How many LLCs are in Saudi Arabia?
The limited liability company is the default vehicle for private business in Saudi Arabia. Liability is capped at each partner's contribution, there is no statutory minimum capital for most service activities, and a single person can own one outright. The Ministry's data splits LLCs into standard, single-person, holding and professional variants.
608.6K
active registrations — 31.8% of all commercial registrations in the Kingdom.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
There are 608,579 active LLCs in Saudi Arabia as of 30 June 2026, 31.8% of all active commercial registrations. 22,207 were created in Q2 2026 and still active at quarter end — 33% of new registrations.
Riyadh (304,438), the Eastern Province (108,839) and Makkah (98,019) hold the most, together 84% of the national total.
- Active registrations
- 608,579
- 31.8% of all CRs
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 22,207
- 33% of new registrations
- Largest region
- Riyadh
- 304,438 registrations
- Regions present
- 13
- of 13
By region
Active registrations by region
Saudi and foreign shareholders alike. Foreign shareholders need a MISA investment licence before the Ministry of Commerce will issue the commercial registration.
Common questions
How many LLCs are there in Saudi Arabia?
608,579 active registrations as of 30 June 2026, according to Ministry of Commerce data — 31.8% of all active commercial registrations.
How many were registered in Q2 2026?
22,207 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end.
Who can use this structure?
Saudi and foreign shareholders alike. Foreign shareholders need a MISA investment licence before the Ministry of Commerce will issue the commercial registration.
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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