The Middle East facility management market is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 15% during the forecast period. The market growth is attributed to the increasing construction activities and significant demand from transportation, education, and government verticals in the region. The Middle East is well known for its crude oil extraction; therefore, to decrease its dependence on it, the region is focusing on infrastructure development. In addition, foreign investments in the service sectors such as tourism, BFSI, and entertainment, are on the surge, which in turn, is driving the growth of the Middle East facility management market. Further, various initiatives by the governments of the Middle East nations towards social welfare, including healthcare, and affordable housing, are creating growth avenues for the facility management market.
Market Segmentation
The Middle East and Africa facility management market has been analyzed on the basis of service type, deployment mode, organization size, end-user, and region. Based on service type, the market is segmented into soft facility management services and hard facility management services. On the basis of deployment mode, the market is bifurcated into cloud and on-premise. Among these, cloud-based deployment is estimated to exhibit considerable growth during the forecast period. Based on organization type, the market is segmented into SMEs and large enterprises. Further, on the basis of end-user, the market covers the analysis of construction, IT & telecom, government, education, retails & commercial, defense & military, healthcare, and others. Geographically, the market covers the analysis of UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, and Rest of Middle East and Africa. UAE is dominating the market due to the rising initiatives by the government.
Market Structure and Competition Landscape
The Middle East facility management market is fragmented, owing to the presence of a large number of regional and international players. Some of the facility management service providers operating in the Middle East include Al Shirawi Facilities Management LLC., Deyaar, Duserve Facilities Management & Building Cleaning Services LLC, Consolidated Contractors Co., Delight International Facilities Management, INAYA Facilities Management Services, AA Group, Creative Associate Facility Management, Oman International Group SAOC, Perfect Reflection Facilities Management Services, Como Oman, Genetco Facilities Management & Engineering Services, EMCOR Group Inc., White Gloves Facilities Management and Cleaning Services, Al Asmakh Facilities Management, Efs Facilities Services Group, Emrill Services LLC, Farnek Services LLC, Genetco Facilities Management & Engineering Services, Al Borj Facility Management, and Server Facilities Management, among others. The facility management service providers are integrating technology into their offerings that are supporting their portfolio, for instance,
• In 2020, Darwish Interserve Facility Management, a Qatar-based company signed a contract for three years for facility management services with the Civil Aviation Authority of Qatar to provide integrated amenities including cleaning and MEP at the Air Traffic Control Centre of Qatar.
• In March 2019, EMCOR (Dubai) Group Inc. signed a contract with Riyadh-based real-estate developer Tatweer Buildings Company to offer facility management services.