Global companies headquartered in Saudi
From 44 to 700+ in four years
محور Thriving Economy1 مصدراًآخر تحقّق 2026-05-16
ⓘ بعض الفقرات معروضة بالإنجليزيّة في انتظار الترجمة
المؤشّر الرئيسي
Multinational companies with regional HQs in Saudi Arabia
700+
End 202516× growth in four years. Saudi government contracts now require regional-HQ presence in the Kingdom from 2024 onward.
من بين الناشرين: AstroLabs
التتبّع الزمني · 4 نقاط بيانات
2021 ← 2025
مرّر فوق أي نقطة لرؤية الفترة والقيمة والمصدر الأوّلي.
القصّة
قبل
Most multinationals serving the Middle East ran their regional operations from Dubai. Riyadh — the largest market by population and GDP in the GCC — was rarely the regional decision center.
المبادرة
The Regional HQ Program offered companies a tax incentive package (30-year corporate income tax exemption) and a simplified setup track, paired with a clear policy that Saudi government contracts above a threshold would prefer companies headquartered in the Kingdom from 2024 onward.
النتيجة
By end-2025, more than 700 multinational companies had set up regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia, up from 44 in 2021. The target was exceeded.
للمواطنين
Regional HQ presence means senior corporate roles, supplier networks, and decision-making weight live in Saudi cities. Saudi professionals work at and around the C-suite, not three rungs below it in a Dubai office.
مؤشّرات داعمة
Regional HQs in kingdom
44 → 700+
2021 to 2025 — 16x growth in four years
Policy lever
Government-contract eligibility
major contracts require MENA HQ in the kingdom
Compounding effect
Local hiring, training, corporate tax
firms pay corporate income tax, hire and train Saudis, generate financial-services demand
Original baseline year
44 HQs
2021 starting point of the RHQ program
مكتبة الأدلّة · 1 مصدراً
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المبادرة: Regional Headquarters Program (Ministry of Investment + Royal Commission for Riyadh City). فئة الأثر على المواطن: Global companies, local jobs.