Three Qatari companies among top-10 brands in Mena region

Three Qatari companies have made it to the top-10 list of most valuable brands in the Mena region.

The “Brand Finance Middle East 50” report puts the top-10 companies in the Mena region as Emirates (UAE), STC (Saudi Arabia), Etisalat (UAE), Qatar Airways (Qatar), QNB (Qatar), Al Rajhi Bank (Saudi Arabia), Almarai (Saudi Arabia), NCB (Saudi Arabia), Emirates NBD (UAE) and Ooredoo (Qatar).

Leading intangible asset valuation consultancy Brand Finance created the exhaustive list.

Ooredoo’s brand value has consistently increased since the company began its global brand roll-out in February 2013.

Since then, Ooredoo saw a 169% increase in its estimated brand value, which the report calculates at $2.1bn in 2016.

With its AA+ brand rating, Ooredoo is the strongest telecoms brand in the region.

Despite the hacking scare at QNB, the bank continues to be one of the strongest and glamorous banking entities around. And with Qatar Airways adding up new routes every few weeks, they too seem destined to be among the top in the next few years.