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Private training centre feasibility study

Latest regulatory change: 2025 · reviewed 2026-11-05

A private centre or institute licensed by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) offering courses and qualification programmes.

  • 1,285Private training businesses[4]
  • 110New businesses in Q1 2025[3]
  • 20,616Trainees sitting comprehensive exams[3]

Latest regulatory and market changes

  1. 2021The implementing rules and procedures of the Private Training Regulation were published: a five-year licence, standards for premises and staff, and controls on advertising and certificates.[1]
  2. 2024The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) recorded 589 violations at private training businesses and carried out 222 supervisory visits.[2]
  3. 2025The corporation licensed 110 new training businesses and issued 133 trainer cards in the first quarter, and recorded 162 violations.[3]

Why now

  • 20,616 male and female trainees sat comprehensive and qualification exams in Q1 2025.[3]
  • The corporation continues to license businesses each month, including 52 new ones in February 2025.[5]

1,285private training businesses, according to the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) quarterly report for Q2 1444 AH.[4]

The idea and business model

A licensed private training business offering professional development courses, qualification programmes or diplomas delivered by trainers authorised by the corporation. Income comes from trainee fees and contracts to train the staff of companies and organisations.

Model: Services on a fixed site

Project economics

Revenue formula

Number of trainees×Average programme fee×Courses per year

Sales channels

  • Individuals
  • Corporate and organisational contracts
  • Subsidised programmes

Largest cost items

  • Trainer fees
  • Premises rent and classroom fit-out
  • Marketing
  • Licences and programme approval

Decisive indicators we measure

  • Classroom fill rate
  • Trainees per course
  • Pass rate in comprehensive exams
  • Share of corporate contracts

Relevant authorities

  • Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC): licensing of the business, approval of programmes and trainers, and oversight
  • Ministry of Commerce: Commercial Registration (CR)
  • Ministry of Municipalities and Housing (MoMAH) via Balady: premises licence
  • Civil Defence: safety of the training premises

What needs your attention

  • Most violations involve advertising of programmes and certificates and unauthorised trainers.
  • Premises, capacity and opening hours require prior approval.
  • The number of licensed businesses grows every month, so competition on the same programmes exists.

What a Private training centre study calculates for you

  • Programmes in demand in the local market and their approval times
  • Permitted capacity of the premises
  • Cost per hour of an authorised trainer
  • Trainees needed to break even
  • Share of individuals versus corporate contracts

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. القواعد والإجراءات التنفيذية للائحة التدريب الأهليأم القرى · 2021-07
  2. «التقني»: رصدنا 589 مخالفة بمنشآت التدريب الأهلية في عامعكاظ · 2025-07
  3. 162 مخالفة في منشآت التدريب الأهلية في 90 يوماًعكاظ · 2025-04
  4. الإدارة العامة للتدريب الأهليالموسوعة السعودية · 2023-04
  5. 73 مخالفة بمنشآت التدريب الأهلية في 30 يوماًعكاظ · 2025-03

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