Set up in Saudi Arabia
from your Bahrain company.
Alliant Co. sets up Saudi companies for Bahraini businesses from Dammam, 45 minutes across the causeway. The route depends on one question: if your Bahrain company is 100% owned by GCC nationals, it registers much like a Saudi company; if any owner is non-GCC, the investment is registered with the Ministry of Investment first.
- Government fees published on this page
- Foreign-owned Saudi company, registered here ourselves
- Dammam office, 45 minutes from Bahrain across the King Fahd Causeway
Four questions, and we'll
tell you where you stand
What setting up from Bahrain actually involves
Eight steps, in order. The Bahrain-specific part is step 1, and it is simpler than for most countries: Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are both in the Apostille Convention.
Documents (in Bahrain)
Shorter than embassy legalisationCommercial Registration extract, Memorandum of Association, latest audited financial statements, a board resolution and passports: notarised where required, apostilled in Bahrain, then translated into Arabic. No Saudi embassy legalisation is needed.
Documents (in Bahrain)
Commercial Registration extract, Memorandum of Association, latest audited financial statements, a board resolution and passports: notarised where required, apostilled in Bahrain, then translated into Arabic. No Saudi embassy legalisation is needed.
Investment registration
3–10 business daysOnly if any owner is non-GCC. A Bahrain company 100% owned by GCC nationals usually skips this step.
Investment registration
Only if any owner is non-GCC. A Bahrain company 100% owned by GCC nationals usually skips this step.
Name reservation
Same day to 3 daysYour Saudi trade name, checked against existing registrations.
Name reservation
Your Saudi trade name, checked against existing registrations.
Articles of Association
1–3 daysDrafted, notarised and published.
Articles of Association
Drafted, notarised and published.
Commercial Registration
1–7 business daysIssued with the company's unified number.
Commercial Registration
Issued with the company's unified number.
National Address
1–2 daysNeeds a real address in the Kingdom.
National Address
Needs a real address in the Kingdom.
Portal activations
3–7 daysZATCA, GOSI, Qiwa, Muqeem and the Chamber of Commerce.
Portal activations
ZATCA, GOSI, Qiwa, Muqeem and the Chamber of Commerce.
General Manager iqama
1–3 daysOnce the GM is in the Kingdom. Plan early who that will be.
General Manager iqama
Once the GM is in the Kingdom. Plan early who that will be.
Most foreign investors are operating in Saudi Arabia within two to three months. For Bahraini companies, the apostille usually shortens step 1.
What's included, and what it depends on
The same fixed-quote formation service we run for every foreign investor. We tell you exactly which documents to apostille in Bahrain and check them before anything is filed, so problems are caught before filing, not after.
| Package | What's included |
|---|---|
| Formation | Investment registration, Commercial Registration, Articles of Association, government portal activations, ZATCA and accounting setup |
| Formation + PRO | Adds Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and Absher Business setup and first-year support |
| Formation + PRO + accounting | Adds monthly bookkeeping, VAT returns and annual zakat or corporate tax filing |
Formation
- Investment registration
- Commercial Registration
- Articles of Association
- Government portal activations
- ZATCA and accounting setup
Formation + PRO
- Adds Qiwa, Muqeem, GOSI and Absher Business setup
- First-year support
Formation + PRO + accounting
- Adds monthly bookkeeping
- VAT returns
- Annual zakat or corporate tax filing
What changes the number: your activity and entity type, how many shareholders, and whether ongoing compliance is included. Quoted in writing, fixed for the engagement, nothing added later.
Government fees
These are the fees paid to Saudi authorities, not to us. Ranges reflect activity, entity type and city. Verified September 2026. We re-check them quarterly and date this table.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Investment registration (MISA) | Currently suspended. See note |
| Commercial Registration | SAR 1,200 – 2,000 |
| Chamber of Commerce membership (annual) | SAR 2,000 – 5,000 |
| Municipal licence (Balady) | SAR 500 – 5,000 |
| Articles of Association, notarised and published | SAR 500 – 3,000 |
| Company seal and stationery | SAR 200 – 500 |
| Typical first-year government total | SAR 4,400 – 15,500 |
Why is the MISA fee suspended?
A note on the MISA fee.
You'll find providers quoting SAR 2,000 for the investment licence plus SAR 10,000 and SAR 60,000 for Investor Relations subscriptions. Those figures come from the 2022 Service Manual and were suspended under the investor-facilitation package. The fee is currently under Ministry review, so we don't quote a number we can't stand behind; we confirm the live position with MISA when your file is prepared. If someone quotes you the old figures, ask them when they last checked.
A note on the MISA fee.
You'll find providers quoting SAR 2,000 for the investment licence plus SAR 10,000 and SAR 60,000 for Investor Relations subscriptions. Those figures come from the 2022 Service Manual and were suspended under the investor-facilitation package. The fee is currently under Ministry review, so we don't quote a number we can't stand behind; we confirm the live position with MISA when your file is prepared. If someone quotes you the old figures, ask them when they last checked.
What's included, and what isn't
Included in every formation engagement
- • Investment registration with the Ministry of Investment
- • Trade name reservation, Arabic and English
- • Articles of Association drafted and notarised
- • Commercial Registration and Chamber of Commerce enrolment
- • Company seal
- • National Address registration
- • ZATCA, GOSI and labour file activation
- • Handover pack with every credential and login
Not included, quoted separately or paid by you
- • Government fees (the table above)
- • Share capital deposit
- • Document attestation in your home country
- • Legal translation
- • Office lease or co-working agreement
- • Statutory audit, prepared by a licensed audit firm; we prepare your financial statements and coordinate with them
- • Trademark filing, managed through accredited SAIP agents
- • General Manager Iqama processing, quoted with PRO
Your Bahrain company is owned by GCC nationals.
If every owner, through the whole ownership chain, is a GCC national, your company is treated much like a Saudi one for most activities: no investment registration, and zakat at 2.5% instead of 20% income tax. A single non-GCC shareholder removes that, so we check the chain first.
Your Bahrain company has non-GCC owners.
Bahrain allows full foreign ownership in many sectors, so many Bahraini companies have non-GCC owners. The investment is registered with the Ministry of Investment first. For services that is routine. For trading, the Ministry's Investor Guide sets SAR 30 million capital for 100% foreign ownership, so we look at a Saudi distributor, a service entity or a Saudi partner before you commit.
Alliant Co. is a foreign-owned Saudi company registered in Dammam, CR 7003521841, established 2016, providing company formation, PRO services, bookkeeping and tax compliance in Saudi Arabia.
Why us
Foreign-owned Saudi company, the same structure you're building.
We are a foreign-owned company in Saudi Arabia ourselves. We went through investment registration, Commercial Registration, ZATCA, SASO and SABER as the company, not as the consultant.
Our own trading business imports and distributes in the Kingdom, so we know what a Bahraini trader runs into after the CR: customs registration, product conformity through SABER, VAT and e-invoicing.
What comes after the CR stays with us: PRO services on Qiwa, Muqeem and GOSI, bookkeeping, and VAT, zakat and income tax filing.
Our office is in Dammam, 45 minutes from Bahrain across the King Fahd Causeway, so a meeting in either country is a same-day trip.
- We are a foreign-owned company in Saudi Arabia ourselves: investment registration, CR, ZATCA, SASO/SABER
- In-house PRO, bookkeeping, and VAT, zakat and income tax filing after the CR
- Dammam office, 45 minutes from Bahrain across the King Fahd Causeway
Alliant Co. is a foreign-owned Saudi company registered in Dammam, CR 7003521841, established 2016, providing company formation, PRO services, bookkeeping and tax compliance in Saudi Arabia.
Setting up in Saudi Arabia from Bahrain: common questions
Prefer a written assessment?
Tell us who owns your Bahrain company and what you want to do in Saudi Arabia. We reply in writing with the route, the documents to attest and a fixed quote, usually within 24 hours.
Prefer to talk first?
Message us on WhatsApp and we'll answer your questions directly.
Alliant Co. · CR 7003521841 · Yazid Ibn Malik, Al Khalidiyah Ash Shamaliyah, Dammam 32231 · info@alliant.sa · +966 55 754 2748 · Alliant Co. is a private company and is not affiliated with any government authority.