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Start an advertising business in the UAE.Licensed in UAE free zones · fully remote · priced line by line

Whether you are building a full agency or a specialised studio, advertising in the UAE is licensed through official activity names that differ by authority. Verified Setups works from those records directly, so you can see exactly which licensed activities sit behind an advertising business, which free zones license them, and what your own setup costs, itemised, before you commit.

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AED 4,888*

The licence behind it.

These are the official licensed activities our engine maps to advertising: the exact names the authorities use, and every zone writes its own list in its own words. Our engine recognises them as one business, so your setup is built on the real activity behind it, not a guess. Where a zone’s own record notes an authority approval for an activity, it’s shown beside that zone: the licence is priced now, and an approval’s fee is scoped with you when it applies.

AdvertisingAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone post-licence approval: National Media Authority · Ajman Free Zone · Shams approval: National Media Authority · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Advertising AgencyAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone post-licence approval: National Media Authority · Shams · Innovation City · Dubai South approval: UAE Media Council · Meydan Free Zone
Advertisement Designing & ProducingAjman NuVentures Centre · Ajman Free Zone · RAKEZ · Innovation City · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA approval: the relevant authority
Creation and realization of advertising campaigns: • Creating and placing advertising in newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, the internet and other media • Creating and placing of outdoor advertising, e.g. billboards, panels, bulletins and frames, window dressing, showroom design, car and bus carding etc. • Media representation, i.e. sale of time and space for various media soliciting advertising • Aerial advertising • Distribution or delivery of advertising material or samples • Provision of advertising space on billboards etc. • Creation of stands and other display structures and sitesShams approval: Media Regulatory Office (MRO)
Advertisement AgencySPC Free Zone post-licence approval: National Media Authority
Advertising & Communication AgencyRAKEZ approval: Media · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority · Masdar City Free Zone
Advertisements Designing and ProductionSPC Free Zone post-licence approval: National Media Authority
Creation And Realization Of Advertising CampaignsDubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Consulting and advertising studiesSPC Free Zone post-licence approval: National Media Authority · Shams

Where it’s licensed.

Free zones on our platform whose official activity lists cover this business, with each zone’s own licence-only starting price.

Ajman NuVentures CentreAjmanSetups from AED 4,888* SPC Free ZoneSharjahSetups from AED 4,999* Ajman Free ZoneAjmanSetups from AED 5,565* ShamsSharjahSetups from AED 5,760* RAKEZRas Al KhaimahSetups from AED 6,000* Innovation CityRas Al KhaimahSetups from AED 6,600* Masdar City Free ZoneAbu DhabiSetups from AED 7,000* Dubai SouthDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* Meydan Free ZoneDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* IFZADubaiSetups from AED 12,900*

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