UAE free zone data and press
Key figures from our comparison of all 24 UAE free zones, built only from prices the zones publish on their own websites. Every figure links to the table or guide it comes from, and every price there links to the zone's own page.
Headline figures
- AED 3,999Cheapest published entry price: Creative City Fujairah (Fujairah).Media Package: up to 10 shareholders and 10 activities with a flexi desk, no visa (Elite with 1 visa: AED 9,999).Zone's page, verified 25 October 2026. Lowest one-visa total in our cost guide: AED 10,800 at ANCFZ (cost guide).
- 10 of 24Zones that publish an entry price on their own website.The other 14 ask you to use a calculator or request a quote. See the table.
- AED 3,999 to AED 35,484Range of published entry prices; the middle figure is AED 6,300.Highest: Dubai Multi Commodities Centre. Entry prices usually exclude visas and other fees.
- About AED 21,000 to 68,000Realistic all-in cost of a one-visa free zone company in year one, across the 9 zones we priced in full (top end: DMCC).Includes insurance, bookkeeping, audit and bank fees (estimates labelled). Year-one cost guide.
- 13 of 24Zones that say on their own website that you can set up without visiting the UAE.Each "Yes" in the comparison table links to the zone's own statement. The rest don't say either way.
- 1Published price changes logged since we started tracking on 23 October 2026.Year-on-year comparisons start once we have a year of checks. Fee changes log.
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UAE Free Zone, "Compare UAE free zones side by side", uaefreezone.com/compare/, data last verified 25 October 2026. Edited by Aashish Khakhar.
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Aashish Khakhar, Editor
Aashish Khakhar edits UAE Free Zone and is responsible for its research, sourcing and corrections. He runs Bhima Capital, a holding company that builds and operates online businesses, and handles the technical and search work across its sites. He checks each zone's figures against the zone's own website and logs the date of every check.
How the data is built
- Prices are the cheapest package each zone publishes on its own website. We don't use consultancy quotes for the comparison table.
- Each zone carries the date we last checked it. Changes go in the fee changes log.
- The year-one cost guide adds the costs most adverts leave out; anything not from a zone or government source is labelled as an estimate.
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