5 Best Phone Number Databases for Saudi Arabia in 2026 (Ranked)

TL;DR

The best phone number database Saudi Arabia teams can buy returns +966 mobiles that still reach the right decision maker, can be contacted within PDPL and CST rules, and ideally sit on WhatsApp. Short version below.

• Best for filling gaps and WhatsApp checks: SyncGTM, waterfall across 50+ providers
• Best self-serve lookups: Lusha, public pricing from $49.90/mo
• Best for EMEA teams with budget: Cognism, quote-based
• Best for global enterprise territories: ZoomInfo, custom quote
• Best free-to-start option: Apollo.io, free plan available

We did not run a hands-on Saudi mobile hit-rate test of these vendors for this article. Prices and features come from each vendor's own pages, and anything described as a claim is the vendor's figure, not ours. We could not retrieve the primary PDPL statute text or the CST call provisions, so legal points rest on official regulator pages and law-firm summaries and are labeled that way.

Phone Number Database Saudi Arabia: PDPL, SDAIA and CST Rules

Two regimes matter when you contact a Saudi mobile for sales: the data protection law that governs the number as personal data, and the telecom rules that govern calls and messages. This is general information, not legal advice.

The PDPL and SDAIA

The Personal Data Protection Law was issued under Royal Decree M/19 of 1443 H (2021) and amended in March 2023, according to a Clyde & Co briefing. The same briefing says it entered into force on 14 September 2023 with a one-year grace period that ended on 14 September 2024, and that enforcement committees are now reviewing alleged violations. The regulator is the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA); statutes are published by the Bureau of Experts at laws.boe.gov.sa.

Penalties reported by IAPP include a warning or a fine of up to SAR 5 million for organizations, and up to two years' imprisonment and/or SAR 3 million for individuals who deliberately disclose sensitive data unlawfully. A business mobile tied to a named executive is personal data, so a purchased list is not exempt just because the contact is professional.

Marketing and direct communication

Law-firm summaries of the Implementing Regulations say consent is required to process personal data for advertising and direct marketing, and controllers must give people a simple way to stop receiving it. An IAPP analysis adds that promotional communications may be exempt from consent where a prior interaction exists, while direct marketing has no equivalent exemption. The line between the two is not fully clear, which is why a cold WhatsApp blast to a purchased list is a risk to review with counsel.

Amendments are also moving. Clyde & Co reports a consultation on draft changes to the Implementing Regulations running from 6 October to 5 November 2026, including proposals to require consent verification and evidence where a prior relationship is relied on. These are drafts, so check the final text before you design consent flows around them.

CST rules on spam calls and messages

The Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) lists its Regulations for Curbing SPAM Messages and Calls as Decision 493/1444, dated 17 October 2022, aimed at fraudulent and spam messages and calls. We could not extract the call provisions from the PDF, so we do not quote hours, opt-out timing or penalties here. A Saudi SMS provider's guide (Taqnyat) says promotional messages need explicit opt-in and avoids 10pm to 9am sending, which is a vendor's reading, not CST text.

For the wider vendor field beyond phones, see our guide to the best B2B database for Saudi Arabia and the GCC B2B database roundup.

Arabic Names, Transliteration and Matching

Arabic has no single Latin spelling for most names. Mohammed can appear as Muhammad, Mohamed or Mohammad, Abdullah as Abdallah, and the definite article can be written Al, Al-, El or glued on. A vendor that matches on name strings alone will miss or mismerge contacts, and the same company may appear under several transliterations across providers.

No pricing page we read documents Arabic name matching, so ask each vendor directly and test it. Practical guards: match on LinkedIn URL or company domain rather than name, normalize a name key by stripping Al- prefixes and punctuation before deduplicating, and keep the Arabic-script name in a separate field when you have it. Always store numbers in E.164 (+966) before import.

+966 mobile formats

A Saudi mobile is nine digits after +966, starting with 5, so 050 123 4567 locally becomes +966 50 123 4567. Wikipedia's numbering page lists 050, 053 and 055 with STC, 054 and 056 with Mobily, 058 and 059 with Zain, and 051 with Salam. Landline area codes include 011 for Riyadh, 012 for Makkah and Jeddah, and 013 for the Eastern Province. Treat carrier by prefix as a hint only.

Vision 2030 Hiring Churn and Stale Numbers

Vision 2030 programs have driven heavy hiring, relocation and company formation, so executives move between giga-projects, ministries and regional headquarters. A mobile confirmed a year ago may now belong to someone in a different role. That is a plausible mechanism rather than a measured decay rate, and no vendor we read publishes a Saudi churn figure.

Ask each vendor when a number was last confirmed, not just whether it exists, and re-check anything older than a few months before a campaign. Many Saudi buyers answer WhatsApp faster than an unknown call or cold email, which is why a registration check is useful for sorting a list. It is not consent, and it does not replace the rules above. SyncGTM runs that check after it finds a mobile.

1. SyncGTM

SyncGTM is a GTM data platform best suited for Saudi outbound teams whose first-choice database keeps returning blanks. It finds mobile numbers through waterfall enrichment across 50+ providers, so when one source has no mobile for a Riyadh contact, the next is tried.

Because no single source covers the Kingdom evenly, sequencing several raises the odds of a hit. After a mobile is found, SyncGTM can validate WhatsApp reachability and sync results natively to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio and Close. See our waterfall phone finder roundup, or size your spend with the credits estimator.

It does not hold your PDPL consent records or screen against CST rules, so keep those yourself.

Pros

• Queries 50+ providers in sequence for higher Saudi mobile fill rates
• WhatsApp reachability check before outreach
• Native sync to Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Attio and Close
• Free tier to test on your own Riyadh list

Cons

• It enriches contacts you specify rather than selling a static downloadable list
• Consent records and CST compliance are separate steps you must run

Best for: Saudi and cross-border outbound teams that need mobiles a single database misses, plus a WhatsApp check.

Pricing: Free tier available. See the pricing page for current plans.

2. Lusha

Lusha is a browser-extension lookup tool best suited for individual reps who need a handful of Saudi mobiles from LinkedIn profiles.

Lusha's pricing page lists a free plan with 40 credits a month, Starter at $49.90 a month for 400 credits, Pro at $69.90 for 600 and Premium at $399.90 for 3,400, with cheaper annual billing. A phone reveal costs 5 credits and an email reveal 1, so a Starter seat covers roughly 80 numbers a month. Prices are in US dollars; we saw no SAR billing.

The page does not mention Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Arabic or the PDPL. One Capterra reviewer in sales says Lusha sometimes returns a UK, South African or Australian number for a Saudi-based lead when no Saudi mobile exists. That is one anecdote, not a coverage measurement, but it is a reminder to check which country code you actually got back.

Pros

• Public pricing and a free plan for a quick Riyadh test
• Fast lookups from a LinkedIn profile
• Phone reveals on every plan

Cons

• 5 credits per phone reveal raises the cost per connected Saudi mobile
• No Saudi coverage or PDPL details published
• USD pricing only on the page we read

Best for: Solo reps and small teams running light mobile lookups on Riyadh and Jeddah accounts.

Pricing: Free (40 credits/mo). Starter $49.90/mo, Pro $69.90/mo, Premium $399.90/mo, Scale custom. Annual billing is cheaper.

Read the full Lusha review.

3. Cognism

Cognism is a compliance-led B2B contact database best suited for EMEA teams that want phone-verified mobiles and can pay a quote-based price.

Cognism's pricing page offers Standard and Pro packages with five seats each and shows a premium mobile filter and mobile verification on demand in its comparison table. It describes verified mobiles as phone-verified numbers meant to raise connect rates. No prices are listed, and one credit equals one revealed contact.

The page names no Saudi or wider Gulf coverage, offers the site in English, German and French, and does not mention do-not-call screening. Its compliance pitch is built around GDPR, which does not substitute for the PDPL. Ask for Saudi fill-rate evidence in writing and run your own sample before signing.

Pros

• Mobile verification on demand
• Compliance-first positioning, with a trust centre and opt-out page
• Strong fit if Saudi is one market in a wider EMEA plan

Cons

• Quote-only pricing, no free tier
• Saudi coverage is not stated on the pricing page
• GDPR documentation is not PDPL documentation

Best for: EMEA sales teams with budget that call Saudi Arabia as part of a regional plan.

Pricing: Quote-based. Check current pricing with Cognism.

Read the full Cognism review.

4. ZoomInfo

ZoomInfo is an enterprise sales intelligence platform best suited for global teams where Saudi Arabia is one territory inside a larger account base.

ZoomInfo's pricing page lists Sales plans (Professional, Copilot Advanced and Copilot Enterprise) and says Professional includes mobile numbers and business email. It publishes no dollar amounts, saying cost depends on features, licences and credit usage.

Nothing on that page mentions Saudi Arabia, the Middle East or Arabic, though it links to a global coverage page we did not review. Our broader Saudi database roundup rates ZoomInfo's enterprise depth highly and its value for Saudi-only programmes poorly; that is our assessment from vendor material, not a measured result.

Pros

• Mobile numbers listed in the Professional plan
• Enterprise-scale account and org data
• Useful when Saudi accounts sit inside a global territory

Cons

• No public pricing
• Saudi coverage not stated on the pricing page
• Likely oversized for a Saudi-only outbound team

Best for: Global enterprise teams that need Saudi contacts alongside US and European coverage.

Pricing: Custom quote. Check current pricing with ZoomInfo.

5. Apollo.io

Apollo.io is a self-serve prospecting platform best suited for startups that want a free-to-start database with sequencing and a dialer in one place.

Apollo's pricing page shows Free, Basic, Professional and Custom plans. Credits cover emails, phone numbers and AI-researched data, are pooled across the team and do not roll over, and the page publishes no credit counts or prices. It does not mention Saudi Arabia.

Treat Apollo as a wide net. Our Saudi roundup describes it as the broadest affordable option with higher bounce rates than in Europe or North America, which is our view from vendor material rather than a test. Sample Riyadh and Jeddah contacts before trusting it for calling.

Pros

• Free plan to test Saudi coverage at no cost
• Dialer and sequences in one product
• Large global pool that includes Saudi companies

Cons

• Mobile accuracy varies by role and seniority
• Credit amounts not published on the pricing page
• No Saudi calling-rule screening documented

Best for: Startups prospecting Saudi tech and services firms that can verify numbers themselves.

Pricing: Free plan, then Basic, Professional and Custom. Check current pricing on Apollo's site.

Read the full Apollo.io review.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and change often, so confirm before buying. "Not named" or "not documented" means we found no statement on the page, not that the vendor lacks the feature. We found no vendor publishing SAR pricing. Cost per contact depends on hit rate: divide plan price by numbers that were found, current and connected.

How to Test a Saudi Phone Database

Take 300 contacts from your real Saudi ICP, split across Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province, with a mix of giga-project suppliers, family conglomerates and government-linked firms. Run the same list through each free plan or trial and count mobiles returned, not records advertised.

1. Normalize every returned number to +966 E.164 and drop duplicates; flag any non-+966 numbers
2. Dedupe contacts across vendors using LinkedIn URL, not Latin name spelling
3. Check survivors for WhatsApp registration
4. Contact a sample of 50 where your legal review allows, and log connect rate and wrong-person rate
5. Divide plan cost by numbers that survived and connected

The wrong-person rate is your best freshness signal in a high-churn market. A tool at 5 credits per number, like Lusha, can cost more per connected Saudi mobile than its headline price suggests.

How to Choose

If you are one rep prospecting from LinkedIn, trial Lusha and read Lusha alternatives for the rest of that field. If you sell across EMEA with budget, put Cognism through the same sample. For a global enterprise territory, request a ZoomInfo trial. If you want a free wide net first, start with Apollo.

If one vendor keeps missing your Saudi contacts, a waterfall such as SyncGTM fills the gaps and flags which numbers are on WhatsApp. Whatever you pick, record where each number came from and how consent was obtained. For the closest market, see our UAE phone number database guide, and for another high-churn market the India guide. For the PDPL article-by-article detail on marketing messages, see our email database Saudi Arabia guide.