Saudi Gazette report
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s program to draw the regional headquarters of worldwide corporations has introduced in 616 companies by the primary quarter of 2025, Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosari stated on Wednesday.
The determine marks an increase from 571 corporations within the earlier quarter.
Talking at a press convention in Riyadh, Al-Dosari stated the Kingdom is actively boosting startup development and funding attraction, with business registrations reaching 1.7 million by mid-2025, up 13% year-on-year.
Citing the 2025 World Startup Ecosystem Report, he stated Saudi Arabia’s international rating in entrepreneurship assist jumped 60 locations to twenty third, and 5 Saudi companies are poised to grow to be unicorns. The Saudi Enterprise Middle and its on-line platform have delivered over 10 million companies.
Within the industrial sector, the variety of factories has grown from 7,200 earlier than Imaginative and prescient 2030 to 12,500 by mid-2025, whereas industrial funding has climbed from SR955 billion to SR1.2 trillion.
Non-oil exports surged from SR178 billion to SR607 billion, with Saudi merchandise now reaching greater than 180 nations. The “Made in Saudi” program has unlocked greater than 3,000 export alternatives.
The Saudi Industrial Improvement Fund issued SR4.5 billion in loans within the first half of the 12 months, whereas the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Expertise Zones established round 2,200 ready-built factories to assist traders and entrepreneurs.
In mining, Saudi Arabia superior from 104th to twenty third within the international mining funding attractiveness index, with over 2,400 legitimate mining licenses issued by mid-2025.
Al-Dosari additionally highlighted well being sector achievements, together with Jeddah’s recognition because the Center East’s first “wholesome metropolis” of over a million residents by the World Well being Group, and the inclusion of seven Saudi hospitals within the 2025 international high 200 record. “Within the Kingdom, well being is not only a sector however an funding in folks and high quality of life,” he stated.
He introduced that the Ministry of Media and Ministry of Training will launch a Media Scholarship Program to coach Saudi college students at main universities and firms worldwide, with particulars to be revealed later.