Consumer spending via POS in Saudi Arabia fell to SAR13.2B in the week ended June 13, a pre-salary dip that still keeps the four-week average near SAR14B. E-payments hit 85% of retail, exceeding Vision 2030 target.
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Point-of-sale transactions across Saudi Arabia totaled SAR 13.2 billion in the week ended June 13, SAMA data showed. That is down from SAR 13.8 billion the prior week and marks the second straight weekly decline.
The drop follows a familiar pattern. SAMA data shows that POS spending tends to peak in weeks that coincide with government salary disbursements – the 27th of each month – and again before school vacations and Eid holidays. The week ended June 13 falls in the pre-salary window, when consumer wallets typically tighten. The four-week moving average, which smooths these swings, stood at SAR 14 billion. That average has held above SAR 13.5 billion for most of 2025, a level that would have been a ceiling in 2023.
Comparing the four-week moving average across years shows the scale of the shift. In 2025 the average has ranged from SAR 11.4 billion to SAR 15.3 billion. In 2024 the range was SAR 11.5 billion to SAR 13.8 billion. In 2023 it was SAR 10.4 billion to SAR 12.7 billion. The upper end of the band has expanded by roughly SAR 1.5 billion year over year, a sign that nominal consumer spending is running well above pre-2024 levels.
Food and beverages accounted for 15.9% of total spending in the June 13 week, or SAR 2.1 billion. Restaurants and cafes made up 12.4%, or SAR 1.64 billion. Riyadh led all cities with SAR 4.59 billion, or 34.7% of the national total. Jeddah followed at SAR 1.84 billion, or 13.9%.
SAMA also reported that e-payments in the retail sector reached 85% of all individual payments in 2025, surpassing the 70% target set under the Financial Sector Development Program, one of Vision 2030's initiatives. That milestone reflects years of regulatory push and infrastructure build-out by the central bank and the financial sector.
For traders watching Saudi consumer stocks, the weekly POS series offers a real-time proxy for household demand. The pre-salary dip is normal. The more telling signal will come in the week ending June 20, when salary disbursements should lift the total back toward the SAR 14 billion moving average. A failure to rebound would suggest the slowdown runs deeper than the calendar.
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