Market study · Saudi Arabia
Where the Kingdom's hotels are being built, how big they are, which segment they serve, and what every one of them will need to buy.
Published Counted
435
live hotel projects
386
due to open by 2030
$150M
median value per project
30%
of construction spend goes to MEP
01 · The projects
Saudi Arabia has 435 hotel projects in design, at tender or under construction, all updated in the last six months. Mawrid counted every one of them in its project database, whatever the size, and looked at where they are, how big they are, which segment they serve and what they will need to buy.
The Western region leads with 200 projects (46%), driven by Madinah (63) and Jeddah (54), with Makkah and King Abdullah Economic City close behind. The Central region follows with 130, most of them in Riyadh city (39) and Diriyah (44). The Eastern region has 45, mainly Al Khobar and Dammam. The Northern region has 43, most of them in Neom and Tabuk, and the Southern region has 17.
- Western20046%
- Central13030%
- Eastern4510%
- Northern4310%
- Southern174%
By stage
- 95
- In design
- 41
- At tender
- 148
- Building, under 50%
- 77
- Building, 50 to 90%
- 74
- Building, over 90%
22%
9%
34%
18%
17%
136 projects are still in design or at tender, where brands and systems are specified. The other 299 are being built, where packages are ordered.
02 · The scale
The median project is worth an estimated US$150 million. 134 projects sit between US$100 and 250 million and 76 are above US$1 billion, but 144 are below US$100 million, so this is not only a giga-project market.
Projects by value · US$ million
- 44
- 25
- 75
- 134
- 43
- 38
- 76
386 hotels are due to open between 2026 and 2030, with the peak in 2030 (92).
Projects by year of completion
- 64
- 81
- 87
- 62
- 92
- 18
- 14
- 17
386
hotels are due to open between 2026 and 2030.
Values are estimates for 415 of the 435 projects.
03 · The segment
114 projects name an operator brand or a star rating. Of those, 49 are luxury, 32 upscale and 33 midscale.
- Luxury · 5-star
- Upscale · 4-star
- Midscale · 3-star
Hilton, Accor and Marriott each appear on about 20 projects, followed by IHG, Hyatt and Radisson. This matches Knight Frank's estimate that three quarters of new rooms will be luxury.
Projects by operator
- Other international22
- Hilton20
- Accor19
- Marriott19
- IHG11
- Hyatt9
- Unbranded, star-rated8
- Radisson6
249 projects are standalone hotels and 186 sit inside larger mixed-use schemes; 38 are resorts.
- 75%
- of new rooms expected to be luxury (Knight Frank)
- 249
- standalone hotels
- 186
- hotels inside mixed-use schemes
Segment is taken from the brand or star rating in the project name.
04 · The locations
Ten locations hold 309 of the 435 projects. Madinah, Jeddah and Diriyah alone account for 161.
- Madinah63
- Jeddah54
- Diriyah, Riyadh44
- Riyadh city39
- Al Khobar25
- Neom23
- Makkah city17
- King Abdullah Economic City17
- Tabuk14
- Dammam13
Knight Frank puts the Kingdom's pipeline at about 94,500 rooms, 40,200 of them in Makkah and 18,500 in Riyadh, on top of 171,650 rooms already open.
Rooms in the pipeline · Knight Frank, 2025
- 94,500
- Kingdom
- 40,200
- Makkah
- 18,500
- Riyadh
05 · What a hotel buys
For every US$100 of hotel construction, about US$30 goes to MEP systems and US$70 to civil works and fit-out.
- MEP systems
- Civil works and fit-out
Interior décor and fit-out is the largest single package at US$20. Mechanical works take US$12, of which HVAC is US$9. Electrical works take US$10.5, of which lighting is US$1.5. Plumbing takes US$7.5 and aluminium and glazing US$6.5.
Share of every US$100 · MEP in blue
- Interior décor and fit-out20
- Mechanicalof which HVAC 912
- Electricalof which lighting 1.510.5
- Concrete8.6
- Plumbing7.5
- Aluminium and glazing6.5
- Rebar6.4
- Masonry5.4
- Other civil and site works23.1
Loose furniture, commercial kitchens, laundry and operating supplies are usually budgeted on top of this, by the owner or the operator.
06 · The packages
Twelve packages feed every hotel. HVAC, power, lifts and facade are bought mid-build. Kitchens, lighting, doors and finishes are bought at fit-out. Furniture and soft goods are bought just before opening.
- Mid-build5
- Fit-out5
- Pre-opening2
- Furniture01Guest rooms, lobbies, restaurants, outdoorPre-opening
- Kitchens02Cooking lines, cold rooms, hoods, stainless steelFit-out
- Laundry03Washer-extractors, dryers, ironersFit-out
- Soft goods04Mattresses, linen, carpets, curtainsPre-opening
- Lighting05Downlights, decorative, facade, controlsFit-out
- HVAC06Chillers, air handlers, fan coils, ductsMid-build
- Power07LV panels, cables, generators, ATSMid-build
- Plumbing08Pipes, pumps, sanitaryware, fittingsMid-build
- Lifts09Passenger and service lifts, escalatorsMid-build
- Facade10Aluminium, glazing, claddingMid-build
- Doors11Fire-rated doors, ironmongeryFit-out
- Finishes12Marble, tiles, paint, joineryFit-out
Mawrid analysis of hotel specifications.
For suppliers
- 01
The window to sell into a Saudi hotel depends on the package.
- 02
MEP and facade suppliers need to reach the contractor and the MEP contractor while the structure is going up.
- 03
Fit-out and FF&E suppliers need to reach the owner, the interior designer and the operator 12 to 18 months before opening.
- 04
Mawrid tracks these projects, filters them to a supplier's product and region, and identifies the people who buy for them.
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How we counted.
Projects: Mawrid project database, 8 November 2026. Saudi hotel projects in design, tender or construction, updated since 8 May 2026, all values.
Project values are estimates for 415 of 435 projects. Segment is taken from the brand or star rating in the project name.
The cost split is the database's industry average for hotel construction. The packages come from Mawrid's analysis of hotel specifications.
Room figures: Knight Frank, The Saudi Report 2025. Counts only throughout: no project or owner is named.
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