Concrete block price in Saudi Arabia: 15 cm and 20 cm black block

Published block rates, checked 28 October 2026

The grade table uses two readings of the kingdom average and does not blend them. iBuild, checked 28 October 2026, says the latest published month is September 2026, the source is the General Authority for Statistics, and the last successful check was 27 October 2026 at 20:25 UTC. Black block 15 cm is SAR 1,677.78 per 1,000 and black block 20 cm is SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000. The unit on that table is 1000 Grain, which is iBuild’s label for the source unit. Dividing by 1,000 gives SAR 1.67778 and SAR 1.73682 per block. That division is this page’s arithmetic. The source quotes per 1,000. مركز المقاول prints the same two figures, SAR 1,677.78 and SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000, with a last-update stamp of 2026-09-01, and it does not print the word September on the table. The same figures are not a second price.

The General Authority for Statistics PDF for July 2026, the same release used for the ready-mix guide, prints 15 cm black block at SAR 1,678.0 per 1,000 units and 20 cm black block at SAR 1,735.9 per 1,000 units. The June column on that PDF is SAR 1,676.4 and SAR 1,732.8. July is the month in the table below. It is not averaged with September. No September PDF on stats.gov.sa was opened, so the September figures stay attributed to iBuild’s reading of GASTAT. Turner & Townsend lists 400 × 200 × 100 solid blocks at SAR 1,650 per 1,000 for schemes with more than 10,000 blocks, supply only, excluding works. GCCPricing reference parities, last updated 26 October 2026, are SAR 5.10 for hollow 150 mm, SAR 5.80 for hollow 200 mm, SAR 6.20 for solid 150 mm, SAR 7.20 for solid 200 mm and SAR 7.10 for a 600 × 250 × 200 mm AAC block. The governance note says the Saudi row is a calibrated parity, not a verified merchant survey. A parity of SAR 5.80 each is not an average with SAR 1.73682, and the two labels are not the same product line. No insulated or thermal block price in riyals was opened, so that size is omitted.

What a block price must include

Ask each yard to quote the same size and the same address. GASTAT and iBuild print black block at 15 cm and 20 cm per 1,000. They do not print hollow or solid, and they do not print a 400 × 200 mm face. GCCPricing prints hollow and solid at 400 × 200 × 150 mm and 400 × 200 × 200 mm, as a reference parity. Turner & Townsend prints a 100 mm solid block per 1,000 on a large scheme. Those are different labels. A strength class, a delivery city and a thermal insert were not given a separate riyal on the statistics rows, so that part of the price depends on the quote.

Separate the piece rate from delivery and VAT. iBuild says the cement example on the same page is inclusive of VAT, and the block rows in the comparison table do not repeat that label, so VAT on the block average is not stated here. The July PDF table that was read does not say VAT. The Saudi ready-mix guide records the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority standard rate of 15% from pages checked on 27 October 2026. This block page does not treat 15% as inside or outside the riyal. The quote has to say whether 15% is added. No opened block page printed a riyal for haul or for a part load.

• City: the averages are kingdom figures, not a Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam price.
• Quantity: per 1,000 on the statistics pages is not a one-block shop price.
• Label: black block, hollow CMU, solid CMU and AAC stay in their own rows.
• VAT and delivery: if the quote is silent, those lines are still open.

Worked example: a 10 × 3 m wall

Block cost = blocks × price per 1,000 ÷ 1,000, using one printed line at a time. The count comes from blocks per square metre. A nominal 400 × 200 mm face that already includes its joint is 12.5 blocks/m². Gross area = 10 × 3 = 30 m². Net count = 30 × 12.5 = 375 blocks before openings. The other face reading on that guide, about 11.61 blocks/m², is not used below. An illustrative 5% is 393.75, and the purchase count rounds up to 394.

Using only the September 15 cm average, 375 × 1,677.78 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 629.1675. Using only the September 20 cm average, 375 × 1,736.82 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 651.3075. Using only July, 375 × 1,678.0 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 629.25 and 375 × 1,735.9 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 650.9625. September and July are alternative months. They are not added. At 394 blocks the September lines alone are 394 × 1,677.78 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 661.04532 and 394 × 1,736.82 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 684.30708.

The GCCPricing hollow 200 mm parity is a different label. 375 × 5.80 = SAR 2,175, and 375 × 5.10 = SAR 1,912.50 for hollow 150 mm. Those products are not added to SAR 651.3075 and not averaged with it. Turner & Townsend’s SAR 1,650 per 1,000 is a 100 mm solid block for schemes above 10,000 blocks. 375 × 1,650 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 618.75 only if that large-scheme rate applied, which this wall does not. AAC at SAR 7.10 has a 600 × 250 mm face, so it is not multiplied by 12.5. Delivery, VAT and mortar stay outside every product. Prices vary by city, quantity and delivery.

Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and haul

The September and July averages are kingdom figures. They are not a Riyadh price, a Jeddah price or a Dammam price. Turner & Townsend’s SAR 1,650 line is supply only for schemes above 10,000 blocks and is not labelled by city on that row. GCCPricing prints one Saudi parity per block. No city split for black block was opened, so a city premium depends on the quote.

Haul, a part truck and a sulphate or insulated specification are the usual extras. None of the opened block pages prints a riyal per kilometre or a riyal for an insulated block. Leave those lines for the quote. A small villa order is not a 1,000-block statistics unit and not a 10,000-block scheme, so neither published line is a short-load rate.

Related quantity and price pages

The concrete block calculator repeats the 10 × 3 m count at a nominal 400 × 200 mm face. The module is on blocks per square metre. Qatar’s AAC and hollow-block comparison, in Qatari riyals, is AAC versus hollow block cost. It is not a Saudi price.

Ready-mix in riyals per cubic metre is in concrete price per m³ in Saudi Arabia. Dirham block prices are in concrete block price in the UAE. Villa construction in riyals is in villa construction cost in Saudi Arabia. The other GCC construction guides collect the quantity pages. A dated boundary-wall cost per running metre is in boundary wall cost per metre.

Questions people ask

Sources and calculation basis

Source links support the points named beside them. Worked quantities are Construclytic calculations using the assumptions shown above. A price in a table is the figure that source printed on the date it was read. It is not a quotation for your site, and it does not replace the project specification.

1. iBuild: construction material prices in Saudi ArabiaOpened 28 October 2026. Latest published month September 2026. Source named as the General Authority for Statistics. Last successful check 27 October 2026, 20:25 UTC. Black block 15 cm SAR 1,677.78 per 1,000. Black block 20 cm SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000. The table unit is 1000 Grain. The cement example on the page is labelled inclusive of VAT. The block rows do not repeat that label.
2. مركز المقاول: construction material price indexOpened 28 October 2026. Black block 15 cm SAR 1,677.78 per 1,000. Black block 20 cm SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000. Last-update stamp 2026-09-01. The table does not print the word September. Same figures as iBuild, not a second price.
3. GASTAT: Average Prices of Goods and Services, July 2026Opened 28 October 2026. July 2026: 15 cm black block SAR 1,678.0 per 1,000 units, 20 cm black block SAR 1,735.9 per 1,000 units. June column on the same table: SAR 1,676.4 and SAR 1,732.8. Not averaged with the September figures.
4. Turner & Townsend: KSA Market Intelligence 2025, construction cost performanceOpened 28 October 2026. Concrete block 400 × 200 × 100 solid, per 1,000, for schemes with more than 10,000 blocks, SAR 1,650. The note says the material costs are supply only, excluding works and installation. No blockwork-per-square-metre row was printed on the sample table that was read.
5. GCCPricing: CMU hollow block 150 mmOpened 28 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 5.10 each for 400 × 200 × 150 mm hollow. Reference parity rate. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026.
6. GCCPricing: CMU hollow block 200 mmOpened 28 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 5.80 each for 400 × 200 × 200 mm hollow. Reference parity rate. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026. Not averaged with the GASTAT per-1,000 rows.
7. GCCPricing: CMU solid block 150 mmOpened 28 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 6.20 each for 400 × 200 × 150 mm solid. Reference parity rate. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026.
8. GCCPricing: CMU solid block 200 mmOpened 28 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 7.20 each for 400 × 200 × 200 mm solid. Reference parity rate. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026.
9. GCCPricing: AAC block 200 mmOpened 28 October 2026. Saudi Arabia SAR 7.10 each for 600 × 250 × 200 mm. Manufacturer field Ytong/Siporex. Reference parity rate. Supply only. Last updated 26 Oct 2026. Not multiplied by 12.5 blocks/m².