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Healthcare
Healthcare in Saudi Arabia - Opportunities in Jeddah
Opportunities within the healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah.
14 November 2025
Retail & Leisure
Riyadh and Jeddah Lifestyle Retail Scene Infographic
Riyadh and Jeddah are redefining lifestyle retail in Saudi Arabia with 718,300 sqm of dynamic, mixed-use developments.
29 August 2025
Healthcare
Healthcare in Saudi Arabia - Opportunities in Riyadh Province
Opportunities within the healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Province.
12 August 2025
Retail & Leisure
Saudi Arabia Retail Market Overview
A biannual review of Saudi Arabia’s retail sector, offering a deep dive into consumer trends, supply dynamics and market performance.
30 May 2025
Hospitality
Saudi Arabia Hospitality Market Review
An annual infographic offers a snapshot of Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and religious tourism market, covering ADR, occupancy, RevPAR, and the pipeline of upcoming projects.
14 May 2025
Healthcare
Healthcare in Saudi Arabia - Opportunities in Eastern Province
Opportunities within the healthcare sector in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
25 April 2025
Food & beverage
What’s Driving the Growth in the GCC Food Scene: Global Brands or Local Favourites?
The food and beverage sector is crucial in many industries, and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, it’s experiencing rapid growth. With the market currently valued at US$ 94 billion, it’s on track to reach US$ 128 billion by 2029. This expansion is drawing interest from international food brands, eager to tap into the region's emerging opportunities. However, it's not just the global players making waves; local favourites are also rising to prominence.
09 September 2024
Hospitality
GCC Hospitality Market Review
An annual review of key trends and performance of GCC hospitality and tourism markets.
04 September 2024
Education
K-12 Education in Saudi Arabia
Introducing our latest publication, 'K-12 Education in the Kingdom of Saudi.' Our meticulous analysis explores market gaps, segment intricacies, demand and supply dynamics, curriculum preferences, and unveils the pivotal challenges confronting investors and operators within the sector.
30 November 2023
Education
School spirit: the university factor
Across Saudi Arabia, there are around 30 public universities and 38 private universities and colleges. As a result of ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Education, universities across the Kingdom have been advancing up the league table of the world’s top universities.
18 March 2023
Food & beverage
Dine-in or takeaway? Understanding attitudes towards eating out
The food service sector in Saudi Arabia is the largest in the Middle East and is currently valued at around SAR 48.75 billion ($13 billion), according to Fortune Business Insights.
17 March 2023
Healthcare
Well-being at the heart of transformation plans: the healthcare sector opportunity
Pent-up demand and the size of the opportunity has led us to investigate attitudes towards healthcare in Saudi Arabia.
17 March 2023
Education
Understanding attitudes towards education
The second significant focus by the authorities is to boost both access to and the quality of educational institutions for the next generation of Saudis.
17 March 2023
Hospitality
A room with a view: understanding domestic hotel expectations
With tourist arrivals projected to approach 100 million by 2030, the hospitality sector in the Kingdom is racing to develop hotel rooms and tourist facilities to cater to the expected influx of visitors.
17 March 2023
Healthcare
Medical tourism: a necessity or a luxury?
Seeking medical care aboard is common amongst Saudi nationals, particularly as the Saudi government regularly refers patients with severe illnesses to overseas clinics of global repute, typically in locations such as the United States, Germany, and the UK.
14 March 2023
Retail & Leisure
Shop till you drop: understanding attitudes towards retail
As part of the National Transformation Plan and the Quality of Life Program, the retail sector has been undergoing a slow but incredible transformation, with the rise of lifestyle retail developments around the country, which place entertainment and food and beverage outlets at their heart. In the wake of the pandemic, online shopping in the Kingdom has soared.
14 March 2023
Tourism
Let’s all go on a summer holiday… in Saudi
The tourism and hospitality sector is transforming and quietly being positioned as one of the key lynchpins of future economic growth in the Kingdom.
03 March 2023
Retail & Leisure
66% of prime Riyadh mall entertainment dominated by cinema brands
Across Riyadh’s 25 super regional and regional malls, which together cover an area in excess of 1.4 million sqm, supermarkets and family entertainment dominate the retail scene, each with an average representation of 8,000 sqm and 5,300 sqm, respectively, according to the latest analysis by global real estate consultant, Knight Fank.
08 December 2022
Hospitality
Saudi Arabia's 2030 Hospitality Vision
Our research infographic highlights that plans to transform Saudi Arabia’s hospitality market through Vision 2030 are expected to see the completion of 310,000 hotel rooms in the Kingdom by 2030.
29 September 2022
Hospitality
Delivering Saudi Arabia’s golden age for hospitality to cost US$ 110 bn
Plans to transform Saudi Arabia’s hospitality market through Vision 2030 are expected to see the completion of 310,000 hotel rooms in the Kingdom by 2030. The delivery of the planned hotel room supply is forecast to cost approximately US$ 110bn
31 May 2022
Retail & Leisure
Superior retail provision has become more important than ever before in Saudi Arabia
Retail has evolved beyond a purely transactional process and is now intrinsically viewed as a combination of an experience, entertainment, wellness and even education. Consumers are seeking memorable and valuable experiences and increasingly looking for such facilities near their homes.
02 March 2022
Food & beverage
Saudi brands dominating retail market
Local restaurants are proving popular as the food & beverage scene thrives amongst rapid lifestyle retail development growth in Riyadh.
21 January 2022
Residential
Saudi Arabia Real Estate Market Review
A quarterly review of the residential, office, retail and hospitality markets across Saudi Arabia.
19 August 2021
Education
Saudi Arabia Education Report
This report covers the four key education segments in Saudi Arabia - Pre-primary education, Primary and secondary education, Tertiary education and Technical and vocational training.
25 April 2021
