Compare All UAE Free Zones

All 31 free zones, cheapest first

Data status: 0 of 31 zones verified with the authority. Unverified figures are indicative market ranges for planning, not quotes. Zone packages change without notice — confirm the current price and visa allocation with the zone before you apply.

Zones offering a licence without any visa

Useful if you need a company but not residency — a holding structure, a second entity, or a licence you will add visas to later. 15 zones offer this.

• AFZ — from AED 5,750
• AMCFZ — from AED 5,750
• UAQ FTZ — from AED 5,750
• Shams — from AED 6,000
• FFZ — from AED 6,000
• FCC — from AED 6,000
• SPC — from AED 6,500
• RAKEZ — from AED 6,500
• RAKAFZ — from AED 7,000
• RAK DAO — from AED 12,000
• IFZA — from AED 12,500
• Meydan — from AED 12,500
• twofour54 — from AED 12,500
• Dubai South — from AED 12,500
• DSO — from AED 13,500

Which zone for your sector

Sector fit matters more than price for regulated and capital-heavy activities, because the wrong zone cannot license you at all.

By emirate

Abu Dhabi (5 zones)

• Masdar — AED 10,000 - 45,000, 1 - 8 visas. Sustainability and knowledge-economy cluster; poor fit for general trading.
• twofour54 — AED 12,500 - 40,000, 0 - 6 visas. Media and creative cluster with production facilities; strong incentives for content businesses.
• KEZAD — AED 15,000 - 50,000, 2 - 8 visas. Industrial and logistics land at scale; built for manufacturing, not service start-ups.
• ADAFZ — AED 15,000 - 45,000, 2 - 6 visas. Airport-linked logistics and cargo focus.
• ADGM — AED 60,000 - 250,000, 2 - 10 visas. Financial free zone with its own regulator, common-law courts and capital requirements.

Ajman (2 zones)

• AFZ — AED 5,750 - 24,000, 0 - 6 visas. Among the lowest-cost entries in the UAE; smart office gives visa quota with no physical premises.
• AMCFZ — AED 5,750 - 15,000, 0 - 6 visas. Very low-cost media and services licences; fast, largely digital process.

Dubai (10 zones)

• IFZA — AED 12,500 - 30,000, 0 - 6 visas. Tiered packages add visa quota without a physical office; among the most-used Dubai zones for SMEs.
• Meydan — AED 12,500 - 28,000, 0 - 6 visas. Fast issuance, with an instant-licence route for qualifying single-activity companies.
• Dubai South — AED 12,500 - 40,000, 0 - 6 visas. Al Maktoum airport and logistics district; strong for e-commerce fulfilment.
• DSO — AED 13,500 - 35,000, 0 - 6 visas. Tech park with startup incubation; now administered within the DIEZ group.
• DMCC — AED 20,000 - 45,000, 2 - 3 visas. Strongest banking reputation of the Dubai zones; flexi desk starts at a low visa quota.
• CommerCity — AED 20,000 - 60,000, 1 - 6 visas. Purpose-built e-commerce free zone with integrated warehousing and fulfilment.
• DAFZA — AED 25,000 - 60,000, 3 - 6 visas. Airport-adjacent; priced for logistics and re-export rather than lean service companies.
• JAFZA — AED 25,000 - 70,000, 3 - 8 visas. Largest UAE free zone, attached to Jebel Ali Port; built for scale logistics and manufacturing.
• DHCC — AED 25,000 - 80,000, 1 - 8 visas. Only Dubai free zone that licenses clinical activity, under its own health regulator rather than DHA.
• DIFC — AED 60,000 - 250,000, 2 - 10 visas. Financial free zone with its own regulator, common-law courts and capital requirements.

Fujairah (3 zones)

• FFZ — AED 6,000 - 25,000, 0 - 6 visas. Only UAE port on the Indian Ocean side of the Strait of Hormuz; trading and storage focus.
• FCC — AED 6,000 - 16,000, 0 - 6 visas. Low-cost media and consultancy licences; no physical office required on entry packages.
• FOIZ — AED 30,000 - 150,000, 2 - 10 visas. Specialist petroleum zone; heavy approvals and HSE compliance, not a general-purpose zone.

Ras Al Khaimah (5 zones)

• RAKEZ — AED 6,500 - 30,000, 0 - 6 visas. Broadest package range outside Dubai; scales from licence-only to industrial land.
• RAKAFZ — AED 7,000 - 22,000, 0 - 6 visas. Low-cost airport-adjacent zone, now largely administered under RAKEZ.
• RAK ICC — AED 8,000 - 20,000, none visas. Offshore company registry. No residence visas and no physical presence; holding structures only.
• RAKMC — AED 12,000 - 40,000, 1 - 6 visas. Deep-water port for bulk cargo and marine industry.
• RAK DAO — AED 12,000 - 45,000, 0 - 6 visas. Purpose-built for virtual-asset and Web3 companies; activity approval is the gating step.

Sharjah (5 zones)

• Shams — AED 6,000 - 18,000, 0 - 6 visas. Low-cost media and services packages; popular first company for freelancers and consultants.
• SPC — AED 6,500 - 20,000, 0 - 20 visas. Unusually high visa allocation without requiring a physical office; dual-licence option.
• SRTIP — AED 10,000 - 30,000, 1 - 6 visas. Research and advanced-industry park; incentives tied to innovation activity.
• SAIF — AED 10,500 - 30,000, 1 - 6 visas. Airport-adjacent warehousing and light industry.
• HFZA — AED 10,500 - 35,000, 1 - 6 visas. Deep-water port access; heavy industry and oil-services oriented.

Umm Al Quwain (1 zones)

• UAQ FTZ — AED 5,750 - 18,000, 0 - 7 visas. Consistently among the cheapest per-visa costs in the country.

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