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Telecommunications · Hofuf

How many telecommunications companies are in Hofuf?

Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications. Figures for Hofuf, compared with the rest of the Kingdom.

158

active registrations in Hofuf — 11th among Saudi cities.

Ministry of Commerce data · Q3 2026 to 16 Sep

Hofuf has 158 active commercial registrations listing telecommunications activities as of 16 September 2026 — 1.2% of the Kingdom's total and the 11th-most of any city.

Telecommunications account for 1% of Hofuf's classified registrations, close to their 0.9% share nationally.

Across the Eastern Province as a whole there are 1,671.

Telecommunications in Hofuf
158
1.2% of the Kingdom
City rank
11 of 69
Cities with registrations in the sector
Concentration
1.1×
Close to the national average
Nationally
13,273
0.9% of classified registrations

Telecommunications: leading cities

Hofuf highlighted

  1. Riyadh5,4471.3×
  2. Jeddah1,7121.2×
  3. Makkah6110.9×
  4. Dammam4060.7×
  5. Madinah3940.8×
  6. Khobar3911.3×
  7. Buraydah2560.8×
  8. Taif2180.8×
  9. Tabuk1810.8×
  10. Hail1710.7×
  11. Hofuf1581.1×
  12. Khamis Mushait1480.6×
FAQs

Common questions

How many telecommunications companies are there in Hofuf?

158 active commercial registrations in Hofuf list telecommunications activities as of 16 September 2026 (Ministry of Commerce data).

How does Hofuf compare with other cities?

Hofuf ranks 11th of 69 cities for telecommunications companies, with 1.2% of the national total.

How do I set up in telecommunications in Hofuf?

Confirm the activity code and its licence conditions, obtain a MISA investment licence (for foreign owners), register the company with the Ministry of Commerce, then get the municipal (Balady) licence for your premises in Hofuf. Alpha Consultancy runs the whole sequence.

Source & method

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 16 September 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 16 September 2026; registrations since cancelled are not in the source file, so older periods read lower than the number originally issued.

Partial quarter. The Ministry's Q3 2026 file is labelled as the quarter end but only contains registrations created up to 16 September 2026, so every figure here is as of that date and the latest quarter in the charts (marked *) is incomplete.

Sector figures cover the 1,443,322 active registrations (74.7%) that appear in the Ministry of Commerce's activity association file, which lists activities for registrations created up to 31 December 2025. Registrations created after that date are not yet classified. A registration counts once in each sector it is active in, so sectors overlap.

No individual business is identified on these pages; only aggregate counts are published.

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