{"id":12059,"date":"2025-11-21T09:39:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emirateseportal.com\/?p=12059"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:39:25","slug":"ded-license-activities-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emirateseportal.com\/en\/ded-license-activities-list\/","title":{"rendered":"DED License Activities List in UAE 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This service enables you to view the list of activities licensed by Department of Economic Development in UAE 2026, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Commercial License<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is one of the most common licenses and is ideal for operating companies, as it allows for a range of commercial activities without restrictions, including trade in goods, import and export within and outside Dubai, and allows easy access to international markets. Multiple activities can be included under the same license.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Professional License<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This license is available to individuals and companies that provide consulting and professional services such as legal consultations, medical consultations, and engineering design, and enables foreign investors to own companies 100%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Industrial License<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This license can be used by companies operating in manufacturing and industrial production sectors.Through it, an industrial headquarters can be established under specific conditions, with possibility of exporting products, and it enjoys government support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Tourism License<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This license supports tourism companies that organize trips, organize travel agencies, and provide tourism services. It is protected by government support to enhance the tourism sector.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>E-commerce license<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: allows you to sell online and manage online stores. It guarantees legal protection for the business name and facilitates financial transactions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Instant license<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: is issued by newly established companies with minimal procedures, without the need for a commercial headquarters and by submitting the required documents.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"primary-content-body\"><div class=\"primary-content-content singular-content\"><div class=\"singular-body\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>DED Legal Entities Types\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can choose the legal form for your company from types of legal forms for companies in UAE shown below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free zone companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Civil works companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joint stock companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Limited Liability Companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private joint stock companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public joint stock companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One-Person Limited Companies LLC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sole proprietorship companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">branch of a foreign company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solidarity companies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Representative office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medium enterprise license.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company branch in Dubai.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Branch of the company in the Gulf Cooperation Council.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Documents Required for DED Licence<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can obtain a DED License by submitting a set of required documents, which are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The original initial approval certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">original trade name certificate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Emirates ID off all partners.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approval of government bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li 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company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnership company.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This service enables you to view the list of activities licensed by Department of Economic Development in UAE 2026, as follows: Commercial License: This is one of the most 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