Riyal Business
Saudi business and market data across sectors, enterprises, and capital flows.
Saudi business and market data across sectors, enterprises, and capital flows.
Market brief
26 Sep 2026أغلق مؤشر تاسي العام عند 10,598.88 نقطة بتراجع 0.77%، وبلغ خام برنت 97.47 دولاراً للبرميل (−8.56%)، وجرام الذهب 514.80 ريالاً (−0.33%).The Saudi index closed at 10,598.88, down 0.77%, Brent stood at $97.47 a barrel (−8.56%), a gram of gold was SAR 514.80 (−0.33%).
تراجع إنفاق نقاط البيع بنسبة 6.3% خلال الأسبوع ليبلغ 12.9 مليار ريال؛ واتسع نطاق التراجع، إذ اقتصر الارتفاع على 5 أنشطة من أصل 19 تشكل مجتمعة 12% من إنفاق الأسبوع السابق.Point-of-sale spending fell 6.3% over the week to SAR 12.9 billion. The fall is broad: the rise was confined to 5 of 19 activities, together 12% of the previous week's spending.
شمل التراجع كافة المدن الـ60 المرصودة، وكان الأطعمة والمشروبات الأكثر أثراً بمساهمة سالبة بلغت 1.49 نقطة مئوية من إجمالي التغير.The fall covered all 60 cities tracked, and Food & Beverages weighed most, contributing −1.49 percentage points of the total change.
انكمش الناتج المحلي الإجمالي الحقيقي بنسبة 5.8% على أساس سنوي بضغط رئيسي من التعدين (4.48 نقطة مئوية سالبة)، مقابل استمرار نمو القطاع غير النفطي بنسبة 0.85%.Real GDP contracted 5.8% year on year, driven mainly by Mining (−4.48 percentage points). Non-oil activities continued to grow 0.85%.
ارتفعت ودائع القطاع المصرفي إلى 3.11 تريليون ريال بنهاية يوليو 2026 محققةً نمواً سنوياً قدره 8.6%، بالتزامن مع نمو المعروض النقدي بنسبة 8.2% واستقرار معدل الريبو عند 4.25%.Banking-sector deposits rose to SAR 3.11 trillion at end-Jul 2026, an annual gain of 8.6%, alongside 8.2% growth in the money supply and the repo rate steady at 4.25%.
بلغ إجمالي المنشآت النشطة 1,837,685 منشأة في الربع الثاني من 2026، منها 63,562 منشأة حديثة التأسيس خلال الربع، مع طرح 191 منافسة وعملية شراء حكومية معلنة.Active enterprises totalled 1,837,685 in Q2 2026, of which 63,562 were newly registered during the quarter, with 191 government tenders and direct purchases currently open.
Consumer demandShow all
Weekly point-of-sale sales across economic activities, and each activity's weight in the week's total. week 13–19 Sep 2026
يقل إنفاق الأسبوع الحالي بنسبة 11.4% عن متوسط الأسابيع الأربعة الماضية. تنويه: يستحوذ بند «أنشطة أخرى» غير المصنفة على 14.9% من إجمالي العمليات؛ وتدخل قيمته ضمن الإجمالي العام لاحتساب الأوزان النسبية مع استبعاده من جدول الترتيب القطاعي.Weekly spending is 11.4% below the four-week moving average. Note: unclassified activities account for 14.9% of total point-of-sale turnover; their value is included in the totals used for weighting and excluded from the sector ranking.
Each box is a week ending on the date shown; the bars are relative, for comparing the periods, and do not start at zero. A week tagged «28–4» contains days 28–4 of the month — the days on which spending is consistently higher in our own series, by +12% against an ordinary week.
Each box is one month: monthly point-of-sale sales, the last twelve published months.
The upper bar is the current week; the thin bar under it is the previous week. · Source: Saudi Central Bank, weekly point-of-sale operations ↗
Cities by spendingShow all
A geographic reading of point-of-sale sales across the Kingdom's cities over a single week. week 13–19 Sep 2026
تستأثر الرياض بحصة 36.1% من إجمالي الإنفاق الأسبوعي في المملكة، وسط انخفاض عام شمل كافة المدن خلال هذا الأسبوع.Riyadh accounts for 36.1% of the Kingdom's weekly point-of-sale spending, amid a decline covering every city this week.
The upper bar is the current week; the thin bar under it is the previous week. The denominator is total national spending, including what falls outside the named cities. · Source: Saudi Central Bank, weekly point-of-sale operations ↗
Sectors by outputShow all
Value added by economic activity at constant prices, each sector's share of output, and its growth on the matching quarter. Q2 2026
تمثل القطاعات الآخذة في النمو 51.7% من الناتج المحلي، في حين قاد التعدين التراجع بمساهمة سالبة بلغت 4.48 نقطة مئوية.Sectors in growth make up 51.7% of output, while Mining led the decline with a negative contribution of 4.48 percentage points.
Each box is one quarter: real output, summed across the published categories, the last eight quarters.
Output is published in eleven categories that together cover the whole economy, and seven ISIC sections do not appear in it on their own — so some categories hold more than their name says. Those are marked «aggregated category». · Source: GASTAT, national accounts ↗
Money flowsShow all
How liquidity and credit are distributed across the banking system: deposits, sector financing books, the money supply and the benchmark rates. Jul 2026
الائتمان المصرفي للأنشطة الاقتصادية 3.43 تريليون ريال، أعلى بـ6.8% عن السنة الماضية، وأكبر قطاع مقترض الخدمات الأخرى.Bank credit to economic activities is SAR 3.43 trillion, 6.8% above a year earlier, and the largest borrowing sector is Other services.
Credit outstanding is what the sector still owes at month end, not what it borrowed during it. · Source: Saudi Central Bank, bank credit by sector ↗
EnterprisesShow all
Active enterprises distributed across economic activities, and how many were registered during the quarter. Q2 2026
1,837,685 منشأة نشطة في الربع الثاني من 2026، سجّل منها 63,562 في الربع نفسه، وأكبر نشاط بالعدد تشييد المباني بـ255,048 منشأة.1,837,685 active enterprises in Q2 2026, 63,562 of them registered in that quarter, and the largest activity by count is construction of buildings with 255,048.
Activities as the open-data portal classifies them, covering every size of enterprise. Records whose activity is not yet classified are counted in the total and excluded from the sector ranking. · Source: GASTAT
Top free apps todayShow all
The free-app ranking in the Saudi Apple App Store, read this morning. 2026-09-26
تصدّر Ninja - نينجا وتيرة الصعود اليومي بتقدمه إلى المرتبة 9، مع احتفاظ 8 من 10 تطبيقات بمواقعها ضمن العشرة الأوائل.Ninja - نينجا led the day's climbers, advancing to number 9, with 8 of 10 apps holding their place in the top ten.
Wareed Labs | مختبرات وريدWareed Health Company—Unchanged2
barqBarraq Finance Company▲ 2Previous rank: 43
ChatGPTOpenAI OpCo, LLC—Unchanged4
Google GeminiGoogle▲ 1Previous rank: 55
CarTV - M3U IPTV Player & CastLyntra Technology Ltd▲ 1Previous rank: 66
Keeta - Food DeliveryKangaroo Limited▲ 1Previous rank: 77
Tamara | Own your DreamTamara FZE▲ 4Previous rank: 118
Hudhud: Accurate KSA MapsHudhud Information Technology Company—Unchanged9
Ninja - نينجاTECH-ADVANCE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO▲ 6Previous rank: 1510
Mamola | مامولاORDER LLC▼ 8Previous rank: 2Rank movement is computed by comparing today's reading with Riyal Business's own archive of the previous day, since the store publishes only the current ranking. · Source: Apple App Store (Saudi Arabia)
Biggest rises and falls in spendingShow all
The activities that grew and contracted most in point-of-sale value, against the previous week. week 13–19 Sep 2026
أكبر أثر مفرد في تغير الأسبوع من الأطعمة والمشروبات: خصم 1.49 نقطة مئوية من 6.3% الإجمالية.The largest single effect on the week came from Food & Beverages, which took 1.49 pp off the total 6.3%.
Biggest risers
Biggest fallers
The share-weighted diffusion index measures the share of the previous period's total spending held by the activities that rose; above 50% the move is market-wide rather than confined to individual activities. Both lists are limited to activities selling more than fifty million riyals a week. · Source: Saudi Central Bank, weekly point-of-sale operations ↗
Macroeconomic indicatorsShow all
The latest official reading published for each indicator, the reading before it, and the difference.
| Indicator | Latest reading | Previous reading | Change | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth, non-oil activities | 0.85 % | 2.78 | ▼ 1.93 | Q2 2026 |
| Nominal GDP | 1,195 billion riyals | 1,206 | ▼ 11 | Q2 2026 |
| Consumer price inflation, year on year | 1.82 % | 1.83 | ▼ 0.01 | Aug 2026 |
| Consumer price index | 106 index points | 106 | — | Aug 2026 |
| Producer price index | 108 index points | 111 | ▼ 3 | Jul 2026 |
| Construction cost index | 104 index points | 104 | — | Aug 2026 |
| Employment-to-population ratio | 65.12 % | 65.05 | ▲ 0.07 | Q1 2026 |
| Merchandise exports | 87.76 billion riyals | 96.66 | ▼ 8.90 | Jun 2026 |
| Merchandise imports | 70.45 billion riyals | 74.79 | ▼ 4.35 | Jun 2026 |
| Merchandise trade balance | 17.31 billion riyals | 21.86 | ▼ 4.55 | Jun 2026 |
| Current account | 15.43 billion riyals | -30.88 | ▲ 46.31 | Q1 2026 |
| Workers' remittances sent abroad | 64.84 billion riyals | 58.04 | ▲ 6.80 | Q1 2026 |
· Source: GASTAT and the Saudi Central Bank
Latest published on EtimadShow all
Open competitions and direct purchases announced by government bodies, under each one's registered name.
86 من 191 منافسة تغلق خلال سبعة أيام، وأكثر الجهات طرحاً الهيئة السعودية للمياه بـ24 منها.86 of 191 tenders close within seven days, and the most active body is Saudi Water Authority with 24 of them.
The booklet fee is a rough size indicator only; Etimad does not publish the contract value. · Source: Etimad ↗
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