How many companies are in Rafha?
Active commercial registrations in Rafha by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Northern Borders region.
3,889
active commercial registrations — 22.4% of the Northern Borders region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Rafha has 3,889 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 22.4% of the Northern Borders region and 0.2% of Saudi Arabia, the 43rd-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 3,454 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 435 are companies.
186 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Rafha'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 57.9% of companies in Rafha and 37% 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
- 3,889
- 22.4% of the Northern Borders region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 186
- 30.2% of the Northern Borders region
- Companies
- 435
- 3,454 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Rafha
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 proprietorship3,45488.8%
- LLC2526.5%
- General partnership1794.6%
- JSC30.1%
- SJSC1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 418 companies with their main registration in Rafha
- Under SAR 10k34883.3%
- SAR 10k–100k419.8%
- SAR 100k–500k153.6%
- SAR 500k–5m30.7%
- SAR 5m+112.6%
Company variants
Share of all 435 companies
- Single-person companies16137%
- Holding companies71.6%
- Professional companies10.2%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Rafha?
Rafha has 3,889 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 435 companies and 3,454 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Rafha in Q2 2026?
186 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Rafha?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Rafha, the middle half report between SAR 3k and SAR 5k.
How do I register a company in Rafha?
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 Rafha.
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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