FREE ZONE FILE

Dubai Production City

Emirate DubaiEstablished 2003Type Free zone for printing, publishing and packaging

Authority Dubai Development Authority, TECOM Group

What we think

The only TECOM zone that publishes a workspace price list, from AED 1,000 a month for an open desk to AED 4,500 for a private office. The licence price still comes from the regulator, not from the zone.

Publishes its headline prices, but not everything

Packages

No package price is published. No licence package is published. The Dubai Development Authority schedule applies, and the zone publishes its coworking rates separately.

Where each line was read: product page, a commercial commitment on the zone's own site. Official document, a downloadable schedule, regulation or terms. Blog only, an article on the zone's site, editorial and not contractual. Not published, the zone does not say.

Visas

Cost of an employee visanot publishednot published

Visa quota per officenot publishednot published

Freelancer permit, one holderAED 7,500 per year, Dubai Development Authority scheduleofficial document

Offices and desks

Open Quarters, shared open deskAED 1,000 per monthproduct page

Desk Quarters, dedicated deskAED 3,000 per monthproduct page

Office Quarters, private officeAED 4,500 per monthproduct page

Warehouse and production unit rentsnot publishednot published

Year two, and closing down

The two figures nobody advertises. A cheap first year means nothing if year two doubles, and nothing at all if leaving costs a fortune.

Renewal, per year

15,000 AED

AED 15,000 per year for a standard segment. The Dubai Development Authority decision that sets this fee states it as an annual fee, so the same amount falls due at each renewal. A one-off registration of AED 3,500 applies in year one only.

Closing the company

AED 1,500

AED 1,500 to deregister a free zone limited liability company, reduced to AED 1,000 for companies incubated at in5. Published by the Dubai Development Authority, not by the zone.

Other fees and penalties

Commercial or service segment, per segmentAED 15,000 per year

Registration, one offAED 3,500

Additional segmentAED 10,000

Open QuartersAED 1,000 per month

Desk QuartersAED 3,000 per month

Office QuartersAED 4,500 per month

DeregistrationAED 1,500

Binding terms

Minimum share capital depends on the segment and runs from AED 50,000 to AED 500,000.
Licences are issued and priced by the Dubai Development Authority.
Coworking rates are advertised per month and normally committed for twelve months.

What this zone does not publish

Licence price on the zone's own website.
Second-year renewal price.
Employee visa cost and visa quota.
Warehouse and land pricing.
Trade name reservation fee.
Late renewal penalties.
Audit obligation.
Any agent or referral commission terms.

Where every figure above comes from

dda.gov.ae, fee schedule
dpc.ae, workspaces
tecomgroup.ae

Read on the zone's official site on 13 aout 2026. We print the addresses rather than link them, so you can check any figure word for word, and so this page stays a comparison rather than a doorway.

AED 1,000 back on this zone

This zone pays us an introduction fee, and we hand AED 1,000 of it back to you once your trade licence has actually been issued. You pay the zone exactly what you would pay going direct, we never take a dirham from you, and the cashback is only due if you filled in the Free Zone Radar form first.

Check whether this zone fits your case12 questions, about 90 seconds. It may well tell you this zone is wrong for you.

Figures quoted from the zone are left in the language the zone published them in, so you can check them word for word. This file is available in English and French. The comparator itself is in Arabic too.