As an agricultural city, Najran has a number of fruit and vegetable farms. Peaches, apricots, apples, grapes, lemons and oranges are grown on a wide scale here.

Najran has a very rich historical background with its remnants in the archaeological site at Al-Ukhdood.

The site of Al-Ukhdood has traditionally been identified as the place of siege and massacre of Christians by the Jewish king Dhu Nuwas in the 6th century AD, before the dawn of Islam. The traces of burning have still been found at the archaeological site.