How many companies are in Wadi Al-Dawasir?
Active commercial registrations in Wadi Al-Dawasir by business structure, date of creation and company capital, benchmarked against the Riyadh region.
5,930
active commercial registrations — 0.9% of the Riyadh region.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
Wadi Al-Dawasir has 5,930 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 0.9% of the Riyadh region and 0.3% of Saudi Arabia, the 32nd-highest of any city in the Kingdom. Of these, 5,340 are sole proprietorships (establishments) and 590 are companies.
193 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end. Its share of new registrations (0.3%) is below its share of the stock, so new formation is growing faster elsewhere.
Limited liability companies make up 97.8% of companies in Wadi Al-Dawasir and 35.1% 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
- 5,930
- 0.9% of the Riyadh region
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 193
- 0.9% of the Riyadh region
- Companies
- 590
- 5,340 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — Wadi Al-Dawasir
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 proprietorship5,34090.1%
- LLC5779.7%
- JSC120.2%
- Limited partnership1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 542 companies with their main registration in Wadi Al-Dawasir
- Under SAR 10k38070.1%
- SAR 10k–100k7814.4%
- SAR 100k–500k539.8%
- SAR 500k–5m173.1%
- SAR 5m+142.6%
Company variants
Share of all 590 companies
- Single-person companies20735.1%
- Holding companies386.4%
- Professional companies40.7%
Common questions
How many companies are there in Wadi Al-Dawasir?
Wadi Al-Dawasir has 5,930 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026: 590 companies and 5,340 sole proprietorships (establishments), per Ministry of Commerce data.
How many businesses were registered in Wadi Al-Dawasir in Q2 2026?
193 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
What is the median capital of a company in Wadi Al-Dawasir?
SAR 5k. Among companies registered in Wadi Al-Dawasir, the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 20k.
How do I register a company in Wadi Al-Dawasir?
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 Wadi Al-Dawasir.
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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