How many companies are in the Madinah region?
Commercial registrations in the Madinah region by city, business structure and date of creation, with how the region compares with the rest of Saudi Arabia.
93.8K
active commercial registrations — 4.9% of the Kingdom, ranked 6 of 13 regions.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
The Madinah region has 93,796 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 4.9% of Saudi Arabia's 1,912,733, making it the 6th-largest of the Kingdom's 13 regions. Of these, 78,552 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 15,195 are companies, and 49 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
3,521 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end, 5.2% of the national total. That is a larger share than the Madinah region holds of the existing stock (4.9%), so the region is gaining weight in new business formation.
Limited liability companies make up 97% of companies in the Madinah region and 57.9% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 40k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
Madinah city is the region's commercial centre, with 73.7% of its active registrations. Registrations are spread across 264 cities and towns in total.
- Active registrations
- 93,796
- 4.9% of Saudi Arabia
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 3,521
- 5.2% of Saudi Arabia
- Companies
- 15,195
- 78,552 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 40k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — the Madinah 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 proprietorship78,55283.7%
- LLC14,73315.7%
- JSC2140.2%
- General partnership1700.2%
- Foreign branch43<0.1%
- Limited partnership42<0.1%
- SJSC36<0.1%
- GCC branch6<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 12,354 companies with their main registration in the Madinah region
- Under SAR 10k3,80630.8%
- SAR 10k–100k3,28726.6%
- SAR 100k–500k2,56520.8%
- SAR 500k–5m1,1779.5%
- SAR 5m+1,51912.3%
Company variants
Share of all 15,195 companies
- Single-person companies8,80157.9%
- Holding companies7975.2%
- Professional companies3262.1%
Registrations by city in the Madinah region
The largest cities among 264 cities and towns with registrations in the region.
Common questions
How many companies are registered in the Madinah region?
As of 30 June 2026, the Madinah region has 93,796 active commercial registrations: 15,195 companies and 78,552 sole proprietorships (establishments), according to Ministry of Commerce data.
How many new businesses were registered in the Madinah region in Q2 2026?
3,521 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at the end of the quarter — 5.2% of the national total.
What is the most common business structure in the Madinah region?
The sole proprietorship (establishment) is the most common, with 78,552 active registrations (83.7%). It is followed by the LLC at 14,733.
What is the typical capital of a company in the Madinah region?
The median paid-up capital of a company with its main registration in the Madinah region is SAR 40k; the middle half report between SAR 5k and SAR 200k.
Can a foreign investor set up a company in the Madinah 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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