Types of Companies in Dubai (Mainland) 2026: LLC, Sole Establishment, Civil Company, Joint Stock and Branches Compared

The main types of companies in Dubai on the mainland are the limited liability company (including the one-person LLC), the sole establishment, the civil company for professional partnerships, the branch of a UAE, free zone or foreign company, the private and public joint stock companies, and the general and limited partnerships. Which one you can use depends on your activity, who the owners are and how much liability they are prepared to carry. For most founders the real choice is between an LLC on a commercial or professional licence and a sole establishment or civil company on a professional licence.

This guide explains each legal form in plain language, with the article of the law that governs it: who can own it, how many owners it can have, how far the owners are liable, whether it needs a memorandum of association or a local service agent, and what it means later for visas, tax and the bank. It ends with a comparison table, a decision guide, worked cases and the questions founders ask us most.

It is one part of our mainland series. The full set-up route, from trade name to tax registration, is in our guide to mainland company formation, and if you want someone to run the whole file, our company formation support team does it for you.

Types of companies in Dubai at a glance: the comparison table

The table sets every mainland legal form side by side. “Liability” means how far the owners answer for the business’s debts with their own money. “Legal personality” means whether the business exists as a person in law, separate from its owners. The detail and the legal source for each row follow below.

Types of companies in Dubai: how MIRDXB PRO helps you choose and set up

The legal form is the decision founders most often make in a hurry, usually because a package quote assumes one. It is also expensive to change later: new documents, a new memorandum, an amendment with DET and updates at every authority that holds your file. We look at your activity, owners, liability appetite and hiring plan first, explain which legal form fits and why, and only then start the DET file. We are an Amer and Tasheel partner in Al Barsha 1, Dubai.

What we do

• Match the legal form to the activity. We check the activity on DET’s list, the licence type it falls under and the forms that licence type allows.
• Explain liability in writing. For each option we set out who is personally exposed, what the memorandum or agent agreement must cover, and what that means if a partner leaves.
• Prepare the founding documents. Memorandum of association for an LLC, partnership contract for a civil company, local service agent agreement where the law requires one, with notarisation and legal translation.
• Run the licence and the employer files. Trade name with the right legal-form suffix, initial approval, Ejari, licence, Dubai Chambers, GDRFA establishment card, MOHRE labour file and the first visas.
• Handle later changes. Adding partners, converting a sole establishment to an LLC, or opening a branch, with the knock-on updates.

How it works

1. Message us on WhatsApp with the activity, the owners (individuals or companies, nationalities, resident or abroad) and how many people you plan to employ.
2. We send a written comparison of the legal forms open to you, with the documents, the government fees we can publish and our fee.
3. You choose, and we start the file with DET. Owners abroad can sign a power of attorney where the step allows it.
4. We finish the chain through licence, Chamber, establishment cards, labour file and visas, and diarise the tax and beneficial owner deadlines.

What it costs

Government fees are passed on at cost, on the authority’s receipt: DET’s voucher, notary fees, Ejari, Dubai Chambers, GDRFA and MOHRE. The legal form changes the lines: an LLC needs an attested memorandum; a foreign-owned professional firm pays a DET service agent fee and the agent’s own annual fee. Our fee is always quoted in writing before we begin; see our fees page. Every government line, with worked totals, is in our mainland business setup cost guide.

Why founders use us

• We publish our sources. Every rule in this guide links to the law or official page it came from, and where the official record is silent, we say so.
• We cover the whole chain. DET, notary, Dubai Chambers, GDRFA, MOHRE and ICP files are handled by one team, so the legal form, licence and visas stay aligned.
• We tell you when you do not need us. If a simple licence you can complete yourself fits, we say so.
• We are easy to reach. Al Barsha 1, Dubai; Monday to Thursday and Saturday 09:00 to 18:00, Friday 09:00 to 12:00. We act under power of attorney for owners abroad where the step allows.

Two layers of law behind the types of companies in Dubai

Much of the confusion about company types in Dubai comes from reading one law without the other. Federal law decides what a company is. Dubai law decides what kind of business DET will license. Put together, they explain why a Dubai licence can say “LLC”, “Sole Establishment” or “Civil Company” when the federal company law lists none of the last two.

The federal layer: five company forms

Article 9 of Federal Decree-Law No. 32 of 2021 on Commercial Companies says a company “shall take one of the following forms”: general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, public joint stock company and private joint stock company. u.ae lists the same five as the forms an investor can choose on the mainland (page updated 16 July 2026). A company acquires legal personality from the date it is registered in the commercial register (Art. 21), and every company name must be followed by its legal form (Art. 12).

The law does not cover everything. Article 4 excludes certain government-owned companies and specified special-purpose vehicles, and Article 5 excludes free zone companies except for their branches operating outside the zone. The Ministry of Economy and Tourism (MOET) adds that “companies and investors of various nationalities may assume ownership of all legal structures mentioned in the Commercial Companies Law”.

The Dubai layer: four categories of business

Dubai Law No. 13 of 2011, which governs economic activity in the emirate, sets out four permitted legal forms in Article 14: economic activities “must be conducted through a Business having one of the following legal forms: (a) sole proprietorship; (b) civil works company; (c) commercial company; or (d) branch of a national or foreign company or of a company operating in a free zone”. The five federal forms all sit inside category (c).

The same law explains the other two. It defines an establishment as a business “owned by a natural person … whose legal personality is not distinct from its owner” (Art. 2), and Article 15 lets natural persons form a partnership “to personally conduct Occupational or Artisan Activities”, which is the civil company. Article 15(b) requires non-UAE nationals conducting those activities to have a local service agent.

MOET’s own list of mainland structures, updated 24 September 2026, names nine: sole establishment, civil company, limited liability company, public joint stock company, private joint stock company, branch of a GCC company, branch of a local company, holding company and representative office of a foreign company. The difference between that list and Article 9 is not a contradiction: some are licensing categories rather than company forms.

Limited liability company: the default among types of companies in Dubai

Most mainland businesses in Dubai are LLCs, and for good reason: owners are protected, any nationality can own one for most activities, and it works on commercial, professional, industrial and tourism licences. If you are asking which of the types of companies in Dubai to start with, start here and move away only if something in your plans rules it out.

What the law says about an LLC

• Owners. “A limited liability company is a company whose number of partners is at least two and does not exceed fifty”, and “any single natural or legal person may incorporate and own a limited liability company” (Art. 71).
• Liability. Each partner is liable “only to the extent of his capital contribution” (Art. 71).
• Name. Derived from the objects or from partners’ names, followed by “Limited Liability Company” or “LLC” (Art. 72).
• Capital. “Sufficient” to achieve the objects, in stakes of equal value, fully paid at incorporation, in cash or in kind (Art. 76). The Cabinet may set a minimum by resolution; the law itself sets none.
• Share classes. Since the 2025 amendments, stakes “may be classified into different classes in terms of value, voting rights, redemption of the stake, priority in profit distribution or liquidation” as the memorandum sets out (Art. 76(4)).
• Managers. One or more managers appointed in the memorandum, “from among the partners or from third parties” (Art. 83). A manager is personally liable for fraud, misuse of powers, breach of the law or gross error, and a clause excusing this is void (Art. 84).
• Partners’ register. Kept at the head office with each partner’s details and every transaction in the stakes (Art. 74).
• Selling a stake. Other partners have 30 days to claim a stake offered for sale, shared in proportion to their holdings if several claim it (Art. 80).
• Supervisory board. Required once there are more than 15 partners (Art. 88).
• Reserve and audit. 5% of net profits each year to a statutory reserve (Art. 103); one or more auditors appointed each year (Art. 102).
• Limits. Only a public joint stock company may offer securities to the public (Art. 32), and banking and insurance are reserved to public joint stock companies unless the sector laws say otherwise.

What happens if an LLC outgrows 50 partners

Article 75 gives an LLC whose partners exceed 50 three months from notification (extendable by three more) to regularise, usually by converting to a joint stock company. Otherwise it is treated as terminated, and the partners become jointly and severally liable with their own property from the date the number was exceeded. This rarely affects start-ups, but it matters for employee share schemes that hand stakes to many staff directly.

When an LLC is the right legal form

Choose an LLC when you trade goods, when you have or expect more than one owner, when an owner is a company, when you want liability limited to the business, or when you plan to bring in investors. It is also the usual form for founders who will sponsor several staff and want a structure banks recognise without explanation. The price is formality: a memorandum in Arabic, attested (or it is void under Article 14), an auditor, and procedures when partners change.

One-person LLC: the single-owner company

A one-person company is an LLC with a single owner, which can be an individual or a company. The law requires its name to be followed by “Limited Liability One Person Company (OPC)” (Art. 72), and the owner is “liable for the obligations of the company only to the extent of the capital set out in its MOA” (Art. 71(2)). The Cabinet may issue a resolution on how an OPC is incorporated and managed.

For a solo founder the OPC is the main alternative to a sole establishment. It costs more in formality (a memorandum, an auditor, a separate company file), but it separates the business’s debts from the owner’s personal assets, which a sole establishment does not. It is also the natural form for a foreign parent company that wants a wholly owned subsidiary in Dubai rather than a branch.

Sole establishment: one owner, no separate legal person

A sole establishment (also called a sole proprietorship; the licence usually carries “Est.”) is the simplest of the types of companies in Dubai, and strictly it is not a company at all. Dubai Law No. 13 of 2011 defines an establishment as “a Business owned by a natural person for the purpose of conducting an Economic Activity in the Emirate, whose legal personality is not distinct from its owner”.

That definition carries three consequences. Only an individual can own one; a company cannot. The owner is the business in law, so the owner’s personal assets answer for its debts, contracts and fines. And it cannot take in partners; adding one means changing the legal form.

Who can own a sole establishment in Dubai

UAE nationals can hold sole establishments for commercial and professional activities. For foreign nationals the law ties the form to professional work: Article 15(b) of Law 13/2011 says non-UAE nationals “will be authorised to conduct Occupational or Artisan Activities provided that they have an agent (‘Local Service Agent’)”. In Dubai practice this means a foreign national’s sole establishment is a professional licence (consultancy, design, IT services, many trades) with a local service agent, and trading activity goes through an LLC instead.

u.ae states the agent requirement more broadly: “businesses owned completely by non-GCC residents require a local service agent from the UAE”. GCC nationals are generally treated like UAE nationals for this purpose, but check the specific activity with DET, because the official wording is short and the practice varies by activity.

The local service agent in a sole establishment

The agent is a UAE national (or a company whose partners are all UAE nationals) who represents the business with government bodies. Article 16 of Law 13/2011 makes the agent responsible “for exercising due diligence to enable the Business to conduct its Occupational and Artisan Activities”, says the agent “will bear no civil or financial liabilities in relation to the work or activity of the Business”, and requires “a notarised agency agreement based on the template prescribed by the DED”.

The agent owns nothing and takes no share of profit. The agent is paid a fee agreed in the contract, usually annual, set by the market rather than by any official tariff. DET’s own fee schedule (Executive Council Resolution No. 13 of 2011, Schedule 1) lists a service agent line of AED 700; your voucher governs. Our local service agent guide covers the agreement terms and how to replace an agent.

Tax for a sole establishment

Because the business is the owner, corporate tax looks at the individual. Cabinet Decision No. 49 of 2023 says business activities of a natural person are subject to corporate tax “only where the total Turnover derived from such Businesses or Business Activities exceeds AED 1,000,000”, with wages, personal investment income and real estate investment income excluded. Above that line the owner registers and files as a natural person. VAT is separate and turns on the AED 375,000 mandatory threshold.

When a sole establishment is the right legal form

It suits a single professional who will do the work personally, keeps the business small, is comfortable carrying the liability, and wants the lightest structure: no memorandum, no auditor, no partners. It suits less well if you will trade goods, sign large contracts, employ a sizeable team or seek investors. Many owners start as a sole establishment and move to an LLC when the business grows; see “Changing your legal form later” below.

Civil company: the professional partnership

A civil company (Dubai Law 13/2011 calls it a “civil works company” in Article 14 and a “Business Partnership” in Article 15) is how two or more professionals practise a profession together on a Dubai professional licence: accountants, engineers, consultants, designers, many specialist services.

Article 15(a) says natural persons “may enter into partnerships to personally conduct Occupational or Artisan Activities in the Emirate”. It also allows a legal person to join “provided that the nature of his activity is similar to the nature of the activity conducted by such Business Partnership”. So an audit firm can be a partner in a civil company doing audit; a trading company cannot. Foreign partners need a local service agent under Article 15(b), exactly as for a sole establishment.

Which law governs the partners’ relationship

A civil company is not a commercial company under Decree-Law 32/2021; the civil law of companies applies. The UAE’s new Civil Transactions Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 25 of 2025, came into force on 1 June 2026 and repealed the 1985 law. Law firm briefings (Greenberg Traurig, July 2026) note that it recognises companies founded or owned by a single person where other legislation allows (Art. 603), gives professional companies their own rules on partners’ personal liability for professional faults (Arts. 645 to 654), and lets a remaining partner continue the company after another withdraws (Art. 626).

In practice this means the partnership contract between civil company partners matters as much as an LLC’s memorandum: profit shares, who signs, what happens when a partner leaves, and how professional liability is shared. u.ae’s closing page shows that ending a civil company in Dubai needs “a duly notarised partnership termination contract”.

When a civil company is the right legal form

Choose it when the partners are qualified professionals practising together, especially where a regulator or professional body expects a partnership rather than an LLC. Choose an LLC instead if you want liability limited to capital, plan to trade, or have investors who will not practise. Our professional licence guide explains which activities fall under the professional licence and what qualifications they need.

General and limited partnerships

Two of the five federal company forms are partnerships. They appear on every list of the types of companies in Dubai but are seldom chosen by new founders, because at least some partners carry unlimited personal liability.

General partnership

“A General Partnership is a Company which consists of two or more partners who are natural persons and are jointly and severally liable to the extent of all their property for the liabilities of the Company” (Decree-Law 32/2021, Art. 39). Only individuals can be partners, and each partner can be pursued personally for the whole of the partnership’s debts, not just a share. The name is formed from one or more partners’ names followed by the legal form, and anyone who lets their name appear in it becomes jointly liable (Art. 41).

Limited partnership

“A Limited Partnership is a Company which consists of one or more General Partners who are jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the Company and act in the capacity of a trader, in addition to one or more Limited Partners who are held liable for the obligations of the Company only to the extent of their respective capital contributions” (Art. 62). A limited partner’s name may not appear in the company name; if it does, with consent, that partner is treated as a general partner towards third parties acting in good faith (Art. 64).

Who uses partnerships now

Before 2021 partnerships were associated with Emirati ownership. MOET now says partnership companies and limited partnership companies are among the forms investors “of various nationalities” may own. In practice the LLC gives the same flexibility with limited liability for everyone, so partnerships survive mainly in family businesses and long-standing firms. If someone proposes one to you, ask why an LLC would not do.

Joint stock companies: private and public

Joint stock companies are the types of companies in Dubai built for scale, outside investors and, for the public form, listing. Their capital is divided into shares rather than an LLC’s stakes, they have a board of directors, and they sit under closer regulatory supervision.

Public joint stock company (PJSC)

“A Public Joint Stock Company is a company whose capital is divided into shares of equal value, which are tradable, and whose founders subscribe for part of these shares while the remaining shares are offered to the public in a Public Offering” (Art. 105). “Five or more persons may form a Joint Stock Company” (Art. 107), though a conversion into a PJSC is not bound by that minimum. The name must end with “Public Joint Stock Company” (Art. 106).

The Capital Market Authority (CMA, the federal markets regulator that replaced the Securities and Commodities Authority on 1 January 2026) sets out the working conditions on its service card for offering PJSC shares: capital after incorporation or conversion “must be at least AED 30 million”, founders must number at least five natural or legal persons, and a company converting must have existed for at least two financial years. It lists AED 5,000 for incorporation approval, AED 50,000 for conversion approval and a total service time of 10 days.

Only a PJSC may offer securities to the public (Art. 32), and banking and insurance are reserved to PJSCs unless the sector laws provide otherwise. For almost every new business this is not a starting form.

Private joint stock company (PrJSC)

A private joint stock company has shares but does not offer them to the public; it “may offer its securities for private subscription” under conditions the capital markets regulator sets (Art. 32). Ministerial Decision No. 137 of 2024 set governance rules for PrJSCs, including a board with at least one-third independent and a majority non-executive members, at least one woman on the board, and board remuneration capped at 10% of net profit (as summarised by Cleary Gottlieb, 2024). The 2025 amendments shortened the founders’ lock-up on selling shares from two years to one (MOET, 6 January 2026).

The PrJSC suits investment and holding structures, family groups that want a board and transferable shares, and companies preparing for a later listing. The minimum capital and shareholder range we could not read in the law’s text on the day we checked, and secondary sources disagree: see “Where the official sources are silent or disagree” below.

Branches and representative offices

A branch is not a new company. It is the parent company, UAE, free zone, GCC or foreign, licensed to carry on its activity in Dubai. Law 13/2011 recognises “branch of a national or foreign company or of a company operating in a free zone” as the fourth category of business (Art. 14(d)), and the parent remains fully liable for everything the branch does. A representative office is narrower: it promotes the parent and does not trade.

u.ae says the 2021 reform removed the local agent requirement for branches of foreign companies. Free zone companies that want to work onshore in Dubai now have their own route under Executive Council Resolution No. 11 of 2025: a DET branch licence, or a Free Zone Mainland Operating Permit announced at AED 5,000 (Dubai Media Office, 8 October 2025). The documents, attestation, liability and tax points, and the branch-or-subsidiary decision, are covered in our branch of a foreign company guide, and the free zone route in our free zone vs mainland comparison.

Holding companies, non-profit companies and special-purpose vehicles

Holding company. MOET lists a holding company among mainland structures. It is not a sixth form outside Article 9: it is a company, set up in one of the Article 9 forms, whose purpose is to own and control other companies. The law confirms that “Subsidiaries of Holding Companies shall enjoy a legal personality and shall have their own independent financial liability” (Art. 21(4)). Holding structures raise tax grouping and beneficial owner questions that belong with a tax adviser.

Non-profit company. Article 8(3)(b), added by the 2025 amendments, permits “a non-profit company whose net profits derived from its economic project shall be reinvested to achieve the purposes for which it was established”, subject to a Cabinet resolution specifying the purposes and forms. Check whether that resolution has been issued before planning one.

SPVs and SPACs. Special-purpose vehicles and special-purpose acquisition companies are recognised for financing and capital markets use, under capital markets rules. They are not start-up forms.

Liability, capital, partners and managers compared

This table goes one level deeper than the one at the top. It is the comparison to use when you are weighing two legal forms against each other.

Ownership and nationality by legal form

Since 2021 the law “abolishes the requirement for a majority Emirati shareholder or local partner” for most activities (u.ae, updated 6 April 2026), and MOET says investors of any nationality may own every form in the Commercial Companies Law. Two limits remain. Activities of strategic impact, such as security, defence, telecoms, banking, exchange, financing and insurance, and some others, including commercial agencies, keep conditions set by the Cabinet under Article 10. And the professional forms, sole establishment and civil company, bring in the local service agent for foreign owners.

The ownership detail by activity, the strategic-impact list and how to check your own activity are in our 100% foreign ownership guide.

How the legal form changes your licence, visas, tax and bank

The legal form is not only a legal label. It changes what DET issues, how you sponsor yourself, what the Federal Tax Authority expects and how a bank reads your file.

For the employer files every form follows the same route: our establishment card guide, MOHRE labour card guide and visa quota guide explain them. For tax, see our corporate tax registration guide; for the bank, our corporate bank account guide.

Choosing between the types of companies in Dubai: a decision guide

Work through these questions in order. Each one removes some legal forms. By the end, most founders have one clear option and at most one alternative worth comparing.

1. What exactly will the business invoice for? Pick the activity first. Trading, manufacturing and most tourism activities lead to a commercial, industrial or tourism licence and, for a foreign owner, an LLC. Professional services open the sole establishment and civil company as well. Our Dubai mainland licence types guide explains the categories.
2. Is the activity restricted? Banking and insurance need a PJSC unless the sector law says otherwise; strategic-impact activities and commercial agencies carry ownership conditions. Check before anything else.
3. Is an existing company expanding into Dubai? Then compare a branch (no new legal person, parent liable) with a new LLC owned by the parent (liability ring-fenced).
4. How many owners, and are any of them companies? One individual: sole establishment or one-person LLC. Several individuals practising a profession: civil company or LLC. Any corporate owner: LLC (or joint stock), since a sole establishment cannot have one.
5. How much personal liability will the owners accept? If the answer is “none beyond what we put in”, the choice is an LLC or a joint stock company.
6. Will you raise investment or give staff shares? An LLC with share classes now covers most early-stage needs; a PrJSC suits larger or board-led structures; a PJSC only for public offering.
7. How much formality can you carry? An LLC needs an attested memorandum, an auditor and procedures for partner changes; a sole establishment needs almost none of that. Match the structure to the people who will run it.

Changing your legal form later

A legal form is not permanent, but changing it is work. Federal Decree-Law No. 20 of 2025 made conversion easier for commercial companies: MOET says a company may now convert between legal forms “while retaining its legal personality”, including conversion to a joint stock company without a founders’ committee. The same amendments let a company transfer its registration between emirates and between the mainland and free zones “without the need for re-establishment or liquidation” (Art. 15 bis).

Moving between Dubai’s categories is a different matter. A sole establishment has no legal personality to keep, so turning it into an LLC normally means licensing the new company and transferring the business, staff and contracts, or a DET legal-form amendment where DET offers one for your case. Each route has knock-on updates at MOHRE, GDRFA, the bank, the FTA and the beneficial owner register. Our trade licence amendment guide sets out the sequence.

Types of companies in Dubai in practice: five cases

These cases are built from the situations we see most often. Names and identifying details are left out, and the figures are the published ones.

1. A solo IT consultant weighing a sole establishment against a one-person LLC

Situation: A foreign resident developer plans to invoice three Dubai clients, no staff in year one, contracts with liability clauses.

Assessment: Both forms are open. A sole establishment is lighter but needs a local service agent and leaves her personally liable under the contracts. A one-person LLC needs a memorandum and an auditor but limits her exposure to the capital. Route: because the client contracts carried uncapped liability, she chose the one-person LLC. Corporate tax registration was diarised within three months of incorporation, since the LLC registers as a company whatever its turnover.

2. Three engineers forming a practice

Situation: Three qualified engineers, two foreign and one Emirati, want to practise together and sign drawings.

Assessment: A civil company fits a practising partnership, and the professional body expected partners who practise. The foreign partners need a local service agent under Law 13/2011, Art. 15(b), appointed under a separate notarised agreement; being a partner and being the agent are different roles with different rights, so the partners asked DET how to structure it before signing. Route: civil company, a notarised partnership contract covering profit shares, signing authority, exit and professional liability, and an LSA agreement on DET’s template.

3. A trading start-up with a foreign investor

Situation: Two founders importing kitchen equipment, with an investor who wants a preferred share and a board seat.

Assessment: Trading rules out the professional forms. An LLC with share classes, allowed since the 2025 amendments, gives the investor priority on distributions without a joint stock company. Route: LLC with a bespoke memorandum setting two classes of stake, manager powers and drag-along and tag-along terms; standard DET memorandum rejected as too thin for the deal.

4. A foreign group choosing between a branch and a subsidiary

Situation: A European logistics group wants a Dubai operation with its own staff and local contracts.

Assessment: A branch is quicker to explain to the parent’s board but exposes the parent to every Dubai liability. A one-person LLC owned by the parent ring-fences the risk. Both need the parent’s documents legalised, attested and translated. Route: after the parent’s lawyers reviewed both, a one-person LLC; see our branch of a foreign company guide for the comparison.

5. A sole establishment that outgrew itself

Situation: A design studio run for four years as a sole establishment, now 12 staff and a second owner joining.

Assessment: A sole establishment cannot take a partner, and the owner was carrying all the liability of a growing team. Route: a new LLC licensed alongside, staff moved across with MOHRE and GDRFA transfers timed to avoid gaps, client contracts assigned, and the establishment cancelled once empty. The lesson: if growth is likely, compare the cost of starting as an LLC with the cost of converting later.

Types of companies in Dubai: where the official sources are silent or disagree

Company types in Dubai: what circulates online that is not true

How to verify every rule in this guide

If an official page has changed since we checked it, the official page wins.

What we will and will not do

We will compare the legal forms open to your activity and owners in writing, prepare and notarise the memorandum, partnership contract or local service agent agreement, run the DET file through licence, Chamber, establishment cards, labour file and visas, and tell you when a question belongs with a lawyer or tax adviser.

We will not act as your local service agent or nominee shareholder, describe your activity inaccurately to fit a cheaper form, promise a licence, approval, quota or bank account that another body decides, or give legal or tax advice on your structure.

Related guides

• Mainland company formation: the complete route
• Mainland business setup cost in Dubai, line by line
• 100% foreign ownership in Dubai
• Local service agent in Dubai
• Professional licence in Dubai
• Memorandum of association in Dubai
• Trade name registration in Dubai
• Branch of a foreign company in Dubai
• UBO register in the UAE
• Free zone vs mainland Dubai
• How to renew a trade licence in Dubai
• Why companies need PRO services

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