Saudi Arabia Enterprise ICT Country Intelligence Report

The Saudi Arabia Enterprise ICT Country Intelligence Report, a new Country Intelligence Report by GlobalData, summarizes key findings from GlobalData’s ICT Customer Insight Survey carried out in H1-2025 and GlobalData’s Market Opportunity Forecasts to 2029: Saudi Arabia. It reveals an executive-level overview of how the overall ICT budgets and their allocations towards various segments have changed for enterprises in the country in 2025 compared to 2024 and ICT revenue opportunity with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2029. The report provides detailed analysis of the overall Saudi Arabia’s enterprise ICT market trends and growth drivers based on GlobalData’s ICT Customer Insight Survey and GlobalData’s Market Opportunity Forecasts. The report also discusses about the market growth inhibitors impacting Saudi Arabia’s overall ICT market. It sheds focus on enterprise ICT budget allocations and ICT revenue opportunity covering 18 solution areas, segmental analysis, vertical analysis, as well as review of key macroeconomic and regulatory trends, and government initiatives. The report also includes a brief profile on some of the key ICT vendors within the country.

The country intelligence provides information and insights into ICT budget allocations and ICT revenue opportunity by enterprises in Saudi Arabia
• Overall enterprise ICT revenue opportunity and ICT budget allocations for Saudi Arabia
• Macroeconomic and regulatory context and government initiatives
• Insights on Saudi Arabia's enterprise ICT growth drivers and market trends, basis GlobalData's ICT Customer Insight Survey and Market Opportunity Forecasts to 2029
• Insights on market growth inhibitors impacting Saudi Arabia's overall ICT market
• Breakdown of enterprise ICT revenue opportunity by solution areas, end-use verticals and enterprise size band
• Segmental analysis of Saudi Arabia's enterprise ICT budget allocations and ICT revenue opportunity – hardware, software and services
• Insights on ICT technology spending priorities of enterprises on key solution areas in Saudi Arabia
• Company snapshot

Scope

The country intelligence report provides an in-depth analysis of the following enterprise ICT market outlook, enterprise ICT budget allocations, enterprise ICT segment revenue and budget allocations, enterprise ICT market dynamics, enterprise technology priorities and ICT vendor landscape.

Key Highlights

ICT market growth in Saudi Arabia will be primarily driven by its fast-growing enterprise sector, which includes a mix of well-established businesses and an increasing number of digital startups. Further, the growth of ICT in Saudi Arabia is expected to be supported by the increasing prominence of Gen AI in enterprise applications.

Saudi Arabia’s overall ICT market was pegged at more than $25 billion in 2024 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 12% during 2024-2029 to reach more than $50 billion in 2029.

GlobalData’s ICT decision makers survey reveals a positive outlook for enterprise ICT spending in Saudi Arabia, with a majority of respondents, more than 85% from the country, claiming that there has been an increase in the enterprise ICT budget in 2025 compared to 2024.

Communication and collaboration can be regarded as the most attractive market in Saudi Arabia driven by tech-savvy population adapting C&C solutions, with a shift towards cloud-based options for remote work and high-security software access. The revenue opportunity for communication and collaboration in Saudi Arabia was pegged at more than $4 billion in 2024 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of more than 8% between 2024-2029.

Energy is the largest independent end-use vertical segment for the ICT market in Saudi Arabia in terms of revenue contribution, and it will remain so over the forecast period. ICT revenue from the energy sector reached more than $5 billion in 2024 and is set to grow more than $8 billion in 2029 at a CAGR of more than 12%.

Reasons to Buy

This Country Intelligence Report is based on GlobalData’s IT Customer Insight Survey carried out annually covering key ICT decision makers from enterprises across various industry verticals in Saudi Arabia and GlobalData’s Market Opportunity Forecasts to 2029, to offer a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Saudi Arabia’s enterprise ICT investment priorities and ICT revenue opportunity market.

Accompanying GlobalData’s IT Customer Insight Survey and Market Opportunity Forecasts to 2029, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in Saudi Arabia’s enterprise ICT market.

The report offers a thorough analysis of enterprise ICT investment trends and how it has changed this year compared to previous year.

The report also presents an analysis of enterprise ICT budget allocations by various spending areas, business functions and product/service categories and how they have changed this year compared to previous years.

The report also presents an analysis of enterprise ICT revenue opportunity by various solution areas, enterprise size band, end-use verticals, and segment over the forecast period 2024-2029.

With more than 50 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.

The report provides insights in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.

The report provides an easily digestible market assessment for decision-makers built around research gathered from the local IT decision makers, which enables executives to quickly get up to speed with the current and emerging trends in enterprise ICT investment priorities.