BUSINESS TYPES AND ACTIVITIES IN DUBAI UAE
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There are three types of trade licenses in UAE that you can apply for, depending on your business activity. Businesses involved in providing services need a professional license, and those involved in buying or purchasing goods will need a commercial license. Any company that wants to undertake manufacturing activities in UAE needs an industrial license. While applying for a trade license, you must clearly define all the activities you wish to undertake under the main company license. To know how to apply for your trade license in Dubai, please contact Shuraa Business Setup.
There are three types of trade licenses in UAE that you can apply for, depending on your business activity. Businesses involved in providing services need a professional license, and those involved in buying or purchasing goods will need a commercial license. Any company that wants to undertake manufacturing activities in UAE needs an industrial license. While applying for a trade license, you must clearly define all the activities you wish to undertake under the main company license. To know how to apply for your trade license in Dubai, please contact Shuraa Business Setup.
Dubai economic department (DED) trade license activity list in the UAE
According to the DED Dubai trade license activities list, commercial, industrial and professional activities are the following:
Commercial License
| Advertising | Aircraft and Train Spare Parts Trading | Amusement Equipment and Supplies Trading |
| Animal Skin Trading | Art Production | Auto Spare Parts Trading |
| Bags, Packaging Materials and Paper Trading | Banks, Finance and Credit Group | Beauty and Baby Care Requisites |
| Broadcasting and Communications | Building Maintenance | Building Materials Trading |
| Car Rent and Passenger Transport | Chemicals Trading | Cinema and Theaters |
| Cleaning Equipment Trading | Commercial Brokerage | Consumer Stores Group |
| Contracting and Building Works | Cooperation Societies | Domestic Gas Distribution |
| Electricals Trading | Electronics Group | Exchange and Financial Services |
| Facility Management | Filling Station | Fish Trading |
| Flour Mills | Flowers and Plants | Fodders and Animal Food Trading |
| Foodstuff Supply | Foodstuff Trading | Fuel and Petroleum Products Trading |
| Fuel Supply | Furniture Trading | Home Appliances Trading |
| Insurance | Investment | Jewellery Trading |
| Leather Trading | Livestock Trading | Machinery and Equipment Rental |
| Mechanical and Engineering Equipment Trading | Medical Eye Glasses Trading and Eyes Testing Services | Medicines Trading |
| Metals and Its Products Trading | Office and Electronic Equipment Rental | Other Personal and Trading Services |
| Other Rental Services | Other Trading Activities | Packing Services |
| Perfumery | Pets Nursery and Trading | Postal Services |
| Poultry Trading | Ready-Made Garments Group | Real Estate |
| Roastery | Separate Trading Activities | Ships and Boats Trading |
| Sport Equipment Rental | Sports Equipment Trading | Stationary and Books Trading |
| Supermarket | Surveillance and Cleaning Services | Tents and Tarpaulin Trading |
| Time Sharing | Tobacco and Smoking Accessories Trading | Trading in Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles |
| Transport, Shipping and Storage | Used Articles Trading | Used Auto Spare Parts Trading |
| Used Electronics and Furniture Trading | Used Heavy Equipment Trading | Vending Machines Trading |
| Veterinary Equipment Trading | Video and Recordings | Waste Trading |
Industrial License
| Appliances and Machinery Manufacturing | Block and Building Stones Industry | Bread Manufacturing |
| Carpet and Mat Manufacturing | Casting of Steel and Iron | Charcoal Production |
| Coating, Insulations, Seals and Protection Materials Manufacturing | Cotton and Metal Nets and Ropes Manufacturing | Equipment and Engines Manufacturing |
| Fish Canning and Freezing | Fodder and Fertilizers Manufacturing | Food Industries |
| Foodstuff Mills and Packaging | Glass and Chinaware Manufacturing | Glass Industries |
| Goldsmith and Gold Repairing | Lenses Cutting and Glass Repairing | Light Aircraft Manufacturing and Maintenance |
| Lighting Equipment Manufacturing | Manufacture of Batteries | Manufacture of Eyeglasses |
| Manufacture of Gold and Precious Stones Cutting | Manufacture of Mats and Rugs | Manufacture of Medicines |
| Manufacture of Motor Vehicles | Motorcycles and its Spare Parts | Manufacture of Petroleum Products |
| Manufacture of Tyres and Rubber Products | Manufacturing of Bags, Shoes and Leather Products | Manufacturing of Chemicals |
| Manufacturing of Garments and Rugs | Manufacturing of Paper and Paper Products | Manufacturing of Tobacco and Cigarettes |
| Manufacturing of Wood, Wood Products and Furniture | Meat Processing | Metal Containers and Boxes Manufacturing |
| Metal Home Appliances Manufacturing | Other Metal Industries | Oven and Stove Manufacturing |
| Paper Home Appliances Manufacturing | Personal Requisites Manufacturing | Petroleum and Metal Extraction |
| Pipes and Wires Manufacturing | Plastic Home Appliances Manufacturing | Plastic Industries |
| Power Generation and Transmission | Separate Industrial Activities | Ship Building and Repairing |
| Stationary Manufacturing | Steel Tool Manufacturing | Steel Workshop |
| Structural Steel Manufacturing | Textiles and Products Manufacturing | Waste Collection and Treatment |
| Water Manufacturing and Bottling | ||
Professional License
| Accounts | Agricultural | Animal Welfare Organization |
| Applied Studies | Business and Professional Organizations | Business Aviation Association |
| Business Council | Businessmen Forum | Car Registration and Transfer Services |
| Charity Market | Charity Society | Cleaning Services |
| Combing and Upholstery | Commercial Library | Consultancy -A- Agriculture and Soil |
| Consultancy -B- Engineering | Consultancy -C- Petrol and Water | Consultancy -D- Management |
| Information and Marketing | Documents Destroying and Storage | Education |
| Event Organizers | Exhibition Organizers | Facilities Management Group |
| Finance Consultants | Fishing and Fish Farming | Fishing Cages and Net Manufacturing |
| Gents Salon | Gents Tailoring and Design | Government Liaison office |
| Halls and Exhibition | Handicraft Workshops | Hospitals and Recovery Houses |
| Institutes and Education | Insurance Consultants | Key Duplicators and Stamp Making |
| Kids Salon | Laboratories | Labour Supply and Employment Agency |
| Ladies Salon | Ladies Tailoring and Design | Laundry |
| Legal Services | Livestock Farming | Medical Clinic |
| Medical Laboratories | Motor and Motorcycles Driving Institutes | Motor Vehicle Repairing |
| Not Grouped | Nursery | office of International Organization |
| Other Engineering Services | Outlet Group | Personal Requisites Repairing |
| Printing and Publishing Services | Recreation Halls | Regional Liaison office |
| Repairing of Electrical and Electronic Appliances | Repairing of Equipment | Representative office |
| Restaurants and Coffee Shops | Separate Professional Activities | Sewage and Cleaning Services |
| Social Club | Social Work Activities | Special Purpose Firm |
| Studio – Professional License | Studio – Trade License | Technical and Professional Workshops |
| Translation Group | Typing and Translation | Veterinary Clinic and Women Clubs |
| Sport Club | ||
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