Saudi business sector revenues rise 2.3% to SR5.63 trillion in 2025

Saudi Arabia's business sector saw a 2.3% increase in operating revenues to SR5.628 trillion in 2025, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The report, titled Structural Business Statistics 2025, revealed that manufacturing led operating revenues at 30.5%, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 18%, and mining and quarrying at 16.6%.

Construction contributed 9.2%, while financial and insurance activities and information and communication activities accounted for 4.8% and 4.5% respectively. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply saw the highest annual growth in operating revenues at 14.2%. Total operating expenditures rose by 4% to SR2.462 trillion, with manufacturing again leading at 40.1%.

Employee compensation grew by 6% to SR624.1 billion, with wages and salaries making up 84.8% of the total. Construction was the largest employer in the business sector at 22.6%, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 22.2% and manufacturing at 18.7%. The business sector's operating surplus was SR2.542 trillion, showing a slight decline of 0.1% from the previous year, with mining and quarrying leading at 30.1%.