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Market study · Saudi Arabia

Every building, plant and data hall in the Kingdom needs standby power. We counted the live projects that will buy it, where they are, how far along they are, and who supplies them today.

Published Counted

1,832

live projects in the buying window

70%

in the Central and Western regions

84%

are buildings

36

Egyptian factories that can supply

01 · Where

  • Central64435%
  • Western63134%
  • Eastern34219%
  • Northern1438%
  • Southern553%

Location not recorded: 17

Central: Riyadh and Qassim. Western: Makkah and Madinah. Eastern: Eastern Province. Northern: Tabuk, Hail, Al Jouf and Northern Borders. Southern: Asir, Jazan, Najran and Al Bahah.

02 · When

In design
368

20%

At tender
238

13%

Under construction, below 50%
754

41%

Under construction, 50 to 90%
472

26%

Projects over 90% built are left out: their generators have usually been bought.

03 · Who

  • Commercial and public680
  • Residential412
  • Hospitality340
  • Factories and industry84
  • Healthcare83
  • Water and utilities79
  • Airports, rail and ports69
  • Oil and gas64
  • Data centres21

84%

of the projects are buildings: offices, malls, homes, hotels, hospitals and data centres. Most will need standby sets, not prime power.

Each project is counted once, under its main use.

04 · The players

OEM joint ventures, exclusive distributors and local assemblers. Selected major players, A to Z, from public sources.

  • KohlerAbunayyan Trading (ATC)Exclusive distributor · Riyadh
  • Gulf PowerAlkhorayef IndustriesLocal assembler · Riyadh
  • CumminsCummins ArabiaOEM joint venture · Al Khobar
  • Jubaili BrosJubaili BrosLocal manufacturer · plant in the Kingdom
  • PerkinsKanoo MachineryAuthorised dealer · Dammam
  • MTUSaudi Diesel EquipmentDistributor · Al Khobar
  • MTUSawary EnergyDistributor · Jeddah
  • CaterpillarZahid TractorCat dealer since 1950 · Jeddah

Listed in alphabetical order of company. No ranking or market share is implied.

05 · Supply from Egypt

For contractors who buy outside the usual channels: Egyptian factories that make gensets and the equipment around them. Some make more than one product.

Diesel gensets
18
Acoustic canopies
11
ATS panels
11

By governorate

  • Giza18
  • Sharqia6
  • Cairo4
  • Alexandria3
  • Ismailia3
  • Qalyubia1
  • Red Sea1

60 Hz

The Saudi grid runs at 60 Hz; Egypt runs at 50 Hz. Sets must be built and tested for 60 Hz.

SABER

A product certificate and a shipment certificate are needed for every consignment into the Kingdom.

Our reading

  1. 01

    Two regions carry the market. Central and Western together hold 1,275 of the 1,832 projects. A supplier with stock and service in Riyadh and Jeddah reaches more than two thirds of the demand.

  2. 02

    The window is open now. 606 projects are still in design or at tender, where the make is specified. Another 1,226 are being built, where the order is placed.

  3. 03

    Buildings dominate. Commercial, residential and hospitality projects make up 1,432 of the total. Data centres and oil and gas are fewer, but each one typically buys larger sets.

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Method

How we counted.

Projects: Mawrid project database, Saudi Arabia, counted on 26 October 2026. Live projects updated in the previous six months, in design, at tender, or under construction up to 90% built. Any value.

Demand is an estimate. The database records sector and stage, not equipment lists, so we count the projects whose use is likely to require diesel generators: buildings, hospitals, hotels, data centres, factories, oil and gas, water plants and transport hubs. Roads, substations, power plants and networks are excluded.

Factories: Mawrid Egyptian factory database, counted on 26 October 2026. Unique factories making diesel gensets, acoustic canopies or ATS panels.

Players: public sources (company and brand websites, dealer locators). Counts only throughout: no project or factory is named.

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