What the government charges, and how long it says it takes.
The official fee and published service time for each step, read from the issuing authority’s own pages. Our own fees are not on this page: government fees are always passed through at cost, on a separate line.
Forming the company
| Step | Authority | Official fee (SAR) | Published service time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment registration | Ministry of Investment | Set by the ministry on approval; no schedule is published. Payable within 15 business days. | 10 working days from a complete file |
| Annual update of the registration | Ministry of Investment | Set by the ministry | 5 working days |
| Trade name reservation | Ministry of Commerce | 200 (Arabic name) · 500 (English name). Held 60 days. | Up to 10 days |
| Extending the reservation | Ministry of Commerce | 100 | Immediate |
| Incorporation: limited liability company | Ministry of Commerce | 1,200 + 500 publication + VAT | Within 72 hours |
| Incorporation: joint-stock or simplified joint-stock | Ministry of Commerce | 1,600 + 500 publication + VAT | Within 72 hours |
| Annual confirmation of the commercial registration | Ministry of Commerce | 1,200 (LLC) · 1,600 (joint-stock) | Immediate |
| Amending the articles of association | Ministry of Commerce | 1,500 + 100 + VAT | Immediate |
| Beneficial-owner disclosure and updates | Ministry of Commerce | Free | Immediate |
| Chamber of commerce membership | Regional chamber | Free for the first three years | Instant |
| National address | Saudi Post | Free in the first year, then 1,000 a year for a company | — |
| Commercial agency registration (distributor route) | Ministry of Commerce | 500 | 1 day |
| Municipal licence for premises | Municipality (Balady) | Calculated by activity, area and location; civil defence billed separately | 10 days |
People
| Item | Official fee (SAR) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Work permit, per expatriate | 100 a year | Paid with the levy, quarterly or yearly |
| Expatriate levy | 700 a month for expatriates up to the number of Saudis; 800 for those beyond | Abolished for licensed industrial facilities (17 December 2025) |
| Senior-profession visa and residence permit | — | 1 working day each at MISA’s one-stop centres |
| Premium Residency products | 4,000 one-off | Holders are exempt from the levy and the dependants fee |
Reported but not confirmed on an official page: work visa SAR 2,000, residence permit SAR 650 a year, dependants SAR 400 a month each. We confirm them on the platform before quoting.
Documents and trademarks
| Item | Official fee (SAR) | Service time |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation | 30 per document | 1 working day at the one-stop centres |
| Apostille in your own country | Your authority’s fee | Varies; e-apostilles in the UK, France, Spain, Korea and others |
| Trademark registration (SAIP) | 1,000 application + 500 publication + 5,000 registration | 90 days, then 60 days for opposition |
| Saudi Council of Engineers, non-Saudi engineer | 500 once + 250 a year | — |
What no one can honestly publish
There is no official end-to-end timeline. Each step above has its own published service time; the whole route also depends on your country’s apostille or legalisation, the bank’s review, the general manager’s visa and residence permit, and any sector licence. A total quoted in days is an estimate: ask what it assumes.
On the MISA fee: since the Investment Law took effect on 12 February 2025, MISA sets the registration fee on approval. Figures such as SAR 2,000 a year plus a SAR 10,000 or 60,000 services subscription describe the licence regime that ended then.
See it for your company.
The readiness check applies these rules to your country, activity and plans, and names the longest pole in your file. No email.
Sources: mc.gov.sa service cards 1, 2, 20, 34, 41, 82, 99 · misa.gov.sa Investor Guide (13th ed., 2026) and Investment Law Implementing Regulations · hrsd.gov.sa levy rules · spa.gov.sa (industrial levy, 17 Dec 2025) · splonline.com.sa · balady.gov.sa · ratification.mofa.gov.sa · saip.gov.sa · saudieng.sa · pr.gov.sa