Monitoring conducted by “Okaz” revealed that Saudi women own more than 433,000 commercial records for their own institutions, as their ownership of institutional records increased to 40% of the total number of institutional commercial records of 1.08 million commercial institutional records.
A recent report by the Ministry of Commerce – which Okaz reviewed – showed that the total number of new commercial registrations issued during the first quarter of this year 2023 amounted to 65,363 commercial registrations. Of the commercial records issued during the first quarter of this year, and accounted for 34% of the exported records, as the number of records issued for the wholesale and retail sector reached about 21 thousand records, then the construction sector by about 10 thousand records, and accommodation and restaurant services 8 thousand records. The ministry indicated that The number of commercial registers in the Kingdom reached about 1.32 million commercial registers at the end of the first quarter, of which 1.08 million commercial registers were for establishments (of which 793 thousand main registers, and 290 thousand subsidiary registers), while the number of corporate registers reached more than 236 thousand commercial registers; Including 147 thousand main records, and 89 thousand subsidiary records. The Riyadh region topped the acquisition of commercial records with 391 thousand commercial records, then Makkah Al-Mukarramah with 313 thousand commercial records, the Eastern Province with 201 thousand commercial records, while the number of records in the rest of the regions was less than 100 thousand records. Commercial. Regarding the most prominent growth sectors during the first quarter of this year, the Ministry of Commerce indicated that the retail activity of children's supplies grew by 1223%, then the temporary employment agencies for home services by 394%, and the marketing of tourist real estate units with the time-share system by 288%.
Abdul Rahman Al-Misbahi (Jeddah) @ sobhe90