Women make their presence felt with 49% of new business records, with construction leading the way

Q3 2025 saw the issuance of 128,000 business records, with the total exceeding 1.7 million records, and 51% owned by youth.
Ministry of Commerce - Commercial Register

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The Ministry of Commerce revealed the total number of commercial records issued during the third quarter of 2025, which reached 128 thousand commercial records, of which 49% are owned by women, bringing the total number of records to more than 1.7 million commercial records in all regions of the Kingdom, 48% of which are owned by women, and 51% of which are owned by young people.

According to the bulletin of Business Sector for the third quarter of 2025, the Riyadh region ranked first in the number of records issued by about 50 thousand records, followed by the Riyadh region. According to the Business Sector Bulletin for the third quarter of 2025, the Riyadh region ranked first in the number of issued records with about 50 thousand records, then the Eastern Province with more than 21.5 thousand commercial records, then Mecca with about 19.4 thousand records, Qassim with 8.3 thousand records, and Asir region in fifth place with more than 5000 thousand commercial records.

According to the Business Sector Bulletin for the third quarter of 2025

The construction sector came first with more than 67 thousand records, equivalent to about 39% of exported records, then the wholesale and retail trade sector with more than 25 thousand business records, then manufacturing industries with about 22 thousand records, accommodation and restaurant services with 12.7 thousand records, and in fifth place came the transportation and storage sector with 12.25 thousand records.

Fifth place came the transportation and storage sector with 12.25 thousand records.