Saudi Arabia sees 273 million point-of-sale transactions in a week, topping SAR 16 billion

Point-of-sale transactions in Saudi Arabia totaled 273,924,000, with a value of SAR 16,507,357,000, during the week from September 27 to October 3, 2026. This compares to SAR 13,372,850,000 in the same period of the previous week.

According to the Saudi Central Bank's weekly point-of-sale bulletin, the number of transactions in the transport sector reached 8,256,000, valued at SAR 1,210,071,000. Healthcare recorded 11,599,000 transactions worth SAR 1,085,263,000. Restaurants and cafes saw 64,348,000 transactions totaling SAR 1,893,522,000. Bakeries and confectioneries had 6,857,000 transactions valued at SAR 286,759,000, while hotels recorded 852,000 transactions worth SAR 280,547,000. Food and beverage transactions reached 63,657,000, amounting to SAR 2,979,823,000. Clothing and accessories accounted for 11,383,000 transactions worth SAR 1,305,579,000, and the culture and entertainment sector saw 4,623,000 transactions totaling SAR 441,866,000.

Professional and commercial services recorded 16,751,000 transactions valued at SAR 905,642,000. Electronics and electrical appliances saw 2,401,000 transactions worth SAR 229,619,000. Furniture and home supplies accounted for 3,145,000 transactions totaling SAR 589,510,000. Building materials and construction recorded 3,470,000 transactions worth SAR 461,616,000. Jewelry saw 447,000 transactions valued at SAR 489,785,000. Telecommunications recorded 6,207,000 transactions worth SAR 278,690,000, and education registered 234,000 transactions totaling SAR 212,565,000.

Utilities and public services saw 1,076,000 transactions valued at SAR 73,362,000. Fuel stations recorded 19,838,000 transactions worth SAR 1,152,512,000. Laundry services saw 3,480,000 transactions valued at SAR 73,691,000. Other transactions totaled 45,301,000, amounting to SAR 2,556,934,000.

By city, Riyadh led with 90,012,000 point-of-sale transactions worth SAR 5,623,825,000. Makkah recorded 10,449,000 transactions valued at SAR 634,702,000, while Madinah saw 10,338,000 transactions worth SAR 630,668,000.

Tabuk recorded 5,514,000 transactions valued at SAR 316,816,000. Hail saw 4,847,000 transactions worth SAR 280,220,000. Abha recorded 3,431,000 transactions valued at SAR 198,565,000, and Buraidah saw 6,035,000 transactions totaling SAR 413,919,000.

In Alkhobar, there were 5,347,000 transactions worth SAR 448,773,000. Dammam recorded 10,718,000 transactions valued at SAR 795,335,000. Jeddah saw 30,169,000 transactions worth SAR 2,126,149,000, while other cities accounted for 29,865,000 transactions totaling SAR 1,285,652,000.