The general incentives to investors are:

• Kingdom's political and economic stability
• Adoption of open market economic policies
• The position of Saudi Arabia as the leading exporter/importer in the Middle East
• Largest consumer market in the Middle East
• Strategic geographic location between regional and international markets
• Modern infrastructure
• Abundance of natural resources
• Provision of basic utilities (electricity, water, etc) at reasonable rates
• Modern and equipped industrial cities
• Ongoing privatization process of public entities
• High market liquidity
• Vivid and growing stock market
• Stable, strong and advancing banking system
• Availability of insurance service providers covering a variety of insurance risks
• Support for indigenous manpower employment from the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF)
• Promotion of Saudi non-oil exports of products and services by the Saudi Export Development Centre (established under the umbrella of the Saudi Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry)
• Recent considerable increase in the capital of the Saudi Credit Bank "SCB" with the additional assignment to support and finance SMEs