Record growth in gaming cities in Saudi Arabia by 18% and sports academies by 29%
According to the business sector bulletin issued by the Ministry of Commerce, Riyadh topped the regions in the number of existing records with 3,932 records, followed by Makkah Al-Mukarramah with 2,489 records, and Al-Sharqiyah was third. With 1002 records.
The Medina region came in fourth place among the existing records for cities Sportsin Saudi Arabia increased by 29% in the second quarter of 2026, to 4,218 records, compared to 3,255 records in the same quarter of last year.
The Riyadh region topped the regions with the number of existing records reaching 1,909 records, followed by Makkah Al-Mukarramah with 1,093 records, then Al-Sharqiyah with 497 records.
And in fourth place came the Medina region in the number of records. Sports academies records with 219 records, and the Qassim region came in fifth place with 130 records.
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