How many companies are in Tarout?
Active commercial registrations in Tarout by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Eastern Province.
4,081
active commercial registrations — 1.4% of the Eastern Province.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Tarout has 4,081 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 1.4% of the Eastern Province and 0.2% of Saudi Arabia, the 41st-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 3,779 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 302 are companies.
150 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
Limited liability companies make up 96.7% of companies in Tarout and 44% 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
- 4,081
- 1.4% of the Eastern Province
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 150
- 1.6% of the Eastern Province
- Companies
- 302
- 3,779 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Tarout
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 proprietorship3,77992.6%
- LLC2927.2%
- General partnership40.1%
- SJSC30.1%
- Limited partnership2<0.1%
- JSC1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 292 companies with their main registration in Tarout
- Under SAR 10k19667.1%
- SAR 10k–100k6321.6%
- SAR 100k–500k248.2%
- SAR 500k–5m62.1%
- SAR 5m+31%
Company variants
Share of all 302 companies
- Single-person companies13344%
- Holding companies165.3%
- Professional companies51.7%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Tarout?
Tarout has 4,081 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 302 companies and 3,779 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Tarout in Q2 2026?
150 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Tarout?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Tarout, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 10k.
How do I register a company in Tarout?
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 Tarout.
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 Tarout?
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