How many companies are in the Al Baha region?
Commercial registrations in the Al Baha region by city, business structure and date of creation, with how the region compares with the rest of Saudi Arabia.
12.8K
active commercial registrations — 0.7% of the Kingdom, ranked 13 of 13 regions.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
The Al Baha region has 12,803 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 0.7% of Saudi Arabia's 1,912,733, making it the 13th-largest of the Kingdom's 13 regions. Of these, 11,546 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 1,256 are companies, and 1 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
309 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end, 0.5% of the national total. That is below the region's 0.7% share of all active registrations, so new formation is concentrating elsewhere.
Limited liability companies make up 94.7% of companies in the Al Baha region and 55.7% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 9k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
Al Baha city is the region's commercial centre, with 36.2% of its active registrations. Registrations are spread across 339 cities and towns in total.
- Active registrations
- 12,803
- 0.7% of Saudi Arabia
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 309
- 0.5% of Saudi Arabia
- Companies
- 1,256
- 11,546 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 9k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — the Al Baha region
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 proprietorship11,54690.2%
- LLC1,1909.3%
- General partnership340.3%
- Limited partnership170.1%
- JSC130.1%
- SJSC2<0.1%
- Foreign branch1<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 1,006 companies with their main registration in the Al Baha region
- Under SAR 10k50450.1%
- SAR 10k–100k23623.5%
- SAR 100k–500k16616.5%
- SAR 500k–5m585.8%
- SAR 5m+424.2%
Company variants
Share of all 1,256 companies
- Single-person companies70055.7%
- Holding companies1018%
- Professional companies171.4%
Registrations by city in the Al Baha region
The largest cities among 339 cities and towns with registrations in the region.
- Al Baha4,63136.2%
- Other cities and towns8,17263.8%
Common questions
How many companies are registered in the Al Baha region?
As of 30 June 2026, the Al Baha region has 12,803 active commercial registrations: 1,256 companies and 11,546 sole proprietorships (establishments), according to Ministry of Commerce data.
How many new businesses were registered in the Al Baha region in Q2 2026?
309 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at the end of the quarter — 0.5% of the national total.
What is the most common business structure in the Al Baha region?
The sole proprietorship (establishment) is the most common, with 11,546 active registrations (90.2%). It is followed by the LLC at 1,190.
What is the typical capital of a company in the Al Baha region?
The median paid-up capital of a company with its main registration in the Al Baha region is SAR 9k; the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 100k.
Can a foreign investor set up a company in the Al Baha region?
Yes. Foreign investors can own 100% of a company in most activities after obtaining a MISA investment licence, then registering the company with the Ministry of Commerce. Alpha Consultancy handles the licence, commercial registration and post-registration setup in every region.
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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