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Start a recruitment agency in the UAE.Licensed in UAE free zones · fully remote · priced line by line

Matching people to jobs (permanent placement, executive search, temporary staffing) is licensed in the UAE under a family of official activity names that varies more between zones than almost any other business. That makes picking the right wording the whole game. Verified Setups works from the official records directly, so you can see exactly which activities cover the recruitment model you have in mind, which zones license them, and what your setup costs, itemised before you commit.

Setups from

AED 4,888*

The licence behind it.

These are the official licensed activities our engine maps to recruitment agency: 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.

Employment Brokerage Office ServicesSPC Free Zone · Innovation City · Dubai South approval: Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
Labor Recruitment Brokerage Office ServicesSPC Free Zone · Innovation City · Dubai South approval: Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
Recruitment ServicesRAKEZ approval: rta · Innovation City approval: the relevant authority
Temporary employment agency activitiesSPC Free Zone · Shams · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Personnel search, selection referral and placement activities, including executive placement and search activitiesSPC Free Zone · Shams · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Activities of employment placement agenciesSPC Free Zone · Shams
Employment Placement AgenciesDubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Online Employment Placement AgenciesDubai South
On-Line Employment Placement AgenciesMeydan Free Zone
On Demand Labors Supply (Temporary Employment)SPC Free Zone · Innovation City · Dubai South approval: Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation · Meydan Free Zone · IFZA
Other human resources provisionAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Ajman Free Zone · Shams · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Activities of on-line employment placement agenciesSPC Free Zone · 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* Dubai SouthDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* Meydan Free ZoneDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* IFZADubaiSetups from AED 12,900*

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