Saudi manufacturing registrations rise 18% as industrial activity expands

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s manufacturing sector recorded an annual 18 percent increase in business registrations by the end of the third quarter of 2026, reaching 255,188 as the Kingdom expanded its industrial and mining base.

The number increased from 215,697 during the same period of 2025, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

Registrations in mining and quarrying also grew, rising 13 percent to 12,831 from 11,263, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The figures measure active commercial registrations in the specified business activities, but do not represent the number of factories that began production during the period or the volume of industrial output.