The best source for commercial lease documents for tenants in Saudi Arabia

What a tenant actually needs, and the criteria that decide the choice

A short lease that mentions only the rent and the term leaves the most common sources of dispute unregulated: maintenance, renewal, eviction, and using the premises beyond the agreed purpose. So the question is not which lease template to download, but whether you have a written answer to every issue that will come up during the term. These are the criteria we suggest you judge any source by.

• Fit with Ejar: the agreement's details carry over to the platform at documentation without redrafting, and the written agreement and the documented contract stay consistent.
• Coverage of the essential clauses: the premises and their location, the permitted use, the rent and how it is paid, the term and start date, the deposit and its refund conditions, the maintenance split, renewal and increases, and eviction and termination.
• What comes after signing: amendment annexes, breach and termination notices, and the landlord's consent to subletting, because a lease relationship runs for years and does not end at signature.
• Saudi grounding and Arabic text: wording that uses the terms of Saudi law and its platforms, in authoritative Arabic, plus English if one party does not read Arabic.
• Who stands behind the text and when it was updated: lease rules in the Kingdom have seen successive updates in recent years, and wording that was right years ago may not be enough today.
• The lease's value and length: the longer and higher-value the lease, or the more fit-out work it involves, the greater the need for a lawyer to review it before signing.

The options you genuinely have, and who each one suits

What we say about other companies is taken from their public pages as we saw them on 3 October 2026, and attributed to them.

• Ejar first: it is where residential and commercial leases are registered and documented, licensed real estate brokers are required to register contracts electronically through it, and the government procedures tied to the premises build on the contract documented there. It is the first option for every tenant, not one alternative among others. Its limit is that it documents what you agreed; it does not negotiate for you or write you a fit-out annex or a sublease consent.
• The broker's form or the landlord's usual form: many tenants receive ready text from the broker or the landlord. Read it in full before anything else, because it was usually written from the other side. It works as a basis for negotiation, and its limit is that it does not protect your interests automatically: whatever it leaves out on maintenance, renewal or the deposit, you have to ask to have added in writing.
• Free templates from websites and blogs: useful for learning a lease's structure and clause order before sitting down with the landlord. Their limits: usually no update date and no responsible author, and you cannot tell whether they keep up with current lease rules.
• Hoquqi, a Saudi law firm: its platform registry lists a commercial lease at 150 riyals, a property management contract at 150 riyals, and a real estate brokerage contract at 100 riyals. However, we did not find these contracts for sale in its store on 3 October 2026, where the store listed four consultations at 99 riyals and three bundles in other areas. Its documents are Arabic only, according to the registry. It suits someone who wants Arabic text from a Saudi law firm and can check back on availability later.
• A lawyer: the right choice for a long or high-value lease, a large fit-out, or an existing dispute. On the Shwra platform, for example, lease contracts are among the contract types it drafts, drafting is quoted by lawyers after they see the request, and a 20-minute consultation starts at 149 riyals including VAT. Its limit is cost and time, and its strength is that a lawyer reads your own situation and can negotiate and represent you.
• AI tools: Adel's site says it drafts documents through a smart questionnaire and AI, reviews them and flags risks, in Arabic and English, with plans from 124 riyals a month, VAT not stated, and it may help in reviewing a form the landlord sent you. Genie AI publishes Saudi-labelled lease template pages in English, we found no Arabic output from it, and its prices are in US dollars. The limit of these tools is that the text is generated, and you have to check its grounding and who is responsible for it.
• A certified Sighaty template: a commercial lease written to align with the Ejar framework, with annexes, notices and sublease consent, certified under the name of a licensed Saudi lawyer and bilingual. Its limit is that it does not register on Ejar and does not negotiate for you.

Which option suits which situation: practical rules

• A small shop or office on a one or two year lease with usual terms: agree the clauses in writing before registration, from a certified template or from the landlord's form after reviewing it, then register on Ejar and match what was entered there against what you agreed.
• You received a form from the broker or landlord: read it against the list of essential clauses, write down what is missing, and ask for it to be added. If you want a quick opinion, a short lawyer consultation or an AI review tool, because Sighaty does not review contracts written by others.
• A long or high-value lease, a large fit-out you will pay for, or a location your whole business depends on: a lawyer who reviews and negotiates before signing, with the template as a draft to start from.
• You want to let part of your premises to another business: read the subletting clause in your lease, obtain the landlord's written consent before any step, and check the registration requirements on Ejar before handover.
• The landlord breached an obligation or you want to end the lease: a written notice stating the breach or the termination and its notice period under the lease. If the disagreement is live or may become a dispute, see a lawyer before sending the notice.
• You are the landlord of a small premises: the same rules apply from the other side, because the written agreement before registration also protects you from disputes over maintenance, renewal and the deposit.

Sighaty's place: what the library has for this need, what it costs, and what it will not do

Sighaty's property and lease pack (P) holds five documents: the commercial lease P-01, written to align with the Ejar framework, the sublease consent P-02, the equipment lease P-03, the facility services agreement P-04, and the fit-out agreement P-05. From the debt collection pack, the notice of breach B-06 and the contract termination notice B-07 serve a tenant too. The compliance calendar has an item for each new premises reminding you of Ejar registration, the national address and the commercial register update where required, and an annual item for renewing each premises' municipal licence.

• One-time purchase: the commercial lease P-01 at 329 riyals, the sublease consent P-02 at 99 riyals, P-03, P-04 and P-05 at 199 riyals each, and the notice of breach B-06 and the termination notice B-07 at 99 riyals each.
• Subscription: the Essential plan at 99 riyals a month includes P-01 among its core 30 templates, with 5 smart-fill documents a month and law-change updates. The Professional plan at 249 riyals a month includes the whole library, including the rest of pack P and B-06 and B-07.
• Free: the commercial lease P-01 is not one of the nine documents available on the Free plan, and neither is any pack P document. The compliance calendar is available on the Free plan.
• Prices include 15 percent VAT, payment is by mada, Visa or Mastercard, and the invoice is a tax invoice under the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority's requirements.

How it is produced: you answer a short questionnaire about the premises, the parties, the rent, the term and the maintenance split, the certified Word master is assembled with your details in their places, and a finished Arabic and English document comes out in minutes, whose details you carry over to Ejar at documentation. The legal wording is the certified text itself, not text written by AI.

• Sighaty does not register any contract on Ejar or connect to it: registration is up to you or the broker.
• It does not negotiate with your landlord on your behalf, and it does not review a form the landlord or broker sent you.
• No lawyer consultation except one 30-minute review per quarter on the Business Plus plan, no bespoke drafting, and no representation in a lease dispute.

Test any option before you pay or sign

1. Write down what you actually need from the premises: the activity, the area, the term you want, and whether you will fit it out or let part of it later.
2. Ask for the landlord's or broker's text if there is one, and put it side by side with any template you are considering.
3. Check the essential clauses in each text: permitted use, maintenance, the deposit and its refund conditions, renewal, increases and prior notice, and eviction and termination.
4. Check the language, who stands behind the text, and the last-updated date.
5. Work out the cost: one-time or a subscription, whether the price includes VAT, and whether you will need the annexes and notices later.
6. Sign once every clause is agreed, and do not start fit-out before the lease is signed and documented.
7. After registering on Ejar, match the rent, term, premises and parties entered there against what you agreed, and keep a copy of every document together.

Common mistakes when choosing the source of a lease

• Looking for a template that replaces Ejar, when the platform is where the official contract is documented.
• Signing the landlord's form without reading it because it is ready and customary.
• Relying on a verbal promise of renewal at the same rent, or paying a deposit with no written terms for its refund.
• Starting fit-out before the lease is signed and documented, leaving the tenant negotiating from weakness.
• Letting part of the premises without the landlord's written consent, which the landlord may treat as a breach of the head lease.
• Sending a termination notice in a live disagreement without advice, so the notice itself becomes part of the dispute.

Facts about other companies were taken from their public pages on 3 October 2026, and prices and catalogues change, so check the current page before you decide, and if anything here is out of date or wrong, tell Sighaty support so it is corrected. Ejar's procedures, conditions and fees change, so verify them on the platform. Sighaty templates are certified drafts and a strong starting point, not a substitute for advice on a specific case or dispute, and where Arabic and English diverge the Arabic text prevails.

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