{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025","event_date":"2026-04-07","published":"2026-10-03","category":"ai","importance":1,"title":{"en":"Saudi AI company registrations reach 19,638 in 2025, up 240% since 2021","ar":"تسجيلات شركات الذكاء الاصطناعي في السعودية تبلغ 19,638 في 2025 بنمو 240 في المائة منذ 2021"},"summary":{"en":"The Ministry of Commerce's Q1 2026 business-sector bulletin, reported on 7-8 April 2026, showed commercial registrations in the AI sector at 19,638 in 2025, up about 240% from 5,762 in 2021. The series was roughly 7,262 in 2022, 10,366 in 2023 and 14,585 in 2024, with more than 5,000 new registrations in 2025 alone. Registrations measure legal entities, not operational AI capability.","ar":"أظهرت نشرة قطاع الأعمال للربع الأول من 2026 الصادرة عن وزارة التجارة، التي نُشرت في 7-8 أبريل 2026، أن السجلات التجارية في قطاع الذكاء الاصطناعي بلغت 19,638 سجلاً في 2025 بنمو نحو 240 في المائة عن 5,762 سجلاً في 2021. وكانت الأعداد نحو 7,262 في 2022، و10,366 في 2023، و14,585 في 2024، مع تسجيل أكثر من 5,000 سجل جديد في 2025 وحدها. وتقيس السجلات الكيانات القانونية وليس القدرة التشغيلية في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي."},"entities":["Ministry of Commerce"],"figures":[{"label":"AI-sector registrations 2025","label_ar":"سجلات قطاع الذكاء الاصطناعي 2025","value":19638,"unit":"count"},{"label":"registrations 2021","label_ar":"السجلات في 2021","value":5762,"unit":"count"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.middleeastainews.com/p/saudi-ai-company-registrations-triple","publisher":"Middle East AI News","title":"Saudi AI company registrations triple in four years","published":"2026-04-07"},{"url":"https://sharikatmubasher.com/media-hub/news/21543490/saudi-ai-sector-sees-240-growth-in-commercial-registrations-in-q1-2026","publisher":"Sharikat Mubasher","title":"Saudi AI sector sees 240% growth in commercial registrations in Q1 2026","published":"2026-04-08"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/saudi-ai-company-registrations-2025.jpg"}}