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IKEA's history in Saudi Arabia

40 years of creating a better everyday life for many people. Let's take a trip down memory lane with IKEA. See how far we have come in this journey. 

1983 

First IKEA store in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah 

(500m2)

1985

Original IKEA store opens in Jeddah

(7,000m2)

1990

IKEA Riyadh store opens

(23,000 m2)

2004

Kingdom’s first two full IKEA concept stores, Jeddah

(28,000 m2)

2008

The IKEA Dhahran store opens

(23,000 m2)

2020

IKEA's first planning studio opened in

Riyadh

2021

IKEA's second main store in Thumamah

(54,000 m2)

2022

IKEA 2nd planning studio in

Jeddah