This is for Stimulating E-Commerce and Digital Transformation
The Ministry of Commerce and Investment has announced that it will provide the data of commercial registrations for free for the business sector. This comes as part of the Ministry's endeavor to support small and medium enterprises, so as to benefit from such data in their smart applications, and to enhance the initiatives relevant to E-Commerce and Digital Transformation in the Kingdom.
The Ministry calls on those wishing to avail of such service to have access through the following link:
https://wathq.thiqah.sa
This initiative comes as a result of the cooperation between MCI and its strategic partner, Thiqa Company for Business Services. This is a kind of government support for the private sector to achieve the Kingdom's Vision and the Digital Transformation, besides stimulating the private sector to grow and provide innovative solutions.
It is worth mentioning that the data to be provided for the business sector applications and e-stores )APIs) are considered huge. The total number of the Commercial Registrations (main or branch) for all Establishments are (1,149,347). This is up to the end of the first quarter of 2019.