Saudi Arabia records 255 million point-of-sale transactions in a week, totaling SAR 15.8 billion
Saudi Arabia saw over 255 million point-of-sale transactions worth SAR 15.8 billion in one week, according to data from the Saudi Central Bank.
Saudi Arabia experienced a record-breaking week in point-of-sale transactions, with 255,384,000 transactions totaling SAR 15.8 billion, according to the Saudi Central Bank. The week-long data, from August 23 to 29, 2026, revealed that restaurants and cafes topped the charts with 59,663,000 transactions valued at SAR 1.78 billion, followed by the food and beverages sector with 59,134,000 transactions worth SAR 2.59 billion.
The transport sector came in third with 7,401,000 transactions amounting to SAR 1.13 billion. Riyadh led the cities in both transaction volume and value, with 83,537,000 transactions totaling SAR 5.5 billion. Jeddah and Dammam followed with significant numbers of transactions: 28,191,000 transactions worth SAR 2.11 billion for Jeddah, and 9,977,000 transactions at SAR 764.04 million for Dammam.
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