Investment registration
A foreign investor must register with MISA before carrying out an investment, subject to the activity and applicable rules.
Estimate Saudi company formation, employment, insurance, municipal and tax costs with official authority links.
A foreign investor must register with MISA before carrying out an investment, subject to the activity and applicable rules.
This stage includes incorporation documents, commercial registration, publication and entity-specific services.
Work licences are issued through Qiwa. The employer bears expatriate employment fees, while the levy depends on workforce and applicable rules.
Employer contribution rates vary by employee nationality and applicable insurance regime, so both rates are editable.
Subscription fees depend on the applicable category and commercial-registration data. New businesses may qualify for an exemption.
Income tax generally applies to the taxable base attributable to foreign ownership, while qualifying Saudi or GCC ownership may be subject to zakat rules.
Municipal fees depend on activity, area, location, signage and permits. Use the official Balady fee calculator for a specific estimate.
A national business address is mandatory. SPL states that newly established companies are exempt from the subscription fee for the first year.
A unified gateway for company formation, commercial registration, licences and connected government services.
The result is indicative. Fees vary by activity, entity, city, chamber category, Nitaqat status, employee nationality, insurance regime and ownership. Verify each official invoice before making a decision.
Choose according to the investor type and how much you already know about the required fees and procedures.
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Open calculatorThe foreign investor business cost calculator builds an editable Saudi business-cost scenario covering formation, taxable setup-fee VAT, employment and social-insurance costs, estimated income tax and recurring compliance costs. It is designed for planning when the investor already has approximate fees, payroll and workforce assumptions.
Enter or replace the formation and government fees that apply to the business, indicate whether the establishment is in its first year, add foreign-worker counts, payroll totals and employer social-insurance rates, then enter taxable profit, foreign ownership and the assumed income-tax rate. The calculator combines these inputs without treating its defaults as guaranteed official charges.
When first-year status is Yes, the calculation sets the chamber fee and national business-address fee to zero. Otherwise, it uses the entered chamber fee and uses the entered national-address fee or the normal-address fallback when that value is zero. Foreign ownership is capped at 100% for the income-tax base. Rates and variable fees are editable planning assumptions and may differ by activity, entity, city, workforce, insurance regime and current official rules.
Using the current model defaults with first-year status Yes, 1 foreign worker, Saudi annual payroll of 120,000, foreign annual payroll of 120,000 and taxable profit of 100,000 produces formation cost 1,955, setup VAT 255, work licences 100, Saudi employer social insurance 16,500, foreign employee social insurance 2,400, labour/government cost 19,000, estimated income tax 20,000 and estimated first-year total 40,955.
This is an indicative planning model, not an official quotation, tax opinion or legal determination. Government, employment, insurance, municipal, address, professional and tax costs can change; confirm the applicable amounts and eligibility with the responsible Saudi authorities before making an investment decision.
No. They are editable planning inputs. Replace variable amounts and rates with the figures applicable to your activity and verify current invoices and requirements with the relevant authorities.
The engine applies the entered income-tax rate only to the share of taxable profit attributable to the entered foreign-ownership percentage, capped at 100%.
When the first-year option is selected, the implemented model sets chamber and national-address fees to zero. When it is not selected, those costs can be included according to the entered or fallback values.
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