Company Formation for Foreign Investors
We advise you and execute on the ground, from your MISA investment registration to a company operating from day one, with a written guarantee to redo, at our cost, any transaction rejected because of our error.
An entry blueprint built on real numbers, not estimates.
A fully licensed Saudi entity ready to operate.
Office, team, systems, and operations from day one.
The price you see is our professional fee only. Government fees are not included — they are added on top and paid to the authorities at actual cost, with zero markup. Prices in SAR, excluding VAT.
Advisory — no government fees apply
Excluding 15% VAT
An execution-ready entry document + a living financial model you own
Government fees not included — added on top at actual cost
Excluding 15% VAT
A ready-to-operate Saudi entity
Government fees not included — added on top at actual cost
Excluding 15% VAT
An operating company from day one — your team lands in a ready office
The Right Way Membership
Plan your entry with every live tool, keep your reports in one place, and get a 30-minute Plan Review session with our team. The membership fee comes off the professional fee of the service you choose here, on your first TRW invoice within 12 months. Government fees excluded.
Every cost item is backed by a signed vendor quote — no market averages.
A live Excel model — change headcount or salaries, and see the 5-year impact instantly.
Take it to any provider — or execute with us, and the full fee is credited against formation.
Unlike advisory firms, we have an on-the-ground execution team in Riyadh that turns the plan into a running company.
A separate line item from our professional fee, paid to the government authorities and passed to you at actual cost. Below is what government fees cover at each stage of setting up a foreign-owned LLC, up to its first hire, and who charges them.
Government fees change, and some activities carry much higher licence fees. Our Market Entry Blueprint, Phase 1 of our Company Formation service, confirms the exact cost for your activity.
See the Market Entry BlueprintGovernment fees depend on your activity, city, premises and first hires, and MISA sets its registration fee when it approves the application.
Investor registration
The investment registration fee, which MISA sets when it approves the application; Saudi embassy attestation of the parent company's documents and, where a Saudi body asks for it, MOFA attestation in the Kingdom
Charged by: Ministry of Investment; Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Trade name and commercial registration
Trade name reservation, the commercial registration and the publication of the articles of association
Charged by: Ministry of Commerce, through the Saudi Business Center
Government platforms
Annual subscriptions to the platforms a company needs to hire and manage its staff, for example Qiwa and Muqeem
Charged by: Takamol for Qiwa, a platform of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development; Elm for Muqeem, with the General Directorate of Passports
Your premises
Registering the lease on Ejar, the Balady municipal licence with its inspection, waste-collection and signage lines, and the Civil Defense safety licence
Charged by: Ejar platform; Ministry of Municipalities and Housing through Balady; General Directorate of Civil Defense through Salamah
Your first hire (a foreign General Manager)
The work visa, professional verification of qualifications where required, the work permit and the expat levy, then the residency permit (iqama) with the Human Resources Development Fund fee
Charged by: Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development and Ministry of Interior, through Qiwa; General Directorate of Passports for the iqama
We pass every government fee through at actual cost, with no markup. Notarisation and legalisation by home-country authorities, translation, rent and payroll are not government fees and are counted separately.
Advisory firms hand you a plan. We hand you an operating company — our team is on the ground in Riyadh.
No juggling an accountant here, a lawyer there, a visa handler elsewhere. One point of contact, one accountability.
If any transaction is rejected due to our error, we redo it at our cost — written in the contract.
Our professional fee is published. Government fees are a separate line item, passed to you as-is with zero markup.
You don't pay everything up front. Payments are tied to clear delivery milestones.
You know exactly where every transaction stands each week — no chasing, no open questions.
Technology
Establish the company in Riyadh quickly so they could focus on their core services.
Full company formation — commercial registration, licensing, incorporation documentation, and HR compliance support.
Request your quote and we'll set up a 30-minute call: we listen to your plans, walk you through the path, and share the expected investment — all before you sign anything.
Confirm the package that fits you and leave your details — we'll come back with a formal quote within 24 hours. No commitment.
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Yes. 100% foreign ownership is allowed in most activities through MISA investment registration, with no Saudi sponsor required.
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