How many companies are in the Hail region?
Commercial registrations in the Hail region by city, business structure and date of creation, with how the region compares with the rest of Saudi Arabia.
44.9K
active commercial registrations — 2.3% of the Kingdom, ranked 9 of 13 regions.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
The Hail region has 44,853 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 2.3% of Saudi Arabia's 1,912,733, making it the 9th-largest of the Kingdom's 13 regions. Of these, 37,962 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 6,885 are companies, and 6 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
1,650 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end, 2.5% of the national total. That is in line with its share of all active registrations.
Limited liability companies make up 97.8% of companies in the Hail region and 52.6% 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.
Hail city is the region's commercial centre, with 77.6% of its active registrations. Registrations are spread across 255 cities and towns in total.
- Active registrations
- 44,853
- 2.3% of Saudi Arabia
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 1,650
- 2.5% of Saudi Arabia
- Companies
- 6,885
- 37,962 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 5k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — the Hail 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 proprietorship37,96284.6%
- LLC6,73615%
- JSC570.1%
- General partnership500.1%
- Limited partnership240.1%
- SJSC18<0.1%
- Foreign branch4<0.1%
- GCC branch2<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 6,343 companies with their main registration in the Hail region
- Under SAR 10k4,40169.4%
- SAR 10k–100k1,07416.9%
- SAR 100k–500k4657.3%
- SAR 500k–5m2023.2%
- SAR 5m+2013.2%
Company variants
Share of all 6,885 companies
- Single-person companies3,62352.6%
- Holding companies1,01514.7%
- Professional companies731.1%
Registrations by city in the Hail region
The largest cities among 255 cities and towns with registrations in the region.
Other regions
Common questions
How many companies are registered in the Hail region?
As of 30 June 2026, the Hail region has 44,853 active commercial registrations: 6,885 companies and 37,962 sole proprietorships (establishments), according to Ministry of Commerce data.
How many new businesses were registered in the Hail region in Q2 2026?
1,650 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at the end of the quarter — 2.5% of the national total.
What is the most common business structure in the Hail region?
The sole proprietorship (establishment) is the most common, with 37,962 active registrations (84.6%). It is followed by the LLC at 6,736.
What is the typical capital of a company in the Hail region?
The median paid-up capital of a company with its main registration in the Hail region is SAR 5k; the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 10k.
Can a foreign investor set up a company in the Hail 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.
Setting up a company in the Hail region?
We handle the MISA licence, commercial registration and everything after it for companies setting up in the Hail region.