How many companies are in the Makkah region?
Commercial registrations in the Makkah region by city, business structure and date of creation, with how the region compares with the rest of Saudi Arabia.
396K
active commercial registrations — 20.7% of the Kingdom, ranked 2 of 13 regions.
Ministry of Commerce data · Q2 2026
The Makkah region has 395,989 active commercial registrations as of 30 June 2026 — 20.7% of Saudi Arabia's 1,912,733, making it the 2nd-largest of the Kingdom's 13 regions. Of these, 293,028 are sole proprietorships (establishments), 102,330 are companies, and 631 are branches of GCC or foreign companies.
15,356 registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at quarter end, 22.8% of the national total. That is a larger share than the Makkah region holds of the existing stock (20.7%), so the region is gaining weight in new business formation.
Limited liability companies make up 95.8% of companies in the Makkah region and 50.4% of companies are single-person entities. The median paid-up capital of a company registered here is SAR 100k, above the national median of SAR 5k.
Jeddah is the region's commercial centre, with 56.2% of its active registrations. Registrations are spread across 921 cities and towns in total.
- Active registrations
- 395,989
- 20.7% of Saudi Arabia
- Registered in Q2 2026
- 15,356
- 22.8% of Saudi Arabia
- Companies
- 102,330
- 293,028 sole proprietorships
- Median company capital
- SAR 100k
- Saudi Arabia: SAR 5k
New registrations by quarter — the Makkah 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 proprietorship293,02874%
- LLC98,01924.8%
- JSC2,4240.6%
- General partnership9510.2%
- Foreign branch5740.1%
- SJSC5250.1%
- Limited partnership4110.1%
- GCC branch57<0.1%
Company capital
Paid-up capital of 79,278 companies with their main registration in the Makkah region
- Under SAR 10k16,15220.4%
- SAR 10k–100k22,97429%
- SAR 100k–500k18,95723.9%
- SAR 500k–5m11,59014.6%
- SAR 5m+9,60512.1%
Company variants
Share of all 102,330 companies
- Single-person companies51,59750.4%
- Holding companies4,5254.4%
- Professional companies2,8102.7%
Registrations by city in the Makkah region
The largest cities among 921 cities and towns with registrations in the region.
Other regions
Common questions
How many companies are registered in the Makkah region?
As of 30 June 2026, the Makkah region has 395,989 active commercial registrations: 102,330 companies and 293,028 sole proprietorships (establishments), according to Ministry of Commerce data.
How many new businesses were registered in the Makkah region in Q2 2026?
15,356 commercial registrations created in Q2 2026 were still active at the end of the quarter — 22.8% of the national total.
What is the most common business structure in the Makkah region?
The sole proprietorship (establishment) is the most common, with 293,028 active registrations (74%). It is followed by the LLC at 98,019.
What is the typical capital of a company in the Makkah region?
The median paid-up capital of a company with its main registration in the Makkah region is SAR 100k; the middle half report between SAR 10k and SAR 500k.
Can a foreign investor set up a company in the Makkah 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 Makkah region?
We handle the MISA licence, commercial registration and everything after it for companies setting up in the Makkah region.