POS device
Saudi Arabia’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions reached nearly SAR 15.8 billion in the week ended Sept. 5, broadly unchanged from the same figure a week earlier. 
The number of POS transactions reached about 267.8 million last week, compared with nearly 255.4 million the week before, according to data from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).
POS transactions represent consumer expenditure through debit and credit cards at major shopping centers, retail outlets, pharmacies, and others.
The data indicated that the value of sales via POS increases in the weeks that coincide with the disbursement of salaries to government employees (the 27th of each month), in addition to the weeks that coincide with school vacations and the weeks preceding Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. On the other hand, the value of sales decreases in the weeks preceding salary disbursement and those coinciding with the start of the back-to-school season.
The four-week moving average stood at about SAR 15 billion. The value of POS transactions rose in 2025 compared with 2024, 2023, and 2022, with the average sales value ranging from SAR 11.4 billion to SAR 15.3 billion, versus SAR 11.5 billion to SAR 13.8 billion in 2024, SAR 10.4 billion to SAR 12.7 billion in 2023, and SAR 9.4 billion to SAR 11.6 billion in 2022.
POS device
Saudi Arabia’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions reached nearly SAR 15.8 billion in the week ended Sept. 5, broadly unchanged from the same figure a week earlier.
The number of POS transactions reached about 267.8 million last week, compared with nearly 255.4 million the week before, according to data from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA).
POS transactions represent consumer expenditure through debit and credit cards at major shopping centers, retail outlets, pharmacies, and others.
The data indicated that the value of sales via POS increases in the weeks that coincide with the disbursement of salaries to government employees (the 27th of each month), in addition to the weeks that coincide with school vacations and the weeks preceding Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. On the other hand, the value of sales decreases in the weeks preceding salary disbursement and those coinciding with the start of the back-to-school season.
The four-week moving average stood at about SAR 15 billion. The value of POS transactions rose in 2025 compared with 2024, 2023, and 2022, with the average sales value ranging from SAR 11.4 billion to SAR 15.3 billion, versus SAR 11.5 billion to SAR 13.8 billion in 2024, SAR 10.4 billion to SAR 12.7 billion in 2023, and SAR 9.4 billion to SAR 11.6 billion in 2022.
