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Set up a holding company in the UAE.Licensed in UAE free zones · fully remote · priced line by line
Founders with more than one venture eventually want a clean structure over the top: one company that holds the others. The UAE licenses this under official activity names for holding and enterprise investment. Verified Setups shows you those activities and the zones that license them; the conversation about your structure comes first, and your itemised price before any commitment.
Before the price, the honest part.
A holding company holds shares in your own companies and assets. It is not a licence to offer investments or financial services to the public. Structure matters more than speed here. Talk to us first and we’ll map yours before you pay anything.
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The licence behind it.
These are the official licensed activities our engine maps to holding company: 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.
- Activities of holding companiesAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Shams
- Investment in Commercial Enterprises & ManagementAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Masdar City Free Zone · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
- Commercial Enterprises Investment, Institution and ManagementAjman Free Zone · RAKEZ · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority · Masdar City Free Zone
- Investment in Industrial Enterprises & ManagementAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
- Industrial Enterprises Investment, Institution and ManagementAjman Free Zone · RAKEZ · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority
- Investment in Technological Enterprises & ManagementSPC Free Zone · Masdar City Free Zone · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
- Investment in Tourist Enterprises & ManagementSPC Free Zone · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
- Tourist Enterprises Investment, Institution and ManagementAjman Free Zone · RAKEZ · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority · Masdar City Free Zone
- Investment in Agricultural Enterprises & ManagementAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
- Agricultural Enterprises Investment, Institution and ManagementAjman Free Zone · RAKEZ · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority · Masdar City Free Zone
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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