Choose the Right License: Understanding the Essentials with MSZ in UAE
There are different types of business licenses in Dubai that you can apply for, relying on the business activity you select for your business. It is very important to understand the business types and activities in Dubai before starting a business. Businesses that are involved in providing services require a professional license, and businesses that are involved in buying goods will require a commercial license. Any company that wishes to undertake manufacturing activities in the United Arab Emirates will require an industrial license. If you are applying for the trade license, you should clearly define all the business activities, you are wishing to undertake under the company license. Contact MSZ corporate services provider to understanding the business types and activities in Dubai UAE.
Respective trade license that needs to perform the following business activities in Dubai United Arab Emirates. Click Here to Contact MSZ or Email to info@msz.ae to book a free consultation and to understand which business types and activities in Dubai are right for you.
Commercial license
| Art production | Advertising | Aircraft and Train spare parts trading |
| Amusement equipment and supplies trading. | Auto spare parts trading. | Animal skin trading |
| Beauty and baby care requisites. | Banks, finance and credit group | Bags, packing materials and paper trading. |
| Building materials trading. | Building maintenance. | Broadcasting and communications. |
| Consumers stores group | Chemicals trading. | Cleaning equipment’s trading |
| Cinema and theatre’s | Commercial brokerage | Car rent and passenger transport |
| Electrical trading | Cooperative societies | Exchange and financial services |
| Domestic gas distributions | Electronic group | Contacting and building works |
| Facility management | Flowers and plants | Fish trading |
| Fodders and animal food trading | Filling stations | Flour mills |
| Fuel supply | Foodstuff trading | Home appliances trading |
| Fuel and petroleum products trading | Furniture trading | Foodstuff supply |
| Leather trading | Investment | Machinery and equipment rental |
| Jewellery trading | Livestock trading | Insurance |
| Metal and its products trading | Medical eye glasses trading and eyes testing services | Other personal and trading services |
| Medicines trading | Office and electronic equipment rental | Mechanical and engineering equipment trading |
| Perfumery | Other trading activities | Postal services |
| Packing services | Pets nursery and trading | Other rental services |
| Roastery | Readymade garments group | Ships and boats trading |
| Real estate | Separate trading activities | Poultry trading |
| Sport equipment rental | Surveillance and cleaning services | Stationary and books trading |
| rents and tarpaulin trading | Sports equipment trading | Supermarket |
| Time sharing | Used articles trading | Trading in motor vehicles and motor cycles |
| Used auto spare parts trading | Tobacco and smoking accessories trading | Transport, shipping and storage |
| Used electronics and furniture trading | Video and recordings | Vending machines trading |
| Waste trading | Used heavy equipment treading | Veterinary equipment trading |
Industrials licenses
| Appliances and machinery manufacturing | Bread manufacturing | Block and building stone industry |
| Charcoal production | Casting of steel and iron | Carpet and mat manufacturing |
| Cotton and metal nets and ropes manufacturing | Coating , insulations , seals and protection materials manufacturing | Equipment and engine manufacturing |
| Food industries | Fish canning and freezing | Fodder and fertilizers manufacturing |
| Foodstuff mills and packaging | Glass and chinaware manufacturing | Glass industries |
| Gold smith and gold repairing | Light aircraft manufacturing and maintenance | Lenses cutting and glass repairing |
| Lightening equipment manufacturing | Manufacture of eye glasses | Manufacture of batteries |
| Manufacture of medicines | Manufacture of gold and precious stones cutting | Manufacture of mats and rugs |
| Manufacture of petroleum products | Manufacture of motor vehicles | Motorcycles and its spare parts |
| Manufacturing of chemicals | Manufacture of tires and rubber products | Manufacturing of bags , shoes and leather products |
| Manufacturing of Tobacco and cigarettes | Manufacturing of garments and rugs | Manufacturing of paper and paper products |
| Metal containers and boxes manufacturing | Manufacturing of wood, wood products and furniture | Meat processing |
| Oven and stove manufacturing | Other metal industries | Metal home appliances manufacturing |
| Petroleum and metal extraction | Paper home appliances manufacturing | Personal requisites manufacturing |
| Plastic industries | Plastic home appliances manufacturing | Pipes and wires manufacturing |
| Ship building and repairing | Separate industrial activities | Power generation and transmission |
| Steel workshop | Stationary manufacturing | Steel tool manufacturing |
| Waste collection and treatment | Textiles and products manufacturing | Structural steel manufacturing |
Professional license
| Accounts | Animal welfare organization | Agricultural |
| Business aviation association | Business and professional organizations | Applied studies |
| Business council | Businessmen forum | Cleaning services |
| Car registration and transfer services | Charity society | Charity market |
| Commercial library | Consulting -A- agriculture and soil | Combing and upholstery |
| Consultancy -B- Engineering | Consultancy -C- Petrol and Water | Consultancy -D- management |
| Documents destroying and storage | Information and marketing | Education |
| Exhibition organization | Event organizers | Finance consultants |
| Facilities management group | Fishing cages and net manufacturing | Fishing and fish farming |
| Government liaison office | Gents salon | Gents tailoring and design |
| Hospitals and recovery houses | Halls and exhibition | Handicraft workshops |
| Insurance consultants | Institutes and education | Key duplicators and stamp making |
| Labour supply and employment agency | Kids salon | Laboratories |
| Laundry | Ladies tailoring and design | Ladies salon |
| Livestock farming | Legal services | Medical clinic |
| Motor vehicle repairing | Medical laboratories | Motor and motorcycles driving institutes |
| Nursery | Office of international organization | Other engineering services |
| Outlet group | Personal requisites repairing | Printing and publishing services |
| Regional liaison office | Recreation halls | Representative office |
| Repairing of electrical and electronic appliances | Repairing of equipment | Restaurants and coffee shops |
| Social work activities | Social club | Separate professional activities |
| Sewage and cleaning services | Special purpose firm | Studio |
| Technical and professional workshops | Typing and translation | Veterinary clinic and women clubs |