Saudi internal trade workers reached 1.7 mln in Q3 2018

25/03/2019 Argaam Special

 

The total workers in Saudi internal trade rose by 8,228 quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q3 2018 to 1.69 million, data issued by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) showed.

 

Saudis working in the sector amounted to 438,360 in Q3, accounting for 26 percent of the workforce, a 1 percent QoQ increase.

 

Non-Saudis working in internal trade stood at 1.26 million, representing 74 percent of the total sector workers in Q3 2018.

 

The Number of Internal Trade Employees

 

Q2 2018

Q3 2018

Variation

Saudi

434,173

438,357

1%

Non-Saudi

1,250,985

1,255,028

0.3%

Total

1,685,158

1,693,386

0.5%

 

Internal trade workers occupied jobs in several activities including selling and repairing of vehicles and motorbikes (390,000 workers), wholesale (244,700 workers, and retail (1.06 million workers).

 

Internal Trade Employees By Activity

Activity

Q2 2018

Q3 2018

Variation

Selling & repairing motor vehicles and motorcycles

84,399

305,580

389,978

Whole Sellers*

68,898

175,767

244,664

Retail sellers*

285,061

773,682

1,058,743

Total

438,357

1,255,028

1,693,386

*Excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles

 

The total of 468,090 enterprises worked in internal trade in Saudi Arabia in Q3 2018, of which retail firms accounted for 73 percent.

 

The Number of Enterprises By Activity

Activity

Q2 2018

Q3 2018

Variation

Selling & repairing motor vehicles and motorcycles

90,752

91,828

+ 1,076

Whole Sellers*

34,555

34,730

+ 175

Retail sellers*

333,603

341,530

+ 7,927

Total

458,910

468,089

+ 9,179

*Excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles

 

The sector’s operating revenue in Q3 2018 reached SAR 151.4 million, while expenses amounted to SAR 90.22 billion.

 

Expenditure, Operating Profit (SAR mln)

Activity

Operating Expenditure

Operating Profit

Selling & repairing motor vehicles and motorcycles

19.51

36.52

Whole Sellers*

34.25

55.12

Retail sellers*

36.46

59.75

Total

90.22

151.39

*Excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles

 

Internal trade enterprises paid workers SAR 11.74 billion for the quarter, an average of SAR 2,311 per worker.

 

Compensations By Activity

Activity

Workers

Compensations

(SAR)

Average compensation

(SAR bln)

Selling & repairing motor vehicles and motorcycles

389,978

2.74

2,346

Whole Sellers*

244,664

1.72

2,338

Retail sellers*

1,058,743

7.28

2,292

Total

1,693,386

11.74

2,311

*Excluding motor vehicles and motorcycles

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