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Najran Region

The workforce by activity, consumer spending, property indicators and inflation in Najran Region.

Registered workersQ2 2026
169,905▲ 2.2% year on year
Population2022 census
0.59 millionSaudi share 67%
Point-of-sale sales in the main citiesMay 2025
0.63 billion riyals≈ 168.7 million dollars
Property price indexQ3 2026
99.9 index points2023 prices = 100▼ 1.5% year on year

Workers by activity · Q2 2026

ActivityWorkersof the region's workersof this activity's workers nationally
Construction50,10329.5%1.5%
Manufacturing21,59912.7%1.5%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles21,16912.5%1.2%
Administrative and support service activities15,6909.2%1.0%
Transportation and storage14,2238.4%1.7%
Public administration and defence8,6595.1%2.8%
Accommodation and food service activities8,1144.8%1.1%
Human health and social work activities4,7802.8%1.0%
Other service activities4,5062.7%1.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing2,6021.5%1.1%
Education1,9501.1%0.6%
Mining and quarrying1,7841.0%0.9%
Professional, scientific and technical activities1,4370.8%0.5%
Real estate activities6390.4%0.8%
Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation6070.4%0.6%
Arts, entertainment and recreation4600.3%0.9%
Information and communication1820.1%0.1%
Financial and insurance activities410.0%0.0%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply370.0%0.1%
Workers registered with social insurance and the civil service.Read more

The last column is the region's share of everyone working in that activity nationally. Register-based employment follows the enterprise's registered head office, which concentrates the workforce in head-office regions such as Riyadh. Source: GASTAT, workers by administrative region and economic activity.

Card spending in Najran

0.63billion riyalsMay 2025
00.20.40.60.8
Dec 2015May 2025

Point-of-sale sales by month; May 2025 is the last month published at this level of detail. Source: Saudi Central Bank, point-of-sale transactions by city.

Property price index

99.9index pointsQ3 2026
8090100110
Q1 2021Q3 2026
2023 prices = 100 points, and each point of difference is 1%, so a reading of 99.9 means property in the region is about 0.1% below 2023 prices.Read more

A quarterly index covering residential, commercial and agricultural property. The base year is a reference point the authority picks and resets every few years; it does not mean that year's prices were a benchmark. Source: GASTAT, real estate price index.

Consumer price inflation, year on year

2.0%Sep 2026
-1001020
Jan 2013Sep 2026

Source: GASTAT, inflation by region.

Tourist accommodation occupancy rate

TypeDec 2024the same month in 2023
Hotels41%39%
Apartments and other57%53%

Occupancy at tourist accommodation: units occupied against the capacity available. Source: Ministry of Tourism, occupancy rate.

New commercial registrations by sole traders

5,911.0registrationsin 2022
02,0004,0006,000
in 2005in 2022
New commercial registrations by sole traders issued in the region during the year.Read more

In 2022, the last year the source published, 5,911 were issued. Source: Saudi Central Bank, new commercial registrations.

Bank branches operating in the region: 27 at the end of Q3 2026. Source: Saudi Central Bank, bank branches.

Cities in the region

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