Administrative regions and cities
The workforce, card sales, property indicators and inflation across the Kingdom's administrative regions.
Administrative regions
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Register-based employment follows the enterprise's registered head office, which concentrates the workforce in the regions where head offices sit, such as Riyadh.
Riyadh7,160,291 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 8.6 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionEastern Province2,462,555 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 5.1 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionMakkah2,199,808 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 8.0 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionAl-Qassim458,118 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 1.3 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionAl-Madinah416,947 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 2.1 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionAseer379,136 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 2.0 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionJazan189,724 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 1.4 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: Wholesale and retail tradeHail175,789 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.7 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionNajran171,678 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.6 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionTabuk147,021 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.9 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionAl-Jouf85,350 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.6 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionNorthern Borders56,878 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.4 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: ConstructionAl-Baha43,898 workersregistered in Q1 2026Population 0.3 million · 2022 censusLargest activity: Wholesale and retail trade
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Card spending by city
| City | Sales (SAR billion) | Share | Year-on-year change | Payment terminals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh | 21.18 | 49% | ▲ 10.2% | 791,376 |
| Jeddah | 8.41 | 19% | ▲ 6.5% | 254,049 |
| Dammam | 3.05 | 7% | ▲ 7.9% | 85,178 |
| Al-Madinah | 2.15 | 5% | ▲ 4.1% | 76,907 |
| Makkah | 2.08 | 5% | ▲ 3.0% | 77,022 |
| Buraidah | 1.41 | 3% | ▲ 9.1% | 48,264 |
| Tabuk | 1.15 | 3% | ▲ 1.7% | 40,360 |
| Hail | 0.95 | 2% | ▲ 5.0% | 39,565 |
| Abha | 0.76 | 2% | ▲ 3.5% | 28,223 |
| Jazan | 0.70 | 2% | ▲ 4.1% | 26,929 |
| Najran | 0.63 | 1% | ▲ 5.2% | 28,273 |
| Sakaka | 0.37 | 1% | ▲ 2.1% | 14,262 |
| Ar'ar | 0.27 | 1% | ▼ 0.5% | 11,379 |
| Al-Baha | 0.24 | 1% | ▼ 0.7% | 10,103 |
Point-of-sale sales for May 2025, the newest reading published at city level. Source: Saudi Central Bank, point-of-sale transactions by city ↗.