Jarir Marketing Company, also known as Jarir Bookstore, was founded in Riyadh in 1974 as a small bookshop. As of February 2024, it had a market cap of over $4.9 billion. The company recorded $2.1 billion in revenues in the first nine months of 2023. The Jarir Bookstore retail chain operated through 71 outlets across the GCC as of September 2023. The latest branch was inaugurated in Sharjah in March 2023.