCC branch3<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 18,849 companies with their main registration in Makkah
- Under SAR 10k7,16938%
- SAR 10k–100k4,59224.4%
- SAR 100k–500k3,29117.5%
- SAR 500k–5m1,96410.4%
- SAR 5m+1,8339.7%
Company variants
Share of all 22,246 companies
- Single-person companies12,45356%
- Holding companies1,3165.9%
- Professional companies4922.2%
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Common questions
How many companies are there in Makkah?
Makkah has 98,323 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 22,246 companies and 76,031 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Makkah in Q2 2026?
5,484 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Makkah?
SAR 20k. Among companies registered in Makkah, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 100k.
How do I register a company in Makkah?
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 Makkah.
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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