Shoppers in Saudi Arabia made 246.42 million point-of-sale transactions worth SAR 12.6 billion between October 11 and 17, 2026, according to the Saudi Central Bank's weekly bulletin. That was 6.8% below the previous week's SAR 13.53 billion.

Food and beverages accounted for the most spending at SAR 2.22 billion over 59.14 million transactions, ahead of restaurants and cafes at SAR 1.65 billion over 59.56 million. Fuel stations followed with SAR 998.2 million, then transport with SAR 921.9 million, clothing and accessories with SAR 910.9 million and health with SAR 823.3 million.

Professional and business services took SAR 733.4 million, building materials SAR 389.4 million, furniture and household goods SAR 384.1 million, jewellery SAR 357.5 million, culture and entertainment SAR 301.1 million, bakeries and confectionery SAR 229.9 million and hotels SAR 223 million. Other sectors together came to SAR 1.9 billion.

Riyadh led the cities with SAR 4.41 billion over 81.6 million transactions, followed by Jeddah with SAR 1.67 billion over 27.47 million. Dammam recorded SAR 639.9 million, Makkah SAR 503.3 million and Madinah SAR 495.5 million.