Selling a grocery store in Saudi ArabiaList your grocery for serious buyers.

What buyers ask

• Daily and monthly sales from the point of sale, not estimates.
• Stock: its value today, and how it's counted and priced on handover day.
• Suppliers: who they are, and their payment and delivery terms.
• The lease: time remaining, annual rent, and the landlord's consent.
• The location: footfall in the neighbourhood and nearby competition.
• Staff: how many, their pay, and how long they've worked there.
• Equipment: fridges, shelving and point-of-sale devices, and their condition.

Prepare these before you list

• The commercial registration and municipal licence.
• The lease.
• Point-of-sale or bank statements for the last 12 months.
• The latest stock count.
• A list of equipment and its age.
• A list of staff and their contracts.

How does the shop pass to the buyer?

• Commercial registration: a sole proprietorship uses the “transfer of a registration” service on the Saudi Business Center: 500 , within 72 hours.
• Municipal licence: transferred through Balady for the same location; it can't move to another one.
• Employees: their contracts stay in force after the change of owner, under Article 18 of the Labour Law.
• Lease: settled with the landlord before the deal.

The full steps are in the guide Transferring a shop's ownership.

How selling works on Mumtalakat

1. Create your business's listing; you can make it anonymous, hiding its name and brand until the buyer signs the NDA.
2. Identity-verified buyers see the details after the NDA, and neither of you sees the other's number or email.
3. You negotiate and meet inside the platform, and sign the contract online.
4. The amount is held at Dhamen and released only after ownership transfers.

Common questions