# BusinessDubai — Company Formation in Dubai & the UAE > BusinessDubai.ae (businessdubai.ae) is an authorised UAE business-setup consultancy that registers mainland, free zone, and offshore companies in Dubai and across the United Arab Emirates — handling trade licences, residency and Golden Visas, corporate bank accounts, VAT registration, and government (PRO) liaison end to end. BusinessDubai.ae helps entrepreneurs, SMEs, and international companies launch in the UAE with low-cost, transparent, fixed-fee packages. Core offerings: Dubai mainland (DED/DET) licences with 100% foreign ownership, free zone company setup, offshore company formation, UAE residency and Golden Visa processing, corporate banking introductions, VAT/corporate-tax registration and compliance, and ongoing PRO services. Offices in Dubai (One Central, Trade Centre 2) and Ajman (Al Rashidiya). ## Services - [Mainland Company Setup in Dubai & the UAE](https://www.businessdubai.ae/mainland-company-setup): Start your Dubai UAE mainland company with full ownership, DED license, visa support, and complete local market access. Low cost packages in Dubai, Sharjah & Abu Dhabi. No hidden fees—trusted by global investors. - [Dubai Free Zone Company Setup](https://www.businessdubai.ae/freezone-company-setup): Set up your UAE Freezone company with full ownership, fast licence approval, and clear pricing. Get fast licensing, transparent fees, and full support from activity selection to bank setup. Ideal for digital businesses, traders, and global entrepreneurs. - [Offshore Company Formation in Dubai & the UAE](https://www.businessdubai.ae/offshore-company-formation): Setup your offshore company in Dubai or the UAE easily with total privacy, bank-ready, low-cost setup, 100% foreign ownership, and expert support. - [Get Started & Grow with Businessdubai.ae](https://www.businessdubai.ae/get-started): Ready to launch your business in Dubai, UAE? Businessdubai's simplifies the setup process from start to growth—no technical expertise required. Get personalised help from Aysh to confidently build your business in Dubai. - [Dubai Business Setup Consultants](https://www.businessdubai.ae/category/plans): Set up your company in Dubai-UAE with expert business setup services. We offer low cost mainland, freezone, and offshore company formation options to help you succeed in the UAE. ## Business Setup by Emirate - [Business Setup in Sharjah 2026: Cost, Free Zone & Steps](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-sharjah): Start a business in Sharjah from AED 5,750. Compare free zone vs mainland cost, visas, tax and steps in our honest 2026 setup guide. - [Business Setup in Ajman 2026: Cost, Free Zone & Steps](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-ajman): Start a business in Ajman from AED 4,888, the UAE's cheapest. Compare AFZ, AMCFZ and NuVentures free zones vs mainland: cost, visas, tax and steps. - [Business Setup in Abu Dhabi 2026: Costs, Zones & ADGM](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-abu-dhabi): Business setup in Abu Dhabi from AED 3,500. Compare ADGM, KEZAD and Masdar City free zones, mainland costs, Hub71 and corporate tax in our 2026 guide. - [Business Setup in Fujairah 2026](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-fujairah): Set up a business in Fujairah from AED 5,599. Compare Creative City, FFZA free zone and mainland costs, visas, tax and timelines in our 2026 guide. - [Business Setup in Umm Al Quwain 2026](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-umm-al-quwain): Set up a business in Umm Al Quwain from AED 5,500. UAQ free zone licence with visa and co-working bundled, plus UAQ mainland. Costs, FAQs and timelines. - [Business Setup in Al Ain 2026: Costs, ADDED & KEZAD](https://www.businessdubai.ae/business-setup-in-al-ain): Business setup in Al Ain from AED 16,341. Al Ain is part of Abu Dhabi, licensed by ADDED via TAMM. Compare mainland, KEZAD Al Ain and costs. 2026 guide. ## Company - [About BusinessDubai.ae](https://www.businessdubai.ae/about): BusinessDubai.ae is an authorised UAE business setup consultancy offering experience-led guidance, verified information, and end-to-end support for founders and businesses. - [Get in Touch](https://www.businessdubai.ae/contact): Get your Dubai, UAE company registered with ease. Expert support for mainland, freezone, and offshore business setup tailored to your UAE market entry needs. - [Dubai Business Setup FAQs](https://www.businessdubai.ae/faqs): Find answers to the most asked questions about company formation in Dubai, UAE. Learn about setup costs, visas, free zones, mainland licenses, banking, VAT, and renewals in one complete FAQ guide. - [Dubai & UAE Business Setup Blog](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blog): Latest UAE government updates, Dubai company setup guides, free zone insights, and practical business tips to help you start and grow in the UAE. ## Languages The site is fully available in these languages (same services, localized for each market). Each language also has its own index at `//llms.txt`: - [Arabic (العربية)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ar): أسّس شركتك في دبي والإمارات مع خبراء تأسيس الأعمال — خدمات تأسيس الشركات في المناطق الحرة والبر الرئيسي (مينلاند) والأوفشور. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/ar/llms.txt - [تأسيس شركة في البر الرئيسي بدبي والإمارات](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ar/mainland-company-setup) - [تأسيس شركة في المنطقة الحرة بدبي](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ar/freezone-company-setup) - [تأسيس شركة أوفشور في دبي والإمارات](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ar/offshore-company-formation) - [Russian (Русский)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ru): Откройте компанию в Дубае и ОАЭ с экспертами по регистрации бизнеса — фризона, мейнленд и оффшор под ключ. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/ru/llms.txt - [мейнленд в ОАЭ: регистрация](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ru/mainland-company-setup) - [фризона в Дубае: регистрация](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ru/freezone-company-setup) - [офшор в ОАЭ: RAK ICC](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ru/offshore-company-formation) - [German (Deutsch)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/de): Gründen Sie Ihre Firma in Dubai und den VAE mit erfahrenen Experten — Freezone-, Mainland- und Offshore-Gesellschaften aus einer Hand. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/de/llms.txt - [Mainland Company in Dubai gründen](https://www.businessdubai.ae/de/mainland-company-setup) - [Freezone Firma in Dubai gründen](https://www.businessdubai.ae/de/freezone-company-setup) - [Offshore-Firma in Dubai gründen](https://www.businessdubai.ae/de/offshore-company-formation) - [French (Français)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/fr): Créez votre société à Dubaï et aux Émirats arabes unis avec des experts — free zone, mainland et offshore, accompagnement complet. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/fr/llms.txt - [Société mainland à Dubaï : LLC & DED](https://www.businessdubai.ae/fr/mainland-company-setup) - [Société freezone à Dubaï](https://www.businessdubai.ae/fr/freezone-company-setup) - [Société offshore à Dubaï : RAK ICC](https://www.businessdubai.ae/fr/offshore-company-formation) - [Spanish (Español)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/es): Abre tu empresa en Dubái y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos con expertos en constitución de sociedades: free zone, mainland y offshore. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/es/llms.txt - [Empresa mainland en Dubái: licencia DED](https://www.businessdubai.ae/es/mainland-company-setup) - [Crear una empresa en la zona franca de Dubái](https://www.businessdubai.ae/es/freezone-company-setup) - [Empresa offshore en Dubái: RAK ICC](https://www.businessdubai.ae/es/offshore-company-formation) - [Italian (Italiano)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/it): Apri la tua società a Dubai e negli Emirati Arabi Uniti con esperti di costituzione societaria: free zone, mainland e offshore. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/it/llms.txt - [Società mainland a Dubai: licenza DED](https://www.businessdubai.ae/it/mainland-company-setup) - [Aprire una società in free zone a Dubai](https://www.businessdubai.ae/it/freezone-company-setup) - [Società offshore a Dubai: RAK ICC](https://www.businessdubai.ae/it/offshore-company-formation) - [Norwegian (Norsk)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/no): Start selskapet ditt i Dubai og De forente arabiske emirater med erfarne eksperter — freezone, mainland og offshore. — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/no/llms.txt - [Mainland-selskap i Dubai: DET-lisens](https://www.businessdubai.ae/no/mainland-company-setup) - [Freezone-selskap i Dubai](https://www.businessdubai.ae/no/freezone-company-setup) - [Offshore-selskap i Dubai: RAK ICC](https://www.businessdubai.ae/no/offshore-company-formation) - [Chinese (简体中文)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/zh): 携手资深专家在迪拜和阿联酋注册公司——自由区、大陆及离岸公司设立一站式服务。 — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/zh/llms.txt - [迪拜本地公司注册](https://www.businessdubai.ae/zh/mainland-company-setup) - [迪拜自由区公司注册](https://www.businessdubai.ae/zh/freezone-company-setup) - [迪拜离岸公司注册](https://www.businessdubai.ae/zh/offshore-company-formation) - [Japanese (日本語)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ja): ドバイ・UAEでの会社設立を専門家がサポート。フリーゾーン、メインランド、オフショア法人設立をワンストップで。 — index: https://www.businessdubai.ae/ja/llms.txt - [ドバイ メインランド 会社設立](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ja/mainland-company-setup) - [ドバイ フリーゾーン 会社設立](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ja/freezone-company-setup) - [ドバイ オフショア会社の設立](https://www.businessdubai.ae/ja/offshore-company-formation) ## Guides & Articles ### Business Setup - [Dubai Business Setup for Korean Founders 2026: The Treaty Is Settled. Your Sector Is What Actually Decides the Licence](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-business-setup-koreans): A 2026 guide for Korean founders setting up in the UAE, built around the decision that actually costs Korean companies time and money. Korea and the UAE have a - [Choosing Your Business Activity in Dubai 2026: The One Line on Your Licence That Decides Your Bank Account, Your Approvals and Your Tax Rate](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-business-activity-selection): A 2026 guide to choosing the licensed business activity on a UAE trade licence, which is a different decision from choosing the licence type. It covers how acti - [When UAE Business Partners Fall Out: The Licence Still Renews, The Staff Visas Still Hang Off It, and the Tax Return Is Still Due in Nine Months](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-shareholder-dispute-deadlock): A working 2026 guide to what actually happens when UAE business partners fall out, written around the operational reality rather than the legal theory. The comp - [The Authorised Signatory Is the Least Considered Decision in a UAE Company Setup, and the One That Stops the Business Paying Its Own Bills](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-authorised-signatory-bank-mandate): A 2026 guide to the authorised signatory and the bank mandate in a UAE company, written around the point that most founders decide it in ninety seconds at setup - [Changing Your UAE Company Address 2026: The Lease Is Not a Landlord Document, It Is What Your Trade Licence and Every Visa Behind It Stand On](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-company-address-change): A 2026 guide to changing a UAE company's registered address, written around the dependency almost nobody is warned about. Your tenancy contract and its registra - [Changing Your UAE Company Name 2026: The Approval Is the Easy Part, and the Nine Records You Have to Re-Paper Afterwards Are Not](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-company-name-change): A 2026 guide to changing a UAE company's registered name: the difference between a legal name change and a trading or brand name that needs no filing at all, th - [There Is No UAE Companies House, So Nobody Builds the Habit: The Corporate File a Bank, a Buyer or an Auditor Will Ask For, and Why Rebuilding It Takes a Month](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-company-secretary-corporate-records): A working 2026 guide to corporate records and the company secretary function in a UAE company, written around the reason founders neglect both. There is no UK-s - [Corporate Governance for a Small UAE Company: The Records You Must Keep and the Filings That Are Triggered Rather Than Diarised](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-corporate-governance-sme): A working 2026 guide to what a small UAE company must actually maintain and file, as distinct from whatever the founders agreed privately between themselves. Go - [UAE Family Business Succession Planning 2026: The Frozen Account and the Licence Renewal Nobody Can Sign](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-family-business-succession-planning): A working 2026 guide to succession planning for expatriate founders who own a UAE company, written around the failure that actually happens rather than the lega - [A Founders' Shareholder Agreement Is Not Your MOA: What the Private Document Between Co-Founders Decides That the Filed Constitution Never Touches](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-founder-shareholder-agreement): A working 2026 guide to the private shareholders' or founders' agreement in a UAE company, written around the point that it is a different document from the mem - [Two Free Zone Companies Trading With Each Other: Why "We Are Both Free Zone" Answers Neither Corporate Tax Nor VAT](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-free-zone-to-free-zone-transactions): A working 2026 guide for UAE free zone companies that buy from and sell to other free zone companies and assume the transaction is frictionless in both directio - [Business Ideas for Women in Dubai 2026: The Idea Is the Easy Part, the Licence Is Where People Get Caught](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/business-ideas-for-women-dubai): There are no gender-based restrictions on business ownership in the UAE, so a woman can own 100% of a free zone or mainland company on exactly the same terms as - [Starting a Dubai Business With Almost No Money: What Is Genuinely Possible and What Is Marketing](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-business-setup-without-money): Searches for setting up in Dubai with no money mostly land on articles promising free zones with zero capital, and this one separates the two things those artic - [Dubai Office Space Options 2026: Your Desk Decides How Many People You Can Sponsor, Not Your Rent Budget](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-office-space-options): A working 2026 guide to choosing premises for a Dubai company when the real consequence is immigration rather than rent. Our Dubai free zone package at AED 12,8 - [Selling on Noon and Amazon.ae in 2026: What the UAE Requires From You Before Any Marketplace Will Take You Seriously](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/selling-on-uae-marketplaces): A 2026 guide to the UAE-side requirements for selling on marketplaces such as Noon and Amazon.ae, written for people who already know what they want to sell and - [Side Hustles in Dubai 2026: What You Are Legally Allowed To Do, What It Costs, and Where People Get Caught](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/side-hustles-dubai): A working 2026 guide to running a side hustle in Dubai legally. The cheapest genuine route is a Dubai e-Trader licence from around AED 1,370 a year, and it carr - [Changing Shareholders in a UAE Company: Five Systems Move at Once and Most Founders Plan Only the First](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-company-share-transfer): A working 2026 guide to transferring shares in a UAE company, written around the point that founders plan the licence amendment and forget the four obligations - [UAE Tax Grouping 2026: One Return, One Threshold, and the Small Business Relief You May Be Handing Back](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-corporate-tax-grouping): A working 2026 guide to UAE Corporate Tax grouping for founders who run more than one company. A tax group files a single return and lets profits in one member - [Small Business Relief Now Runs to 2029: What Ministerial Decision 131 Changed, What It Did Not, and Who Should Re-plan](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-small-business-relief-2029): Ministerial Decision No. 131 of 2026, issued on 29 July 2026, extended UAE Small Business Relief by three years to tax periods ending on or before 31 December 2 - [UAE Trade Licence Renewal 2026: The Renewal Fee Is the Smallest Number You Will Pay If You Miss It](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-trade-licence-renewal): A working 2026 guide to renewing a UAE trade licence, written around the dependency chain rather than the fee schedule, because the fee is the cheapest part of - [Buying Dubai Property Through a Company in 2026: The Share Transfer and 4% Question Nobody Can Answer With a Document, the Corporate Tax Inversion That Costs Owners Money, and Which Vehicles the Land Department Actually Registers](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/buying-property-through-company-dubai): The honest guide to holding Dubai freehold in a company: the confirmed DLD fee schedule of 2% seller plus 2% buyer with its fixed charges, why the popular claim - [Can Tourists Start a Business in Dubai? What You Can and Cannot Do on a Visit Visa](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/can-tourists-start-business-dubai): You can own a Dubai company on a visit visa, but not work in it or reside on that status. Status-change rules, real GDRFA fees, capital myths and in-person step - [Dubai Business Licence Amendment: The Complete Process, and the Two Deadlines Nobody Mentions](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-business-licence-amendment): The full guide to amending a Dubai trade licence: what counts as an amendment across activities, trade name, shareholders, manager, legal form, address and capi - [Dubai Commercial Lease Guide 2026: The Tenancy Law Does Cover Your Shop, Office and Warehouse, But the Rental Index, the Service Charge Regime and the Chiller Bill Are Not What Residential Guides Tell You](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-commercial-lease-guide): The genuinely commercial guide to leasing business premises in Dubai: the primary text in Law No. 26 of 2007 that puts premises leased for a business activity, - [Dropshipping From Dubai: The Licence, the AED 300 Customs Trap, and the Tax Nobody Warns You About](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-dropshipping-business): A working 2026 guide to running a dropshipping business from Dubai: why a trade licence attaches to the commercial activity and not to whether you hold stock, w - [PRO Services in Dubai in 2026: What They Cost, What You Actually Get, and How to Read the Invoice](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/pro-services-dubai-cost): No government body publishes a rate card for PRO services, so every price you see online is provider-advertised. This buyer's guide separates the PRO's own fee - [SHAMS Free Zone Setup 2026: The Marketing Says Unlimited Visas, SHAMS's Own Terms Say 50](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/shams-free-zone-setup): A working 2026 guide to Sharjah Media City (SHAMS): why the unlimited visa headline is capped at 50 in SHAMS's own terms and conditions, the documentation gates - [UAE VAT Return Filing in 2026: The VAT 201 Box by Box, Including the Emirate Split Almost Everyone Gets Wrong](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-vat-return-filing): A working guide to filing the UAE VAT 201: the quarterly and monthly tax periods and the single 28-day deadline that covers both the return and the payment, eve - [ADGM vs DIFC: Which Financial Centre Should You Actually Choose in 2026?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/adgm-vs-difc): A decisive ADGM vs DIFC comparison: how each applies English law, courts and enforcement, DFSA capital tiers, ADGM's published fees, crypto rules and the 0% tax - [Can I Have Two Businesses in Dubai? The Four Ways to Do It, and the One Tax Rule That Decides Whether It Works](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/can-i-have-two-businesses-dubai): Yes, you can run two businesses in Dubai. This guide sets out the four structures, adding activities to one licence, a branch under Article 337(2), a subsidiary - [Dubai Apostille and Document Attestation in 2026: Why an Apostille Alone Will Not Clear Your Documents for the UAE](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-apostille-document-attestation): The United Arab Emirates is not a Contracting Party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention, which means an apostille on its own does not make a foreign document - [Dubai Ejari Registration for Businesses: Why a Lapsed Commercial Ejari Blocks Your Trade Licence Renewal, What It Really Costs, and How to Fix It](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-ejari-registration): The commercial guide to Ejari registration in Dubai: what Ejari is and that RERA under the Dubai Land Department runs it, why a valid Ejari on your commercial p - [Dubai Internet City Setup: Why Nobody Can Quote You a Price, What GoFreelance Really Costs, How the Visa Quota Works and Who Actually Reaches 0% (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-internet-city-setup): A working guide to Dubai Internet City in 2026: who runs it and how big it really is, why DIC publishes no licence prices at all and every figure you have seen - [Dubai Media City Setup: Why the Trade Licence Is Not Permission to Broadcast, What the National Media Authority Actually Regulates, and the Costs TECOM Will Not Publish (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-media-city-setup): A working guide to Dubai Media City in 2026: why a DMC trade licence does not by itself let you publish, broadcast or sell advertising, who the federal media re - [Dubai Silicon Oasis Setup: Why DIEZ Does Not Make It a Designated Zone, Why Nobody Can Quote You a Price, and Why a Manufacturer There Reaches 0% When a Software Company Cannot (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-silicon-oasis-setup): A working guide to Dubai Silicon Oasis in 2026: what DSO actually is at 7 square kilometres and how its own published company count contradicts itself, what the - [Minimum Share Capital in Dubai: Is There Really a Minimum, Where Did the AED 300,000 Myth Come From, and What Should You Declare?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/minimum-capital-dubai-company): The evidence-led guide to share capital for a Dubai company: why Article 76 of Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021 sets no fixed minimum for an LLC, only a suffic - [UAE Economic Substance Regulations: Are ESR Filings Still Required in 2026, and Why Are Consultants Still Quoting for Them?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-economic-substance-regulations): Cabinet Decision No. 98 of 2024 cancelled the Economic Substance Notification and the Economic Substance Report for financial years ending after 31 December 202 - [What Is a UAE Establishment Card, and Why Do Mainland Companies Need Two of Them?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-establishment-card): An establishment card is not one document. Mainland companies generally need two: the GDRFA or ICP immigration card that opens the company's visa file, and the - [UAE Personal Data Protection Law: Is the PDPL Enforceable Yet, Why Are the Executive Regulations Still Missing, and Which Fines Being Quoted at You Are Real?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-pdpl-data-protection): Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 has been in force since 2 January 2022, but the Executive Regulations that would make its penalties, procedures and thresholds - [UAE UBO Requirements: Which Law Actually Applies, Who Is Exempt, What the Three Registers Contain, and Where You File](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/uae-ubo-requirements): The working guide to UAE ultimate beneficial owner requirements under Cabinet Resolution No. 109 of 2023 and Cabinet Decision No. 132 of 2023: why almost every - [Setting Up an AI or Tech Consultancy in Dubai: The Qualification Gate, Professional Indemnity and Engagement Economics](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/ai-tech-consultancy-company-setup-dubai): What it actually takes to licence an advisory firm in Dubai: the attested-degree and experience gate on a professional licence, professional indemnity cover cli - [Ajman Free Zone Setup 2026: Everyone Calls It Cheap, But AFZ Publishes No Package Prices At All](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/ajman-free-zone-setup): A working 2026 guide to Ajman Free Zone: why every AFZ price you have seen online is a number the zone never published, the only fees AFZ does publish, how the - [The Cheapest Free Zones in the UAE, Ranked on Prices the Zones Actually Publish (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/cheapest-free-zones-uae-ranked): An honest ranking of the UAE's cheapest free zones built only from first-party published prices: why IFZA and Ajman Free Zone publish no prices at all, which zo - [How to Start a Hotel or Hospitality Business in Dubai: Classification, Licences, Real Costs and Returns (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/hospitality-business-dubai): A practical guide to starting a hotel or hospitality business in Dubai in 2026: DET hotel classification, mainland and free zone licensing, honest cost, staffin - [Setting Up a Software Development Company in Dubai: Owning Your Code, Open-Source Risk and How SaaS Is Taxed](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/software-development-company-setup-dubai): The 2026 guide for founders who build software in Dubai: who legally owns your source code, why contractor IP assignment has to be written down, what an open-so - [UAE Designated Zone VAT Explained: Article 51, Goods vs Services, and the Zones Actually on the List (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/designated-zone-vat-uae): A dedicated VAT guide to UAE Designated Zones: the three Article 51(1) conditions that create one, which zones the FTA's own list names and why we will not publ - [Dubai South Free Zone Setup: Real Licence Fees from DACC's Own Tariff, the Al Maktoum Airport Timeline, and the Designated Zone Question (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dubai-south-free-zone-setup): A working guide to setting up in Dubai South Free Zone: how the districts are laid out, the licence and administrative fees published in Dubai Aviation City Cor - [JAFZA Free Zone Setup: Licences, Facilities, Visa Quota, Designated Zone VAT & the 0% Corporate Tax Rate (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/jafza-free-zone-setup): A straight guide to setting up in Jebel Ali Free Zone in 2026: why JAFZA is a land, warehouse and port zone rather than a desk zone, the FZE, FZCO, branch and o - [Meydan Free Zone Setup: Published Costs, Visa Stack, VAT Status and Who Actually Gets the 0% Rate (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/meydan-free-zone-setup): A working guide to Meydan Free Zone in 2026: the licence prices Meydan actually publishes, the Standard and Fawri products, the full visa cost stack and quota, - [Qualifying Free Zone Person (QFZP): Do You Qualify for 0%, How Do You Stay Qualified, and What Does One Breach Cost You?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/qualifying-free-zone-person-0-percent-tax): The operational guide to Qualifying Free Zone Person status in the UAE: the five Article 18 conditions, the closed 14-item Qualifying Activities list under Mini - [RAKEZ Free Zone Setup (2026): Which Zone You Sit In Decides Your VAT and Your 0% Tax](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/rakez-free-zone-setup): A zone-by-zone RAKEZ guide for 2026: the six zones inside RAKEZ, which licence fits, the only three prices RAKEZ actually publishes, which RAKEZ zones are FTA D - [Delivery Fleet Partner in Dubai: Licensing, RTA Rider Permits, Platform Contracts, Costs & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/delivery-partner-ecommerce-dubai): A practical 2026 guide to running a delivery fleet company in Dubai whose customer is a platform, not a consumer: the DET licence and why RTA approval is the re - [Food Kiosk or Restaurant Licence in Dubai, UAE: DM Activity Codes, Area Minimums, Hood Triggers, Mall Rent & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/food-kiosk-vs-restaurant-licence-dubai): Food kiosk against restaurant licence in Dubai in 2026: why Dubai Municipality has no kiosk activity code and a kiosk inherits a coffee shop or cafeteria classi - [Freelance Permit or Company in Dubai: Liability, Hiring, Tax and Who Will Pay Your Invoice (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/freelance-vs-company-setup-dubai): A decision guide for solo professionals in Dubai in 2026: the freelance permit routes across TECOM, DDA, DMCC and the cheaper northern zones, how the MOHRE work - 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This 2026 guide covers Ministerial Decision 22 - [Technical Services or General Maintenance Licence in Dubai? 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[Start a Coffee Shop or Café in Dubai, UAE: DET Licence, Dubai Municipality Food Permit, Cost & Honest Economics (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/coffee-shop-business-setup-dubai): How to open a coffee shop in Dubai in 2026: why the Dubai Municipality food permit and the layout-before-fit-out sequence are the real gate, the DET café activi - [Set Up a Cold Storage & Temperature-Controlled Warehouse in Dubai, UAE: DM Food Approval & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/cold-storage-warehouse-dubai): How to start a cold storage warehouse in Dubai in 2026: why a food cold store is a regulated food establishment and not just warehousing, the HACCP cold-chain r - [Set Up a Customs Clearance & Customs Broker Company in Dubai, UAE: Dubai Customs Registration & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/customs-clearance-company-dubai): How to start a customs clearance company in Dubai in 2026: why Dubai Customs broker registration, not the trade licence, is the real gate, the certified broker - 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[Set Up an Interior Fit-Out Contracting Company in Dubai, UAE: The Contractor Register, Fit-Out Permits & Tax](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/interior-fit-out-company-dubai): How to start an interior fit-out company in Dubai in 2026: why fit-out is contracting and not interior design, the 2026 contractor register, the per-project fit - [Set Up a Limousine & Chauffeur Company in Dubai, UAE: RTA Franchise, Fleet Rules & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/limousine-service-dubai): How to start a limousine company in Dubai in 2026: why it is an RTA franchise and not a car-rental licence, the fleet minimum and capital that make it a fleet b - [Set Up a Medical Diagnostic Laboratory in Dubai, UAE: DHA Facility Licence, Lab Director & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/medical-laboratory-setup-dubai): How to start a diagnostic laboratory in Dubai in 2026: why the DHA facility licence and a qualified lab director are the real gate, the accreditation and NABIDH - [Set Up an MEP Contracting Company in Dubai, UAE: DEWA Enrolment, the 2026 Contractor Register, Classification, Cost, Margins & the Retention VAT Trap](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/mep-contracting-company-setup-dubai): How to set up an MEP contracting company in Dubai in 2026: why DEWA enrolment and the new Dubai Law No. 7 of 2025 Contractor Register are the real gates rather - 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[Set Up a Vape & Tobacco Products Trading Company in Dubai, UAE: 100% Excise, Product Registration & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/vape-tobacco-trading-dubai): How to start a vape and tobacco trading company in Dubai in 2026: why it is not ordinary trading, the 100 percent excise and mandatory registration, the digital - [Set Up a Packaged Drinking Water Factory in Dubai, UAE: Industrial Licence, EQM & Product Registration (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/water-bottling-company-dubai): How to start a bottled water company in Dubai in 2026: why it is a regulated food factory and not a trading business, the three regulators that gate it, the man - [Set Up an Aesthetic & Cosmetic Clinic in Dubai, UAE: DHA Facility Licence, Who Can Inject & Tax (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/aesthetic-clinic-setup-dubai): How to start an aesthetic clinic in Dubai in 2026: why it is a DHA-licensed health facility and not a beauty business, the exact line between what a salon can d - 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[How to Set Up a Food Trading Company in Dubai: License, FIRS, Halal, Free-Zone Tax & Import Guide (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/food-trading-company-setup-dubai): How to set up a food trading company in Dubai in 2026: the DET licence and Dubai Municipality FIRS food-import registration, halal certification, customs duty, - [How to Set Up a General Trading Company in Dubai: License, Activities, Cost & Tax Guide (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/general-trading-company-setup-dubai): How to set up a general trading company in Dubai in 2026: what a general trading licence covers, restricted and prohibited goods, DMCC vs JAFZA vs mainland, cos - [How to Set Up a Property Management Company in Dubai: License, RERA, Mollak, Cost & Fees Guide (2026)](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/property-management-company-setup-dubai): How to set up a property management company in Dubai in 2026: the two licence types and the AED 5M bank guarantee, RERA and Mollak, fees and revenue, corporate - 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Non-oil trade between the two nations reached $8.5 billion in 2024, a 14 percent increase from 2023 [1] - [What Is the DMCC E-Commerce Ecosystem and Why Does It Matter in 2026?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/dmcc-ecommerce-ecosystem): The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has quietly become one of the most important business hubs for online sellers in the Middle East, but it's not the t - [Why Start a Salon Business in Dubai: The Opportunity](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/salon-beauty-business-dubai): Since 2013, we've helped hundreds of entrepreneurs launch profitable salon and beauty businesses across the UAE. Dubai's beauty industry presents one of the m - [Why Do UAE Banks Reject Business Account Applications?](https://www.businessdubai.ae/blogs/overcoming-bank-account-rejection-uae): You've registered your company, paid for the license, sorted your visa, and now you're ready to start doing business. 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