Ministry of Commerce issues 56,400 commercial registers in Q2 2023

09/07/2023 Argaam
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The Ministry of Commerce issued its Q2 2023 bulletin on the performance of the Saudi business sector.

 

More than 56,000 commercial registers were issued in the second quarter. The total number of existing commercial registers exceeded 1.35 million.

 

Top 10 Sectors by Commercial Registers

 

Sector

No. of registrations

% of Total

Wholesale and retail Trade

19804

35%

Construction

9209

16%

Accommodation and Food Service

7151

13%

Manufacturing Industries

4176

7%

Other Services

4009

7%

Administrative and Support Services

2925

5%

Transportation and Storage

2253

4%

Professional, Practical and technical Services

2095

4%

Real Estate Activities

1874

3%

Information and Communication

1070

2%

Other

1797

3%

 

The ministry added that it is working on 10 priority draft laws and regulations.  

 

Draft laws cover consumer protection, commercial registration, trade names, commercial transactions, brokerage and rules for establishing government companies.  

 

Draft regulations are related to the family business charter, the corporate governance regulations, the executive regulations of the commercial registration and trade name laws.

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