Radar · Building Materials in Saudi Arabia
Best Building Materials Companies in Saudi Arabia
The 38 best Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
38companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
1have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BUILDING MATERIALS × SAUDI ARABIA
Our analysis of 150 Building Materials companies
$19.1b in tracked funding; 75% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2020.
150companies analysed
75%cloud-native stacks
2020funding peak (by rounds)
4unicorns
2001median founding year
Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | universal building materials Universal Building Materials Merchants supplies door hardware, drainage and plumbing, electrical, and… | — | 6,500 | 1979 | — | PleskSalesforcePHP+12 | Top 10M | — |
| 2 | Bawan Manufacturer and supplier building materials | — | 2,810 | 1980 | Wael Gad CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 10M | — |
| 3 | Southern Region Cement Provider of cement for construction industry | — | 1,555 | 1978 | Aqeel Kadasah CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 5M | — |
| 4 | Eastern Petrochemical Company Manufacturer of glass fibers. The company specializes in glass fiber reinforcements and composites in Saudi… | — | 1,239 | 1981 | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Yamama Cement Manufacturer of cement | — | 1,086 | 1961 | Jehad Alrasheed CEO and Member of the Board | Apple iCloud MailChart.jsBootstrap+12 | Top 5M | — |
| 6 | Yanbu Cement Company Manufacturer of cement | — | 1,000 | 1977 | Ahmed Zugail CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Najran Cement Company Manufacturer of cement | — | 897 | 2005 | Abdulsalam Aldraibi CEO | Master SliderPhoto GalleryWordPress+25 | Top 5M | — |
| 8 | arabian cement Arabian Cement offers the production and trade of cement, building materials, related accessories, and… | — | 870 | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | Top 10M | — |
Top 2 Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia
#1
Public · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 1961 · 1086 employees—raised▾
Public · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 1961 · 1086 employees
Manufacturer of cement
Founders & team
Investors
National Commercial Bank, Samba
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailBootstrapChart.JsDatatablesFancyboxGoogle Analytics
#2
Late Stage · Hail, Hail Province · founded 2009 · 18 employees—raised▾
Late Stage · Hail, Hail Province · founded 2009 · 18 employees
Manufacturer of cement products catering to public and private customers. The company offers sulfate-resisting cement produced through inter-grinding of cement clinker & recommended dosage of gypsum, thereby supplying cement to large, complex and demanding projects.
Funding rounds
- Dec 2016PE—
- 2016PE—
Investors
APICORP, Abu Dhabi Financial Group, Catapult Partners
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Prism market signals · Saudi Arabia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 720,005 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Building Materials coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Saudi Arabia
How research on Advanced Materials is moving in Saudi Arabia
A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 119 Saudi Arabia-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
202120232026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 73% → 83% across 2021–2026.
top research entities
- Ministry of Education37
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology22
- King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals15
- King Khalid University9
- King Abdulaziz University6
leading researchers
Fang Fang · Niveen M. Khashab · Peiren Liu · Samir Mekid · Ibrahim Ahmed Ibrahim Ali · Mashhour A. Alazwari · Mohamed A. Eltaher · Alaa A. Abdelrahman
▲
Breakthroughs49 · 41%
▲ 0%→48% share
0 median citations90% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→48% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material2→16
- Elastomer1→6
- Fabrication1→4
- Polymer1→4
- Nanotechnology2→4
Newly emergingActuator 0→8 · Self-healing hydrogels 0→6 · Soft robotics 0→6
Landmark Multifunctional Pillar[n]arene-Based Smart Nanomaterials · 66 cites
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Advancements38 · 32%
▲ 0%→28% share
2 median citations71% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (0%→28% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material4→11
- Piezoelectricity2→8
- Actuator4→5
Landmark A Review of Piezoelectric Material-Based Structural Control and Health Monitoring Techniques for Engineering Structures: · 118 cites
▼
Concerns12 · 10%
▲ 0%→10% share
2 median citations75% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (0%→10% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Smart material4
- Nanotechnology3
- Biomimetic materials2
- Variety (cybernetics)2
- Composite number2
Landmark Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Based Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications: A Review of the State-of-the-Art · 281 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Saudi Arabia
Where advanced materials is researched across Saudi Arabia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Jeddah28 · +0.65
Dhahran15 · +0.33
Riyadh10 · +0.32
Abhā9 · +0.40
Common questions
How many Building Materials companies are there in Saudi Arabia?
Radar tracks 38 indexable Building Materials companies headquartered in Saudi Arabia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia?
The Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Building Materials company in Saudi Arabia?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia.
How many Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia are funded?
0 of the 38 Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Building Materials unicorns are there in Saudi Arabia?
None of the Building Materials companies in Saudi Arabia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Saudi Arabia Building Materials companies?
The most active investors in Saudi Arabia Building Materials companies on this list include Public Investment Fund, APICORP, Abu Dhabi Financial Group, Catapult Partners, National Commercial Bank.
Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.