The market is dominated by domestic suppliers, as imports account for 12.3% of total market size in 2023. Households drive market demand, with household spending representing 66.1% of total demand in 2023. Saudi Arabia has the largest market size for publishing of books regionally, with demand reaching USD1.2 billion in 2023. Obeikan Bookstore Co is the largest company in Saudi Arabia, generating 3.5% of the industry’s total production value in 2023. The industry is fragmented, with the top three companies generating 4.2% of total production value in 2023. The total number of companies decreases in 2023, to 367 units. The costs of the industry decrease by 2% in 2023, largely driven by declining B2B costs. The industry’s profitability decreases and stands at 50.8% of production value in 2023, the highest regionally. The industry’s exports share decreases in 2023 to 1.3% of total production output. With production value of USD575 million, Saudi Arabia accounts for 36.1% of the Middle East and North Africa total in 2023.
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