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Meydan Free Zone company setup

Meydan Free Zone is built around speed. Incorporation is handled through an online portal, documents are signed digitally, and licences are routinely issued within days. The address sits inside Dubai city rather than on its industrial edge, which matters more than founders expect when clients and banks look you up.
From AED 12,500

Indicative first-year licence

0–6 by package

Residence visa allocation

Nad Al Sheba, Meydan

Location in Dubai

Meydan at a glance

Fast, fully digital, with a central Dubai address

Who Meydan suits:

What Meydan does well

What to watch

Activities

Commonly licensed in Meydan

Not seeing your activity? The catalogue is far longer than this. Describe what you do in one sentence and we will find the code — or tell you honestly that another zone licenses it better.
Process

How a Meydan setup runs

01

Activity and package selection

We match your activities to the Meydan catalogue and pick the package tier that carries the visa quota you will need in eighteen months, not today.
02

Name reservation and application

Three ranked name options are screened and submitted with your incorporation application and shareholder documents.
03

Licence issuance

The authority issues the licence, share certificate and incorporation documents. Standard activities typically clear within three to ten working days.
04

Establishment card and visas

We open the immigration file, apply for entry permits, and run medicals, Emirates ID and stamping for each applicant.
05

Banking and tax registration

Corporate bank introduction with a prepared KYC pack, then Federal Tax Authority corporate tax registration and VAT where thresholds apply.
Questions

Meydan questions

The incorporation itself, yes — the portal supports remote signing and the licence is issued digitally. You will still need to be physically in the UAE for a residence visa, because the medical fitness test and Emirates ID biometrics cannot be done remotely, and almost every bank requires the signatory in person.

It is one of the more popular choices for online sellers, because the activity catalogue covers e-commerce cleanly and the setup is quick. If you hold physical stock in the UAE and need bonded warehousing, look at Dubai CommerCity or Dubai South instead.

For standard, non-regulated activities with complete documents, expect the licence within three to ten working days. Residence visas add a further two to four weeks after issuance, and corporate bank account opening runs three to eight weeks in parallel. Regulated activities requiring external approval take longer, and we tell you how much longer before you commit.

Yes. We handle the activity selection, name reservation, application, licence issuance, establishment and immigration cards, residence visas, corporate bank introduction, and the corporate tax and VAT registrations that follow. You get one point of contact and one itemised quote covering all of it.

Free consultation

Thinking about Meydan?

We will price it properly — licence, visas, office format and the renewal figure for year two — and tell you if another zone would serve you better for less.

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