Jarir Marketing Company
Riyadh-based, Tadawul-listed retailer and wholesaler of consumer electronics, books and office supplies, trading as Jarir Bookstore in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE.
Industry: Consumer electronics, books and office supplies retail | Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Founded: 1974
About Jarir Marketing Company
Jarir Marketing Company, widely known as Jarir Bookstore, is a Saudi retailer and wholesaler of consumer electronics, computers, mobile phones, books, and office and school supplies. Its headquarters are in Riyadh. According to the company's own profile, the business began in Riyadh in 1974 as a small bookshop. Some reference sources give a different founding date of 1979, while the company itself cites 1974. The retail operations were originally held in a separate entity, Jarir Bookstore Co., which was merged into Jarir Marketing in January 2000. The company converted into a joint stock company in 2002 and has been listed on the Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, since 2003. Its paid-up capital is SAR 1.2 billion. Jarir operates two divisions. The retail division sells through physical showrooms and online under the Jarir Bookstore name, while the wholesale division supplies other businesses. The product range covers books and stationery, computers and peripherals, smartphones, tablets and related after-sales services. The company has said it recently added a device trade-in service and is investing in its e-commerce operations. The group trades beyond Saudi Arabia through subsidiaries and branches in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. Its first branch in Bahrain opened in 2022, and a filing in September 2024 put its network at 73 showrooms inside and outside the Kingdom, with a new store at Doha Mall being its fourth in Qatar. In April 2026, its chairman said Jarir planned to open seven more showrooms by the end of the year, naming Kuwait and Qatar as key growth markets. Two stores opened that month, one in Kuwait City and one in the Granada district of Riyadh. On financial performance, estimated results for 2025 reported by Decypha showed net sales of about SAR 11.36 billion, up roughly 7 percent from SAR 10.61 billion in 2024, with profit attributable to shareholders up about 7.7 percent to roughly SAR 1.04 billion. Fourth-quarter revenue rose about 13.9 percent year on year to SAR 3.19 billion, driven by higher sales of smartphones, computers, tablets and after-sales services, according to FAB Research. The company declared a cash dividend of SAR 0.26 per share for the fourth quarter of 2025. Reuters reported earlier in 2025 that net profit rose 6 percent in the first half of the year. GlobalData lists Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Agil as non-executive chairman since 2023, with Abdulkarim Al-Agil as vice chairman and chief executive.
Leadership
- Muhammad Bin Abdulrahman Alagil, Chairman of the Board
- Abdulkarim Bin Abdulrahman Alagil, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman
- Nasser Bin Abdulaziz Alagil, Executive Management Consultant
- Muhammad Abdullah Bin Abdulrahman Alagil, Non-Executive Director
- Fahd Bin Abdullah Al Qassem, Non-Executive Director
- Abdul Rahman bin Ismail Trabzoni, Independent Director
- Muhammed bin Dahesh Al-Dahesh, Independent Director
- Asmaa bint Talal Hamdan, Independent Director