The UAE leads “Forbes” in “the most powerful 100 public companies during 2025”

Forbes Middle East confirmed that public companies in the Middle East and North Africa region continue to lead the capital markets and strengthen the scene of regional economic growth.

The “Forbes Middle East” list highlights: “The 100 most powerful public companies in the region for the year 2025”, the momentum achieved by these institutions in terms of assets and sales, which reflects their durability and flexibility in the face of economic challenges, despite the registration of a slight decline in net profits and market value.

According to “Forbes Middle East”, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries are still dominating the list by representing 91 companies, topped by the UAE with 33 companies, followed by Saudi Arabia with 30 companies, Qatar with 12 companies, and the list also includes 10 companies from Kuwait, four companies for Morocco and Oman, and three companies from Egypt, and two companies for Jordan and Bahrain.

Forbes Middle East explained that the list companies witnessed a slight decline in their net profits, during the past year, by 1.2%, to record 237.4 billion dollars, and their market value decreased by 3.6% to reach 3.5 trillion dollars, according to market closures on April 25th.

“Nevertheless, sales have grown for 100 companies by 12.2% to record $ 1.1 trillion, and a total of about 5.4 trillion dollars, at a growth rate of 10.8% compared to the list last year, indicating the expansion of business and long -term investments.”

The companies that are equal in total points were in the same order, while companies that did not disclose their collected and audited financial lists for 2024, until April 25.

According to “Forbes Middle East”, the “Saudi Aramco Company”, the existing for the sixth year in a row with a market value of 1.7 trillion dollars, and profits of 106.2 billion dollars, followed in second place in the second place, the International Holding Company (IHC), and is based in the Emirates, then in the third place each of the Qatar Group (QNB) and the Saudi National Bank.

Al -Rajhi Bank ranked fifth, Emirates NBD ranked sixth, while Abu Dhabi Bank came in seventh place, the “STC” group in eighth place, the Kuwait Finance House in the ninth place, and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank in 10th place.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia also dominate the first 10 places, among the four representative countries, with four companies each, confirming the continuation of the business scene in the region.