# Saudi AI business registrations rose 31% in a year, ministry says

> Saudi Arabia’s Commerce Ministry said registrations for AI activities exceeded 24,000 in the third quarter of 2026.

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- Published: 2026-10-15T16:53:09+00:00
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Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Commerce published its third-quarter business bulletin on October 12. It said commercial registrations for artificial-intelligence activities rose 31% year on year to more than 24,000; cloud-computing registrations grew 35% to more than 7,000, and cybersecurity registrations rose 22% to more than 11,000.

The ministry also reported more than 50,000 commercial registrations issued during the quarter and 1.2 million establishments after 10% growth over five years. These are ministry registry counts, not measures of revenue, active firms or AI adoption.

## Data

### Q3 commercial-registration indicators

Counts and annual changes reported by the Commerce Ministry for Q3 2026.

Methodology: “More than” is represented as a lower bound; percentage changes are year-on-year as stated in the bulletin.

| label | value | unit | period | basis | value_qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI-activity registrations | 24000 | count | 2026-09-30 | observed | lower-bound |
| AI registrations annual change | 31 | percent | 2026-09-30 | observed | exact |
| Cloud-computing registrations | 7000 | count | 2026-09-30 | observed | lower-bound |
| Cybersecurity registrations | 11000 | count | 2026-09-30 | observed | lower-bound |

Sources: <https://mc.gov.sa/ar/mediacenter/News/Pages/12-10-26-01.aspx> · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-q3-ai-cloud-cyber-business-registrations-2026/data/saudi-q3-emerging-sector-registration-counts?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/saudi-q3-ai-cloud-cyber-business-registrations-2026/data/saudi-q3-emerging-sector-registration-counts?lang=en&format=csv)

## Sources

- [Saudi Ministry of Commerce](<https://mc.gov.sa/ar/mediacenter/News/Pages/12-10-26-01.aspx>) (Source checked: 2026-10-15; Published: 2026-10-12)

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