Get your instant business license!
First, decide on your business activities and choose the right structure, whether it’s a sole establishment, LLC, or holding company.
| Free Zone | Non-Free Zone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Trading in services and goods | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Educational | Opening an education-related institution or consultancy company | ✔ | ✖ | |
| E-Commerce | Trading in goods and services via electronic means | ✔ | ✖ | |
| Educational | Opening an education-related institution or consultancy company | ✔ | ✖ | |
| E-Commerce | Trading in goods and services via electronic means | ✔ | ✖ | |
| General Trading | Trading in multiple goods | ✔ | ✖ | |
| Individual / Professional | One owner with one activity in a specific specialty or expertise | ✔ | ✖ | |
| Industrial | Manufacturing, importing, packaging and exporting products | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Media | Operating media-related business activities | ✔ | ✖ | |
| Professional | For individuals who provide professional services | ✖ | ✔ | |
| Service | Conducting services or consultancies across any industry | ✔ | ✖ | |
| Freelance Permit | For media, education, IT and analysts professionals | ✔ | ✖ |