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Assessment note

The opportunity

Saudi Arabia is the largest projects market in the Middle East and North Africa.

Under waya vast portfolio of live projectswith more still in preparation across the Kingdom
735 billion SARnew major project awards, 2025signed contracts, not announced intentions
118.3 billion SARnet foreign direct investment inflows, 2025the four quarters as published by GASTAT
700+licensed regional headquartersthe 2030 target of 500 passed ahead of schedule
55%of real GDP is non-oil activityexcluding government activities
4.79 trillion SARGDP — the largest Arab economyand the Public Investment Fund manages SAR 3.4 trillion in assets

Why invest in Saudi Arabia?

Scale of demandThe largest Arab economy and the region's biggest project pipeline — demand that is live and funded, not forecast.
A new investment lawIt guarantees equal treatment between domestic and foreign investors and replaces licensing with registration.
Regional headquarters incentivesA thirty-year tax relief package on RHQ income, plus preference in government contracting.
Full foreign ownershipPermitted across most activities with no mandatory local partner — which alone changes the entry maths.
Location and infrastructureA crossroads of three continents, ports on both the Red Sea and the Gulf, and special economic zones with customs and tax incentives.
Local content preferenceGovernment procurement favours local content — and manufacturing inside the Kingdom opens that door.

Figures come from official published sources and are kept up to date; full citations are given in the initial assessment note.

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