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Booking apps for Saudi brands that run branches in more than one city.

Codeeo delivers appointment booking app development Saudi Arabia operators can roll out nationally: one app, one back office and one customer base across Riyadh, Jeddah, the Eastern Province and the cities beyond. We build for clinic groups, salon and grooming franchises, automotive networks, training providers and service companies, and we design around the Kingdom's own systems: Nafath sign in where identity matters, mada and Apple Pay at checkout, ZATCA compliant invoicing, registered SMS sender names and the Personal Data Protection Law.

Getting national rules right once, in the platform, is far cheaper than fixing them branch by branch after launch. That is the main argument for a single Saudi booking platform over a patchwork of local tools. It also gives head office a single view of demand in every region.

Built for
Multi city clinic groups, franchises, automotive networks, training providers and service brands operating across the Kingdom.
Typical timeline
Agreed after discovery, with the national rules, the pilot city and the rollout order for other regions written down first.
What you own
The full source code, store accounts, admin platform, booking history and customer data, registered to your Saudi entity.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

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National platform features

What a booking platform needs to work everywhere in the Kingdom.

A booking app for one branch can get by with a calendar and a payment link. A national platform has to answer harder questions. How do customers prove who they are for services that require it? How are invoices issued under ZATCA's e-invoicing rules when a booking is paid in one city and delivered in another? Which personal data may be collected, where is it stored, and who can see it under the PDPL? How do reminders reach customers when SMS sender names must be registered? How do regional managers see their own branches while head office sees everything? The capabilities below answer those questions. Most clients start with a subset and add the rest as new regions join. Each one is configured at platform level, so a new branch inherits it automatically.

Explain your project
  • Nafath identity verification

    For services where identity must be confirmed, such as medical appointments, regulated training or high value bookings, customers verify through Nafath, the national single sign on, instead of uploading ID photos. Lighter services keep a simple phone number sign up, so verification is used only where it adds value.

    Verified identities without collecting copies of national ID cards.

  • Multi region branch structure

    Branches are grouped by city and region, each with its own hours, services, prices and managers. Head office sets national rules and brand content once; regional teams adjust local details within limits you define.

    National consistency with room for local decisions.

  • Saudi payments and invoicing

    mada, Apple Pay, international cards and SAMA licensed instalment providers through a licensed Saudi payment gateway. Paid bookings feed your accounting or ERP so tax invoices are issued in line with ZATCA's Fatoora requirements, and corporate customers can settle invoices through SADAD where your billing system supports it.

    Payments and tax invoices reconcile across every branch.

  • PDPL ready data design

    We record the purpose of every data field, collect consent where it is needed, give customers access to and deletion of their data, and keep sensitive details such as health information out of the booking layer. Retention periods and access logs are configured from the start.

    Data handling you can explain to SDAIA or a customer.

  • Registered SMS and push messaging

    Reminders and confirmations go out through a licensed SMS provider under your registered sender name, following the rules set by the Communications, Space and Technology Commission, with push notifications as a free second channel. Promotional messages are separated from service messages and respect consent.

    Messages delivered under your brand, within the rules.

  • City specific booking behaviour

    The same platform can behave differently by city: visitor bookings from abroad and extra languages for Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah branches, roster aware slots for the Eastern Province, and corporate accounts for Riyadh. These are switched on per region rather than built as separate apps.

    One codebase that still feels local in each city.

  • Hijri and Gregorian calendars

    Dates can display in the Umm al-Qura Hijri calendar alongside Gregorian dates. Ramadan hours, Eid closures and national holidays such as Founding Day and National Day are set once nationally and adjusted by region where needed.

    Customers see dates the way they think about them.

  • Practitioner credential checks

    For healthcare groups, the platform can store each practitioner's Saudi Commission for Health Specialties classification and licence expiry, and stop bookings with anyone whose registration has lapsed. Other sectors track their own staff certifications the same way.

    Nobody is booked with a practitioner who should not be practising.

  • Role based admin for head office and regions

    Head office, regional managers, branch managers, reception and practitioners each see only what their role needs. Every change to prices, rules or bookings is logged with who made it and when.

    Clear accountability across a large organisation.

  • National reporting

    Utilisation, no shows, lead times and revenue by city, region, service and staff member, with comparisons that show which branches need more capacity and which need more demand. Data can flow to Power BI or your existing reporting tools.

    Expansion decisions based on booking evidence.

Who this is for

Four Saudi organisations that outgrow local booking tools.

The national picture for appointment businesses in Saudi Arabia is uneven. The largest volumes sit in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Dammam metro area, with Makkah and Madinah shaped by pilgrimage and cities such as Abha, Tabuk, Buraidah and Hail served by fewer, often regional, operators. Brands that grow across that map tend to hit the same walls. These four situations are the most common reasons a Saudi organisation asks us for its own platform. Smaller cities often depend on one or two regional chains, so a national brand entering them needs booking that works from day one.

01

Healthcare groups across several regions

Private hospital and clinic groups need patient booking that fits Ministry of Health licensing, practitioner credentials checked against SCFHS records, and strict separation between scheduling data and clinical records. The app writes appointments into the group's health information system, supports insurance details where the clinic needs them, and lets patients find the nearest branch in any city. Public primary care booking continues through the Ministry's own Sehhaty app, so a private group's app should complement rather than imitate it.

Scheduling and clinical data kept apart.

02

Salon, spa and grooming franchises

Franchise brands want customers to recognise one app from Riyadh to Khamis Mushait, while franchisees keep control of their own staff and slots. We build national brand content and loyalty, with franchisee level schedules, revenue reports and payouts. Each branch works under its own municipal licence through Balady, and the platform can hold licence details and expiry dates so head office sees which locations need renewal attention. Gender specific branches and staff visibility rules are configured per location, so each branch follows its own approved setup.

One brand, many owners.

03

Automotive and fleet service networks

Service, tyre, tinting and inspection networks with branches on national highways serve drivers who travel between cities. A customer booking in Riyadh can rebook in Qassim or Jeddah with the same vehicle history. Fleet operators book across several regions from one corporate account and receive consolidated, ZATCA compliant invoicing through your finance system. Roadside and highway branches can show estimated arrival based on the customer's route between cities.

Vehicle history follows the driver across the Kingdom.

04

Training and assessment providers

Providers running safety, language, professional or driving courses across several cities need national course calendars, seat limits, employer sponsored places and attendance records. Where a course leads to a regulated certificate, identity verification through Nafath reduces fraud. Many of these providers also serve Vision 2030 workforce programmes, which raises expectations for reporting and data quality. Course materials and certificates can be issued in Arabic and English from the same record.

How we take a booking platform national.

  1. 01National rules firstIdentity, payments, invoicing, data protection, messaging and sector licensing are reviewed and turned into platform rules before any branch level detail is designed.
  2. 02Organisation modelWe map regions, cities, branches, franchisees and roles, then agree what head office controls and what each region may change locally.
  3. 03Arabic first designCustomer, staff and admin experiences are designed in Arabic first with full English, then tested with customers from more than one region.
  4. 04Platform buildWe build the apps and admin platform in short cycles and connect Nafath, the payment gateway, SMS provider, ERP and any sector systems.
  5. 05Pilot cityOne city, usually where you have the most branches, goes live first. Its results shape the rollout plan for the remaining regions. Staff from the next region often shadow the pilot.
  6. 06Regional rolloutOther cities join in waves, with staff training per region and reports comparing each wave against the pilot before the next begins.

Technology

What we build this with.

Cross platform iOS and Android apps, a web based admin platform and cloud hosting chosen with the PDPL, sector rules and any National Cybersecurity Authority controls your clients require. Code and infrastructure are documented for handover. Release pipelines let one update reach every region on the same day, with the option to hold a change back for a single city.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

03Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions from organisations building a national booking app.

National rules, a regional organisation model and a rollout plan.

A single city app is mostly about customers and staff in one place. A national platform adds identity verification, invoicing across branches, data protection rules applied consistently, regional management roles and reporting that compares cities. It also needs a rollout plan, because launching in every region on the same day rarely works. We plan the pilot city and the order of the regions with you during discovery. The admin platform also needs to stay usable for a reception team in a small city as well as for analysts at head office.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

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