Point-of-sale transactions
How many purchases were made on a mada card in a month..
About 36 million card purchases a day.
Definition
All electronic payments made through the mada network each month, across every shop and retail outlet in the Kingdom..
Business brokerage
The fastest and sharpest read on daily spending and on what consumers are doing right now in retail, hospitality and restaurants..
Reading the path
Shown: the last 120 readings. the published series runs longer: 379 readings starting January 1995.
Up by 87.2 million transactions against June 2026, and holding above its annual average of 1,023.4 million transactions.
The last 12 periodic readings
| Period | Value (million transactions) | Periodic change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 1,096.4 | ▲ 87.2 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,009.2 | ▼ 94.7 |
| May 2026 | 1,103.9 | ▲ 63.3 |
| Apr 2026 | 1,040.6 | ▲ 43.4 |
| Mar 2026 | 997.2 | ▲ 57.9 |
| Feb 2026 | 939.3 | ▼ 106.7 |
| Jan 2026 | 1,046.0 | ▲ 23.6 |
| Dec 2025 | 1,022.4 | ▲ 24.1 |
| Nov 2025 | 998.3 | ▼ 39.2 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,037.5 | ▲ 51.1 |
| Sep 2025 | 986.4 | ▼ 17.7 |
| Aug 2025 | 1,004.1 | ▲ 19.2 |
Source record
Official data retrieved automatically from Saudi Central Bank, and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.