MISA
The Ministry of Investment, which licenses foreign investors and foreign-owned companies in Saudi Arabia. A company set up through MISA is incorporated in Saudi Arabia, and that is what opens the company route to owning inside the zones, which foreign-incorporated companies cannot use in Makkah and Madinah.
Also called Ministry of Investment · Updated 6 July 2026
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Where you meet it
- Through a Saudi company you ownHow a non-Saudi can own near the Haram
Related words
- Zone (geographic scope)
- A mapped area inside which non-Saudis may buy real estate or real rights, and in Makkah and Madinah the only places they can.
Sources
Greenberg Traurig — implementing regulations · 6 Jul 2026
Foreign-incorporated companies and non-profits cannot own in Makkah and Madinah; Saudi-incorporated companies with foreign shareholders may own inside the zones (Law Art. 3).
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