Saudi SMEs, micro firms receive SAR 117.3 bln credit facilities in Q4 2019

11/03/2020 Argaam Special

 

Credit facilities extended to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and micro businesses jumped 8% year-on-year (YoY) to around SAR 117.3 billion in Q4 2019, data from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) showed.

 

Banks accounted for SAR 107.97 billion worth of credit facilities, or 92% of total financing. Facilities given by financing institutions stood at SAR 9.29 billion, or 8% of total credit facilities.

 

Facilities provided to SMEs and Micro businesses by Banks and Financing Institutions  (SAR bln)

Variation

2019

2018

Period

+18%

113.17

95.68

Q1

+12%

113.03

101.26

Q2

+8%

115.61

106.68

Q3

+8%

117.26

108.52

Q4

 

SMEs accounted for SAR 81.44 billion of Saudi banks' facilities, or 75%, with micro firms holding SAR 23.01 billion in the fourth quarter of the year.

 

Facilities extended to SMEs and Micro Businesses (SAR bln)

Variation

Financing Institutions

Banks

Period

95.68

7.83

87.84

Q1 2018

101.26

7.66

93.60

Q2 2018

106.68

7.68

99.00

Q3 2018

108.52

7.75

100.76

Q4 2018

113.17

8.15

105.02

Q1 2019

113.03

7.87

105.16

Q2 2019

115.61

8.75

106.86

Q3 2019

117.26

9.29

107.97

Q4 2019

 

SMEs accounted for SAR 3.72 billion of financing institutions' facilities, with micro firms representing around SAR 3.95 billion in the same period.

 

Facilities Extended by Banks (SAR bln)

Total

Medium

Small

Micro

Enterprise

87.84

61.62

22.01

4.22

Q1 2018

93.60

69.10

20.82

3.69

Q2 2018

99.00

73.22

21.80

3.97

Q3 2018

100.76

74.76

22.31

3.70

Q4 2018

105.02

79.17

22.98

2.87

Q1 2019

105.16

79.44

23.11

2.61

Q2 2019

106.86

80.84

22.97

3.05

Q3 2019

107.97

81.44

23.01

3.53

Q4 2019

 

Facilities Extended by Financing Institutions (SAR bln)

Total

Medium

Small

Micro

Enterprise

7.83

3.38

3.00

1.45

Q1 2018

7.66

3.38

2.91

1.37

Q2 2018

7.68

3.32

2.98

1.39

Q3 2018

7.75

3.33

3.21

1.21

Q4 2018

8.15

3.57

3.47

1.11

Q1 2019

7.87

3.20

3.60

1.07

Q2 2019

8.75

3.63

3.83

1.29

Q3 2019

9.29

3.72

3.95

1.62

Q4 2019

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