What setting up a companyin the UAE really costs.

Published fees from 20 authorities across seven emirates, each one linked to its official source and dated. Independent. No sign-up.

Checked 6 Oct 2026
AED · licence fee lines
EN · RU · TR
Commercial licence, by authoritySample of 20
Cheapest published fee first. Where a fee is not public, we say so.
Ajman DED
Ajman · Mainland
AED 600
per year
Source
ADGM
Abu Dhabi · Financial centre
AED 734.5
per year
Source
Fujairah Free Zone
Fujairah · Free zone
AED 2,500
per year
Source
JAFZA
Dubai · Free zone
AED 5,000
per year · renewal on quote
Source
Shams
Sharjah · Free zone
AED 6,885
per year
Source
Meydan
Dubai · Free zone
AED 12,500
one-off · renewal on quote
Source
DMCC
Dubai · Free zone
AED 20,285
per year
Source
DIFC
Dubai · Financial centre
AED 44,090
per year · renewal on quote
Source
IFZA
Dubai · Free zone
Price on request
no public fee schedule
Checked
Licence fee lines only. The full tool adds visas, registration and renewals into one-year and two-year totals.
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20
authorities
7
emirates
3
languages

Seven emirates, one table.

Lowest published licence fee

A low fee can hide a high bar.

Every price sits next to the rule that changes it, taken from the same official page.

Fujairah Free Zone
AED 2,500
per year
Minimum capital AED 150,000. 100% foreign ownership.
Meydan
AED 12,500
one-off
Renewal is quote-only, so year two is unknown. 100% foreign ownership.
IFZA
Price on request
no public fee schedule
No paid-up capital required. Priced through licensed partners.

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1

Describe your set-up

Emirate, mainland or free zone, licence type, visas, shareholders, office.

2

Read the lines

One-year or two-year totals, with the source and date on every figure.

3

Ask only if you want to

Tick the box for an introduction to a licensed setup firm. Otherwise nothing leaves the page.

The numbers, with the evidence next to them.

Every fee has a source

Each line links to the authority's own fee schedule, so you can check it yourself.

Every fee has a date

We show when each figure was last verified. Where a price is on request, the table says so rather than guessing.

One-year and two-year totals

Licence, visas, registration and renewals, added up for your set-up and sorted by first-year or renewal cost.

The rules, beside the cost

Foreign ownership, office requirements and onshore trading, shown next to each price so cheap does not hide a restriction.

We don't sell licences. We show you the price first.

If you ask for an introduction, we pass your details to a licensed setup firm only when you tick the box. Nothing is shared otherwise.

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