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Saudi business revenues rose 2.3% to SR5.63 trillion in 2025
Saudi Arabia’s business sector operating revenue rose 2.3% to SR5.628 trillion in 2025, according to the General Authority for Statistics.
Manufacturing brought in the largest share, at 30.5%, followed by wholesale and retail trade and mining.
Construction and wholesale and retail trade employed 44.8% of workers in the business sector, making them the biggest sources of employment.
Employee compensation rose 6% to SR624.1 billion, while operating expenses increased 4% to SR2.462 trillion.
Investment in fixed assets reached SR992 billion, up 0.4%, while the sector’s operating surplus edged down 0.1% to SR2.542 trillion.
The figures show that the activities generating the most revenue were not always those employing the most people.
Saudi Arabia’s business sector operating revenues rose 2.3% to SR5.628 trillion in 2025, according to the General Authority for Statistics.
Manufacturing generated the largest share of operating revenues, at 30.5%.
Employee compensation increased 6% to SR624.1 billion, while operating expenditures rose 4% to SR2.462 trillion.
Construction and wholesale and retail trade together accounted for 44.8% of business sector employment.
Asharq Al-Awsat reported the revenue total as SR5.6 billion, differing from Saudi Gazette’s figure of SR5.628 trillion.
- Who
- Saudi Arabia’s business sector, as reported by the General Authority for Statistics.
- What
- Operating revenues increased 2.3% to SR5.628 trillion in 2025.
- When
- The figures cover 2025. The reports were published on October 29, 2026.
- Where
- Saudi Arabia.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Operating revenues
- SR5.628 trillion in 2025
- Annual revenue growth
- 2.3%
- Largest revenue share
- Manufacturing, 30.5%
- Employee compensation
- SR624.1 billion, up 6%
- Operating expenditures
- SR2.462 trillion, up 4%
- Employment share
- Construction and wholesale and retail trade, 44.8%
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