Commercial Registration in Saudi Arabia is the official record of your entity, issued at the Ministry of Commerce for SAR 1,200 for an LLC plus SAR 500 publication and 15% VAT. The Ministry of Commerce lists the service as immediate, so the CR is issued once the transaction is completed and the fees are paid. Once it is issued, mandatory first-week deadlines begin for ZATCA, Qiwa, and the bank account.
We prepare and follow up your commercial registration with a precise activity, and coordinate the operational-readiness registrations that follow.
Cost & Timeline
The CR is the outcome of forming a company or establishment. Its fee is small; the value is in getting the activity right.
The commercial registration fee depends on the company form: SAR 1,000 for a general or limited partnership, SAR 1,200 for an LLC, and SAR 1,600 for a joint-stock or simplified joint-stock company — each plus SAR 500 for publication and 15% VAT.
The Ministry of Commerce lists the service as immediate: the CR is issued once the transaction is completed and the fees are paid, when the trade name, business activity, and documents are aligned and consistent.
The CR is issued as the result of forming an LLC, single-person company, or establishment — not as a standalone step.
The First Week
The moment the commercial registration is issued, mandatory deadlines begin: activate ZATCA, open the Qiwa file, register the national address, and open the company bank account. This is the operational-readiness stage that follows legal formation.
Confirm the CR details and begin platform activation immediately.
Complete ZATCA, Qiwa, national address, and bank account.
Complete municipality and any regulator licensing for your activity.
Business Activity
The activity on your CR defines what you can offer to clients and government entities. Getting it right is more important than the fee.
An activity that is too narrow restricts what you can contract for and may require an amendment later.
An activity that is too broad without the matching licenses exposes you to compliance violations.
Confirm the activity is available on the Ministry of Commerce platform and aligned with any regulatory license before reserving the name.
The overall path, the steps, and Etimad registration that the CR enables.
Entity types, cost, and the full setup path.
The four steps from decision to commercial registration.
The CR is the first of the five documents for supplier registration.
The full regulatory requirements the CR activity and entity must satisfy.
The official fees and what changes the total setup cost.
Direct answers on cost, time, the first week, and the activity.
The commercial registration fee depends on the company form: SAR 1,000 for a general or limited partnership, SAR 1,200 for an LLC, and SAR 1,600 for a joint-stock or simplified joint-stock company — each plus SAR 500 for publication and 15% VAT.
The Ministry of Commerce lists the company-establishment service as immediate: the commercial registration is issued once the transaction is completed and the fees are paid, provided the trade name, business activity, and documents are aligned.
Withlink the entity to ZATCA, open the Qiwa file, register with GOSI, register the national address, and open the company bank account. This is the operational-readiness stage that follows the commercial registration.
The registered activity determines what you can offer to clients and government entities. Too narrow restricts your scope; too broad without the right licenses creates compliance exposure. Verify it before reserving the name.
The commercial registration is the official record of the entity, issued as the outcome of forming a company or establishment. The CR proves the entity exists; the legal structure decided at formation defines liability and ownership.
The commercial registration certificate is the official document, issued from the Saudi commercial register at the Ministry of Commerce, that proves your entity legally exists and may trade. It carries the CR number, the registered business activity, the entity type, and the owners or partners. Whenever a bank, supplier, or government platform asks for proof of your business in Saudi Arabia, they mean this commercial registration certificate. The Ministry of Commerce lists the company-establishment service as immediate, so it is issued once the transaction is completed and the official fees are paid.
CR Assessment
A focused session to set the activity, issue the commercial registration, and complete the mandatory first-week activations.
