Radar · Chemicals and Materials in Saudi Arabia
Best Chemicals and Materials Companies in Saudi Arabia
The 34 best Chemicals and 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
34companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
Sources & further reading
- Safe and sustainable by design chemicals and materials. Framework for the definition of cr
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · CHEMICALS AND MATERIALS × SAUDI ARABIA
Our analysis of 234 Chemicals and Materials companies
$21.9b in tracked funding; 57% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
234companies analysed
57%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2003median founding year
Ranked: Best Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tasnee Manufacturer of petrochemicals & plastic for multiple sector | — | 7,000 | 1985 | Fawaz Alfawaz CEO | JavaBootstrapApache HTTP Server+8 | Top 5M | — |
| 2 | cristal Cristal provides products spanning a broad cross-section of industries, quality-of-life products around you. | — | 4,100 | 1996 | Sanjay Sinha CEO & MD | — | — | — |
| 3 | Petro Rabigh Producer of fuels and plastic material | — | 2,944 | 2005 | Nasser D Al-Mahasher CEO & President | TypeScriptMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+13 | Top 1M | — |
| 4 | Aramco Provider of exploration and production services for oil and gas sector | — | 2,512 | 1993 | Hisashi Tanaka Co-Founder | Node.jsThree.jsGSAP+18 | Top 50k | — |
| 5 | Yansab Manufacturer of petrochemical products | — | 2,500 | 2006 | — | Chart.jsMicrosoft ASP.NETHandlebars+10 | Top 10M | — |
| 6 | MEPCO Manufacturer of paper board | — | 1,295 | 2000 | Sami Safran CEO | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryWordPress+18 | Top 5M | — |
| 7 | Al Yamamah Steel Manufacturer of metal products to serve construction, electrical and telecommunication sectors | — | 1,241 | 1989 | Youssef Bazaid CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+14 | Top 50M | — |
| 8 | Sipchem Manufacturer of chemicals and polymers | — | 1,011 | 1999 | — | DrupalPHPZURB Foundation+19 | Top 5M | — |
Top 3 Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia
#1
Public · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2000 · 1295 employees—raised▾
Public · Jeddah, Makkah Province · founded 2000 · 1295 employees
Manufacturer of paper board
Founders & team
Investors
Public Investment Fund
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapContact Form 7Apache Http Server
#2
Public · Dhahran, Eastern Province · founded 1993 · 2512 employees—raised▾
Public · Dhahran, Eastern Province · founded 1993 · 2512 employees
Provider of exploration and production services for oil and gas sector. It provides energy and chemicals, and it is involved in various global initiatives, partnerships, and technological developments. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $589.47B and a net profit of $156.36B.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7.6M LinkedIn followers — 89.4% of this cohort's audience
Founders & team
Investors
EIG Global Energy Partners, Public Investment Fund, Europa, Mubadala, Janse Capital, HVCF
Tech stack
AkamaiAkamai MpulseApache Http ServerAzureAzure Front DoorBoomerang
#3
Public · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 1985 · 7000 employees—raised▾
Public · Riyadh, Riyadh Province · founded 1985 · 7000 employees
Tasnee is one of the biggest petrochemical industries in Suadi Arabia. The company's products include Petrochemicals, downstream products, advanced metals, etc.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 251k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Investors
Banque Saudi Fransi
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerAzureBootstrapCore-JsDigicertDocusign
Funding & investor landscape
$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Sami Safran
CEO · MEPCO
Hisashi Tanaka
Co-Founder · Aramco
Bhadresh Patel
Co-Founder · Aramco
Fawaz Alfawaz
CEO · Tasnee
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
◆
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 Chemicals and Materials companies are there in Saudi Arabia?
Radar tracks 34 indexable Chemicals and Materials companies headquartered in Saudi Arabia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia?
The Chemicals and 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 Chemicals and Materials company in Saudi Arabia?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia.
How many Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia are funded?
0 of the 34 Chemicals and Materials companies in Saudi Arabia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Chemicals and Materials unicorns are there in Saudi Arabia?
None of the Chemicals and 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 Chemicals and Materials companies?
The most active investors in Saudi Arabia Chemicals and Materials companies on this list include Public Investment Fund, ASTRA, Al Majdouie Investment, EIG Global Energy Partners, Europa.
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.