Industrial cities
Saudi Arabia’s fourteen “industrial cities”, comprising 92.8 million square meters, are managed by the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON). Each industrial city has an on-site Administration to handle the day-to-day needs of investors and oversee the site development process.
The primary task of MODON is planning industrial cities in the Kingdom and to encourage establishment, development and management, maintenance and supervision including, but not limited to, the following:
- Implement the strategy to develop the industrial cities;
- Develop rules and procedures relating to the establishment of industrial cities and their development, management, maintenance and operation.
- Propose appropriate locations of land belonging to the state to establish industrial cities and recommend necessary suggestions to the Supreme Economic Council for approval and adoption by the Council of Ministers for specific industrial city. Also, acquire land owned by the private sector and licensing for its development by the private sector for specific industrial cities according to its regulations and executive statute.
- Cooperate with the relevant authorities to provide services and necessary facilities to set limits of industrial cities.
- Encourage the private sector to establish, develop, manage, operate and maintain industrial cities.
- Grant licenses to developers/operators of specific industrial city in accordance with its bylaws.
- Take necessary steps to protect the environment in specific industrial cities in coordination with the relevant authorities.
- Supervise the performance of developers/operators to ensure their commitment to the terms of development and operation, or any one of these; and successful implementation of terms and conditions.
- Seek to resolve disputes amicably between the developers and operators of industrial cities and between specific users or tenants and residents.
- Encourage establishing modern technology zones and their expansion by providing necessary services and support entrepreneurs for their innovative ideas.
| Industrial City |
Total Area (M²) |
City Contact Numbers |
| Riyadh 1st. |
451,000 |
01-265 2061 |
| Riyadh 2nd. |
18,786,000 |
01-265 2280 |
| Jeddah 1st. |
12,807,000 |
02-636 4929 |
| Dammam 1st. |
2,704,000 |
03-847 3331 |
| Dammam 2nd. |
25,487,000 |
03-812 1019 |
| Makkah |
730,117 |
02-520 4927 |
| Qaseem |
1,542,934 |
06-322 0649 |
| Ahsa |
1,543,000 |
03-5330144 |
| Madinah |
9,949,000 |
02-636 4929 |
| Assir |
2,663,000 |
|
| Al-Jouf |
3,000,000 |
|
| Tabuk |
4,000,000 |
|
| Hail |
2,560,000 |
|
| Najran |
6,550,000 |
|
| Total Area |
92,773,051 |
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