There are 819,002 companies and businesses in the UAE in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. 472,939 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in the UAE
The UAE has 819,002 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. 472,939 of them are corporations. We build the records from National Economic Register (NER) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 21% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in the UAE, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 819,002 UAE companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our UAE company database.
819,002 companies indexed · Data counted on 22 October 2026
Companies819,002
Corporations472,939
Emirates6
Largest emirateDubai 65%
Employees10-19
Revenue$500K-$1M
Email0%
Phone20%
Website0%
UAE company list: all 819,002 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in the UAE, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our UAE company directory.
Investment CORPORATION Of DubaiInvestment CORPORATION Of Dubai
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investment CORPORATION Of Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Unit Gv07, 5th & 6th Flr, Units 501 & 601, Difc | Dubai | 2006 | $95,203,784,984 | 59 | Corporation | 1034 | N/A |
| 2 | Alliance Insurance (psc) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 1st Floor, Warba Center, Deira | Dubai | 1995 | $78,950,485,479 | 1 | 13 | 100042583300003 | |
| 3 | Alliance Insurance (psc) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 2nd Floor, Warba Center, Deira, Bur Dubai | Dubai | 1995 | $78,950,485,479 | 1 | 13 | 100042583300003 | |
| 4 | Gulf Oil & Gas FZE | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Office No. Lb16418, Jebel Ali Free Zone | Dubai | 2009 | $57,462,949,000 | 50 | Corporation | N/A | 12329 |
| 5 | Silver Coast Construction &BORING- L L C | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Office 702, 7th Floor, al Ab Raj Street, Clover Bay Tower | Dubai | 1997 | $36,759,690,000 | 1 | Corporation | 2 | 756074 |
| 6 | Silver Coast Construction &BORING- L L C | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Office 3, 1st Floor, Plot C31, East 4-1 | Abu Dhabi | 1997 | $36,759,690,000 | 479 | Corporation | 2 | CN-1018568 |
| 7 | Inditex Trading FZE | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Office Lb04005, Jebel Ali | Dubai | 2013 | $36,650,182,462 | 174,386 | Corporation | 2 | 299819 |
| 8 | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 686/151,dubai International | Dubai | 1985 | $35,057,852,500 | 69,465 | Government body | 1034 | 100281902500003 |
| 9 | International Holding Company P.J.S.C. | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Unit Number 301 and 302, Bay Square Building, 13, Business Bay | Dubai | 1999 | $30,333,716,882 | 0 | Corporation | 78 | 514555 |
| 10 | International Holding Company P.J.S.C. | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 13, al Halawi St, al Muntazah, Ministries Complex | Abu Dhabi | 1999 | $30,333,716,882 | 65,910 | Corporation | 78 | CN-1002201 |
| 11 | Bgn Int Fzco | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Unit No: 1404-B Reef Tower Plot | Dubai | 2017 | $27,596,560,006 | 15 | Corporation | 4 | DMCC-323020 |
| 12 | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | N/A | Dubai | 1985 | $24,777,392,530 | 0 | 1034 | 100281902500003 | |
| 13 | Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | N/A | Dubai | 1985 | $24,777,392,530 | 0 | 1034 | 100281902500003 | |
| 14 | Alpha Dhabi Holding P.J.S.C. | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 65th Floor, the Landmark Tower, al Markaziyah West, Corniche | Abu Dhabi | 2021 | $21,449,972,648 | 95,000 | Corporation | 78 | CN-1535961 |
| 15 | Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (etisalat Group) P.J.S.C | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai International Financial Center | Dubai | 2015 | $19,838,921,780 | 0 | Corporation | 3302 | 0648 |
| 16 | Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (etisalat Group) P.J.S.C | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Etisalat Building, Sheikh Rashid Bin | Abu Dhabi | 2015 | $19,838,921,780 | 10,001 | Corporation | 3302 | CN-2031235 |
| 17 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Entrance C, Ground Floor, Mall of the Emirates, al Barsha | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 220869 |
| 18 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Ground Floor, Gulf Residence Building, Oud Metha Road | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 796411 |
| 19 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Exhibition Hall No 4, Dubai | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 664237 |
| 20 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 1st Floor, the Springs Souk Mall, Springs Village | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 641917 |
| 21 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Beside Etisalat Main Office Baniyas Street, Rigga al Buteen, al | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 598201 |
| 22 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Dubai International Airport Building 3, al Garhoud, Deira | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 664237 |
| 23 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Office No. 1, Burj Khalifa, Bur Dubai | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 796411 |
| 24 | Emirates Nbd Bank (P.J.S.C) | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | Ground Floor, Andalusia Court, | Dubai | 2007 | $19,303,466,248 | 0 | Corporation | 662 | 244553 |
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Companies and businesses in the UAE
819,002
22 October 2026
There are 819,002 companies and businesses in the UAE in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 472,939 corporations (LLC and free zone companies (FZE, FZCO)), 222,980 sole traders and 8,180 partnerships. On top of those come 66,448 non-profit organisations, 10,039 branches of foreign companies and 797 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 784,489 96%
- Head offices
- 11,765
- Branch locations
- 22,748
Legal form
- Corporations
- 472,939 58%
- Sole traders
- 222,980
- Partnerships
- 8,180
Per working day this year
≈ 7
new companies registered · 1,519 so far in 2026
How to search the UAE company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in the UAE
Which are the largest companies in the UAE? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Novotel Gate Hotel - LLC - Opc, with 280,000 staff, ahead of Inditex Trading FZE and Alpha Dhabi Holding P.J.S.C.. By yearly revenue the largest company is Inditex Trading FZE, ahead of International Holding Company P.J.S.C. and Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (Etisalat Group) P.J.S.C. Below are the top companies of the UAE ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in the UAE. 157 UAE companies employ more than 10,000 people and 1,126 report more than $1 billion a year.
Novotel Gate Hotel - LLC - Opc has the largest headcount of any company in the UAE in our data. 157 UAE companies list more than 10,000 people, 3,199 more than 500.
- 1280,000 staff
- 2174,386 staff
- 395,000 staff
- 480,000 staff
- 565,000 staff
- 664,500 staff
- 764,000 staff
- 860,000 staff
- 957,000 staff
- 1057,000 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Inditex Trading FZE is the largest company in the UAE by revenue; 1,126 UAE companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$36.7B
- 2$30.3B
- 3$19.8B
- 4$19.3B
- 5$16.9B
- 6$16.2B
- 7$15.6B
Emirates is the largest public body in our data for the UAE, with 69,465 staff.
- 169,465 staff
- 224,000 staff
- 310,001 staff
- 47,000 staff
- 56,500 staff
- 65,000 staff
10,039 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in the UAE.
- 150,000 worldwide
- 240,000 worldwide
- 333,000 worldwide
- 415,270 worldwide
- 515,000 worldwide
- 614,000 worldwide
- 710,000 worldwide
- 810,000 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in the UAE.
By employee size · 759,296 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 160,500 | 21% | |
| 5-9 | 196,334 | 26% | |
| 10-19 | 231,362 | 30% | |
| 20-49 | 82,407 | 11% | |
| 50-99 | 68,576 | 9% | |
| 100-199 | 12,091 | 2% | |
| 200-499 | 4,827 | 0.6% | |
| 500+ | 3,199 | 0.4% |
21% have 1 to 4 employees; 3,199 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 17,507 | 2% | |
| $100K-$500K | 191,793 | 26% | |
| $500K-$1M | 174,813 | 23% | |
| $1M-$5M | 269,655 | 36% | |
| $5M-$10M | 69,235 | 9% | |
| $10M-$100M | 22,876 | 3% | |
| $100M-$1B | 2,980 | 0.4% | |
| $1B+ | 1,126 | 0.2% |
4,106 companies report more than $100 million; 1,126 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in the UAE
Most companies in the UAE are small businesses. Of the 759,296 with a known headcount, 356,834 (47%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 313,769 are small (10 to 49) and 85,494 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 3,199 employ 500 people or more, so 99.58% of UAE companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 356,834 | 47% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 313,769 | 41% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 85,494 | 11% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 3,199 | 0.4% |
160,500
companies have 1 to 4 employees (21%). 17,507 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
222,980
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
24%
of the 1,519 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (358). Only 10 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in the UAE based?
Dubai has more companies than any other emirate in the UAE: 530,332, or 65% of the total, ahead of Abu Dhabi (147,956) and Sharjah (73,268). Below you find all six emirates and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
six emirates
| Emirate | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 530,332 | 65% | |
| Abu Dhabi | 147,956 | 18% | |
| Sharjah | 73,268 | 9% | |
| Ras Al Khaimah | 43,882 | 5% | |
| Ajman | 14,386 | 2% | |
| Fujairah | 4,439 | 0.5% |
Ten busiest cities
- Dubai530,332
- Abu Dhabi119,007
- Sharjah73,268
- Ras Al Khaimah43,882
- Al Ain28,949
- Ajman14,386
- Umm Al Quwain4,598
- Fujairah4,439
- Al Quoz2
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Main industries in the UAE
Wholesale (durable goods) is the biggest industry in the UAE by number of companies: 110,443, or 15% of all firms with an industry code. Next come engineering, accounting and management (109,344) and business services and IT (100,592). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Wholesale (durable goods)110,44315%
- Engineering, accounting and management109,34414%
- Business services and IT100,59213%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)87,15911%
- Construction trades27,1694%
- Personal services24,6263%
- Other shops21,9563%
- Restaurants and bars20,7203%
- Travel and transport services18,6622%
- Repair services17,6432%
- Real estate14,7122%
- Food shops14,4072%
- Holding and investment companies13,8022%
- Car repair11,7002%
- Building construction11,2341%
- Other industries154,58720%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in the UAE
110,443
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 180,000 staff
- 260,000 staff
- 335,000 staff
109,344
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 165,910 staff
- 257,000 staff
- 319,932 staff
100,592
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 164,000 staff
- 245,000 staff
- 341,649 staff
87,159
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 150,000 staff
- 247,500 staff
- 318,568 staff
27,169
Construction trades
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 116,281 staff
- 210,001 staff
- 36,144 staff
24,626
Personal services
SIC 72: Personal Services
- 112,591 staff
- 21,500 staff
- 31,000 staff
21,956
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 110,000 staff
- 210,000 staff
- 34,500 staff
20,720
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 17,000 staff
- 24,000 staff
- 34,000 staff
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Every UAE list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
New companies and startups in the UAE in 2026
1,519 new companies and startups registered in the UAE so far in 2026, about 7 every working day, after 65,191 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 24% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 1,234 of them are corporations (LLC and free zone companies (FZE, FZCO)).
≈ 7
new companies register every working day in 2026
24%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
65,191
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 90,5182022
- 81,8232023
- 94,0882024
- 65,1912025
- 1,5192026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 11,000 staff
- 2704 staff
- 3461 staff
- 4371 staff
- 5370 staff
Oldest companies in the UAE
Our data holds 4 UAE organisations founded before 1700, 4 before 1800, 9 before 1900 and 68 before 1950.
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23,605
UAE companies were founded before 1990
2,767
were founded in 1990
723,264 UAE companies, 97% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 23,605 are older.
Types of companies in the UAE
Three in five UAE businesses in our data are corporations (LLC and free zone companies (FZE, FZCO)), and one in four is a sole trader. Partnerships make up 1.0%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations472,93958%
- No legal form on record37,1865%
- Sole traders222,98027%
- Partnerships8,1801.0%
- Foreign companies10,0391%
- Non-profit organisations66,4488%
- Cooperatives117<0.1%
- Public bodies797<0.1%
- Joint ventures316<0.1%
Which UAE companies are part of a group?
Most UAE companies stand alone: 96% are single-site businesses. The other 34,513 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 11,765 head offices or 22,748 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Linde Helium M E Fzco, with 4,058 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 14,058 companies
- 23,302 companies
- 33,287 companies
- 4662 companies
- 5141 companies
- 678 companies
- 741 companies
- 82 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 819,002; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on UAE companies
0 UAE companies have a website on record (0%), 163,942 a phone number (20%) and 0 an email address (0%). Among corporations: 0% have a website and 0% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 0 | 0% | |
| Phone | 163,942 | 20% | |
| 0 | 0% |
Questions about companies in the UAE
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (22 October 2026).
819,002. That includes 222,980 sole traders and 8,180 partnerships.
472,939 corporations, 58% of all UAE businesses in our data (22 October 2026).
Of the 759,296 UAE companies with a known headcount, 756,097 have fewer than 500 employees: 356,834 micro, 313,769 small and 85,494 medium-sized. 3,199 are large enterprises.
Inditex Trading FZE, with $36.7 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of International Holding Company P.J.S.C. ($30.3B) and Emirates Telecommunications Group Company (Etisalat Group) P.J.S.C ($19.8B).
Novotel Gate Hotel - LLC - Opc, with 280,000 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
530,332, 65% of all UAE companies (22 October 2026).
1,519 so far in 2026, about 7 per working day, after 65,191 in 2025.
From National Economic Register (NER) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
0, 0% of all UAE companies. 163,942 have a phone number and 0 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 819,002 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our UAE company database.
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