Ministry of Commerce
This service enables the investor to start operating the commercial activity and establish a “Simplified Stock Company” by a juridical or natural person or more, and its capital is divided into negotiable shares, the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies shall apply to them unless a specific provision is mentioned therein, and through the service, the following is done:
The existence of a legal document in case one of the partners is a government entity, non-governmental organization, charity committee, or waqf, to authorize him to establish a company or participate in a company.
The existence of a license from the Saudi Central Bank in case the activity required that.
- A valid professional license must be held by the entities and individual professionals establishing the company.
- The existence of at least one licensee among the shareholders for each profession related to the practice of the professional company's activities.
- The percentage of licensed Saudi shareholders must be at least 25% if the company is mixed.
- The percentage of licensed shareholders must be at least 70% of the company's capital shares.