How many liquor shops are there in Saudi Arabia, how do you get license?

Alcohol was banned in Saudi Arabia since 1952. At that time, the son of King Abdul Aziz shot and killed the British diplomat drunk in a party. After which it was decided to ban liquor.

Since 1952, the sale of liquor in Saudi Arabia for the first time in 70 years in 2024 has started in Riyadh. But this store has been opened for a select group of non -Muslim migrants.

This shop is only for non -Muslim diplomats, but it is forbidden to take a mobile phone in this shop and every customer has been fixed to buy liquor from the mobile app.

According to the report, the Saudi government has started selling liquor at 600 tourist places in the country. According to a report of Metro News, licensing law allowing liquor will be applicable in 2026.

In such a situation, when no license is being given about liquor shops in Saudi Arabia, then it is obvious that there will be no public shops of liquor.

If this type of liquor shops have been opened in Saudi Arabia, then its figure is not available in public. Drinking and selling alcohol in Saudi Arabia is strictly forbidden according to Islamic law.

The real reason for the ban on the sale of liquor in Saudi Arabia is the Islamic Sharia law there. Apart from this, due to the two sacred cities Mecca and Medina associated with Islam, strict rules against alcohol are applicable here.

Here, punishment for crimes related to alcohol, killing, jail, fine or exile for foreigners. The exemption to drink or keep alcohol in Saudi Arabia is limited to foreign tourists and certain places.