ALMARSHAD GROUP was established in 1389 AH corresponding to 1969 AD - by its founder Sheikh / Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Marshad - may Allah has mercy upon him -, its work at that time was limited to the general contracting for villas and commercial buildings , then began to expand to include trade in the sale of household appliances till early 1400 AH corresponding to 1979 AD, and then directed to real estate, buying and selling lands, In 1404 AH corresponding to 1983 AD, the group developed a new activity, namely maintenance and conditioning, targeted government sectors and embassies In 1406 AH (1985 AD) the Group started the field of factories, as it has created (AL MARSHAD ELECTRICAL GENERATOR FACTORY) in Riyadh as it was the only one of its kind in the Kingdom at that time because of its specialty in the technical reforms, In 1408 AH corresponding to 1987 AD the group has considered the necessity of entering the investment sector as the condition of vegetables and fruits markets do not fit at all with architectural renaissance in the Kingdom and began to design the first conditioned vegetable market in the Kingdom (fruit and vegetable market at Badiah) in Riyadh to be the first of the development of the fruit and vegetable markets established now in all the cities of the Kingdom. It was the start of the major investment projects, some of which was purchased and the other were investment of long term contracts with the state and then the group has entered strongly in the electricity sector by accredited as a distributor of major products ABB materials of low pressure in Central, Eastern and Western regions, it was in 1409 AH, corresponding to 1994 AD, for the sector of real estate, the Group touched the country's need for commercial markets, particularly popular ones and actually was in the beginning of 1417 AH (1996 AD) the construction of Folk Village markets in Riyadh, as the most Popular commercial market in the Kingdom as it is a unique model, and then ro