ERP in Dammam — compliant with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority

The business landscape in Dammam

Dammam is the administrative and commercial capital of the Eastern Province, and its business structure is governed by the sea and by industry more than by any other factor. King Abdulaziz Port — the Kingdom's largest port on the Arabian Gulf, with more than forty berths and a rail link to the dry port in Riyadh — makes importing, customs clearance and road haulage a central activity for a large number of businesses. The city hosts three industrial cities supervised by MODON: the first, south-east of Dammam near the Gulf, since 1973; the second, west of Dhahran, the largest with more than a thousand industrial and service establishments; and the third, south of Dhahran on the coastal road heading to the Salwa border crossing. Around these factories turn the contracting, maintenance, industrial supply and spare-parts companies. Day-to-day trade centres on King Saud Street and the Al Souq district for gold, fabrics and perfumes, on the central vegetable and fruit market that feeds retailers across the region from Hafar Al Batin to Al Ahsa, and on the restaurants and hospitality of the Corniche. Neighbourhood retail is spread across large developments such as King Fahd Suburb west of the city, while corporate offices and business services concentrate along the Dammam–Khobar Expressway, where the Eastern Province Chamber has its headquarters in Al Hussam.

Where is business concentrated in Dammam?

• King Saud Street and the Al Souq district

  The old commercial spine of central Dammam: gold and silver in Seiko Souq, fabrics, perfumes and incense, with office buildings and clinics above them.

• Dammam Second Industrial City

  The region's largest concentration of factories, supervised by MODON west of Dhahran; contracting, maintenance, spare parts and site services cluster around it.

• The area around King Abdulaziz Port

  Customs clearance offices, shipping and road haulage agencies and warehouses; a trade that rests entirely on the speed of release and on container movement.

• The central vegetable and fruit market

  The wholesale market where grocery shops and restaurants stock up; wholesale prices run in the early morning hours before the market turns to retail.

• Dammam Corniche and the central fish market

  Seafood restaurants, fish shops and hospitality and leisure businesses; demand is seasonal, rising in the mild months and falling at the height of summer.

• Al Hussam and the Dammam–Khobar Expressway

  The headquarters of the Eastern Province Chamber and the corridor of corporate offices, business services and showrooms running between Dammam and Khobar.

• ZATCA e-invoicing

  Direct integration with the Fatoora platform from the Basic plan: XML UBL 2.1 digital signing and a QR code, with tax invoices cleared and simplified ones reported automatically.

• Full accounting in Arabic

  General journal, trial balance, income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement — all in real time and exportable to Excel.

• Point of sale for shops and restaurants

  A point of sale connected to inventory that scans barcodes and prints to thermal printers, with a restaurant mode for halls, tables and the kitchen.

• Fully cloud-based

  No software to install and no on-premise servers. Work from anywhere with the same account, in the browser or on a phone.

• Snad for services and consulting in DammamHow Snad works for services and consulting.
• Snad for contracting and construction in DammamHow Snad works for contracting and construction.
• Snad for wholesale trade in DammamHow Snad works for wholesale trade.

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