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Coffee roastery feasibility study

Latest regulatory change: 2026 · reviewed 2026-11-05

A roastery that roasts, grinds and packs coffee for direct sale and for supply to cafés and shops.

  • 61,000cafés by mid-2025[5]
  • 870 tonnesnet local coffee production a year[3]
  • 48%Ethiopia's share of the value of coffee imports[4]

Latest regulatory and market changes

  1. 2022The Public Investment Fund (PIF) launched the Saudi Coffee Company with an investment of about SAR 1.2 billion to raise local production from 300 to 2,500 tonnes a year.[1]
  2. 2025The Reef programme (Sustainable Agricultural Rural Development) aims to raise coffee production from 800 to 7,000 tonnes a year and self-sufficiency from 0.5% to 4.4%.[2]
  3. 2026The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) reported that licensed factories and warehouses grew 18% in 2025 to 9,155 facilities.[6]
  4. 2026The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) announced that fruit-bearing coffee trees exceeded 1.3 million, with net production of more than 870 tonnes a year.[3]

Why now

  • Domestic consumption is about 80,000 tonnes a year, with about 61,000 cafés by mid-2025.[5]
  • Ethiopia accounts for about 48% of the value of coffee imports.[4]
  • Programmes to raise local production are increasing the supply of Saudi-grown coffee.[3]

SAR 8.3 billionThe value of Saudi Arabia's coffee imports over the past five years, about 432 million kg, according to an analysis of General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) data.[4]

The idea and business model

A roastery buys green coffee beans, roasts, grinds and packs them under its own brand, and may blend them with cardamom and spices for Saudi coffee. Revenue comes from kilograms sold at retail, wholesale supply to cafés and shops, and online sales.

Model: Production and sales

Project economics

Revenue formula

Kilograms sold per month×Average price per kilogram×Retail/wholesale mix

Sales channels

  • Direct sales at the roastery
  • Supply to cafés and shops
  • Online store

Largest cost items

  • Green coffee, cardamom and spices
  • Roasting and grinding machines
  • Packing and packaging
  • Salaries and rent

Decisive indicators we measure

  • Roasting weight loss
  • Cost per roasted kilogram
  • Number of wholesale customers
  • Repeat purchase rate

Relevant authorities

  • Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA): food factory or warehouse licence and packaged-coffee labelling
  • Ministry of Municipalities and Housing (MoMAH) via Balady: shop licence if selling direct to the public
  • Civil Defence: fire safety for roasting machines and gas
  • Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA): customs clearance for green coffee imports
  • Ministry of Commerce: Commercial Registration (CR) and trademark

What needs your attention

  • Green coffee is mostly imported, so costs follow global prices and shipping.
  • Supplying cafés requires consistent quality and roasting from batch to batch.
  • Market-size estimates vary widely between sources, so demand should be built from actual customers.

What a Coffee roastery study calculates for you

  • Cost per roasted kilogram including weight loss
  • Roaster capacity in kilograms per hour
  • Sales mix between retail and wholesale
  • Working capital for green coffee stock
  • Manufacturing and packing licence requirements

Every one of these figures appears in your study with its source and date, built on your location and capital, with a clear line between documented facts and assumptions.

Sources

Most sources are Saudi government and press pages in Arabic; titles are kept in their original language so you can find them.

  1. صندوق الاستثمارات العامة يطلق الشركة السعودية للقهوةالعربية · 2022-05
  2. Saudi Reef Program aims to boost Kingdom's coffee production to 7k tonnes annuallyArab News (عن واس) · 2025-11
  3. من مرتفعات جازان إلى مائدة رمضان: البن السعودي إرث ثقافي عزز حضور المنتج المحلياليوم (عن وزارة البيئة والمياه والزراعة) · 2026-02
  4. من 25 إلى 49 هللة: تكلفة كوب القهوة في السعودية من أشهر أنواع البن المستوردةالاقتصادية (عن الهيئة العامة للإحصاء) · 2025-06
  5. اليوم العالمي للقهوة: السعودية ضمن أكبر 10 دول استهلاكاًعكاظ · 2025-10
  6. نمو بنسبة 18% في عدد المصانع والمستودعات المرخصة خلال عام 2025هيئة الغذاء والدواء · 2026-01

Last reviewed: 4 November 2026. This page introduces the activity; detailed figures belong in the study.