The report highlighted key sector developments, with e-commerce data reaching 39,366.
Youth owned 38 per cent of complete SME data, whereas ladies owned 47 per cent, underlining their rising management function in entrepreneurship.
Saudi entrepreneur hotspots
Riyadh Area topped new registrations with 28,181 data (35.2 per cent). Makkah adopted with 14,498 data (18.1 per cent), Jap Area with 12,985 data (16.2 per cent), Qassim with 4,920 (6.2 per cent), whereas the remaining areas accounted for 19,416 data (24.3 per cent).
Minister of Schooling Yousef Al-Benyan opened the report by confirming that funding alternatives within the schooling sector are estimated at greater than SR50bn ($13.3bn) by 2030.
He famous that SMEs make up about 98 per cent of instructional institutions, with ladies proudly owning 39.4 per cent of them.
SME enablement packages additionally continued to broaden. In Q2 2025, 3,175 SMEs benefited from the Tomoh Program, with many later listed on the parallel market (Nomu).
The Kafalah Program, launched in 2006 to assist SMEs and entrepreneurs, has now delivered SR121bn ($32.3bn) value of merchandise and initiatives by the tip of Q2 2025.
Ensures supplied underneath this system exceeded SR86.8bn ($23.2bn), supporting 26,095 institutions by means of 12 financing packages.
Saudi startups raised SR3.225bn ($862m) throughout 114 offers in H1 2025.
This represents 116 per cent annual development in deal worth and 31 per cent development in deal quantity, accounting for 56 per cent of all enterprise capital funding within the Center East and North Africa.
Complete funding is projected to exceed SR3.75bn ($1bn) by the tip of 2025.
The report additionally underlined Riyadh’s function as a pivotal financial hub, contributing round 50 per cent of the Kingdom’s non-oil GDP.
Greater than 600 worldwide firms have established regional headquarters in Riyadh underneath the federal government’s headquarters program.
The SME Monitor confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s non-public sector continues to ship robust efficiency, supported by non-oil investments and sustained financial exercise.
Monsha’at initiatives — together with the Monsha’at Academy, Mazaya Platform, and innovation centres — have supported tens of 1000’s of entrepreneurs.
The SME Monitor report types a part of a quarterly collection aimed toward offering traders, policymakers, and entrepreneurs with correct information and insights on Saudi Arabia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and its future prospects.
