- What it measures
- The official programme listed by the Royal Commission and Saudipedia: residential compounds providing about 12,000 homes. We lead with it because the Royal Commission's programme gives a coherent set (homes, hotels, retail, offices). The Foundation's 2025 brochure lists a larger development target of 27,000 residential units without explaining the basis.
- Date
- Nov 2026
Why figures differ
How many homes and hotel rooms are planned?
Why do named deals add up to 5,050 homes when the programme says 12,000?
Explained
Updated 12 Nov 2026
The figures, side by side
What each source says
- What it measures
- Development target in the Foundation's 2025 brochure, which also gives 96,000 residents. The basis for the difference from 12,000 is not stated.
- Date
- Jan 2025
- What it measures
- Our sum of homes disclosed so far: 150 TRIBE Living + 600 Ajdan fund + 600 Package 4 + 3,700 Package 5. It leaves about 6,950 of the 12,000 not yet tied to a named deal.
- Date
- Nov 2026
- What it measures
- Rooms across the 16 hotels in the official programme. Only the 250-room TRIBE has a named operator.
- Date
- Nov 2026
- What it measures
- Our sum of keys disclosed so far: 250 TRIBE + 200 Ajdan fund + 140 Package 4 + 300 Package 5. About 1,410 of 2,300 are not yet tied to a named deal.
- Date
- Nov 2026
- What it measures
- Offices in the Royal Commission's official programme and Saudipedia; Knight Frank also cites 600,000 m² or more. The Foundation's 2025 brochure lists 540,000 m².
- Date
- Nov 2026
- What it measures
- Development target in the Foundation's 2025 brochure.
- Date
- Jan 2025
- What it measures
- Our sum: 45,000 Ajdan fund + 50,000 Package 4 + 100,000 Package 5. Package 1's office area is not disclosed.
- Date
- Nov 2026
Why the figures differ
The Royal Commission's programme lists about 12,000 homes, 16 hotels with about 2,300 rooms, and 600,000 m² of offices. The deals we can name disclose about 5,050 homes, 890 hotel keys and 195,000 m² of offices (our sums), which leaves about 6,950 homes, 1,410 rooms and 405,000 m² not yet tied to a named deal. That gap is what we would expect while some packages are still in design. The Foundation's 2025 brochure also lists different targets (27,000 residential units, 540,000 m² of offices, 270,000 m² of retail) without explaining the basis.
What we show
The official programme figures, with our sums of named deals shown as a separate, labelled entry. The brochure targets are listed beside them.
What would resolve it
Each new package announcement narrows the gap; a Foundation breakdown by package would close it.
Sources
King Salman Park Founda…Jan 2025AccorDec 2024Royal Commission for Ri…Arab NewsMar 2026PRNewswire / KSPFMar 2026AGBINov 2025SaudipediaJan 2023More figures explained
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