Cheapest free zones in the UAE and Dubai, 2026
By Malik, Founder · Prices checked
Ranked on the price each zone prints on its own site, nothing else.
The cheapest UAE free zone company licence in 2026 is ANCFZ, in Ajman, 4,888 AED a year without a visa. With one residence visa, the cheapest published package is ANCFZ, 10,800 AED. In Dubai, the cheapest published entries are Dubai Maritime City, Gold and Diamond Park and JAFZA, 11,500 AED. Fujairah Creative City's 3,999 AED buys a freelance permit, not a company.
Entry price without a visa, as published
36 free zones print an entry price on their own site. This is the official price of the zone for a one year licence with no visa.
Four cheap looking entries are deliberately absent. RAK ICC is an offshore registry, not a free zone: no visa, no office, no trading in the UAE. National Industries Park registers companies on the mainland. Dubai Humanitarian is reserved to humanitarian organisations. And Fujairah Creative City's 3,999 dirhams buys a freelance permit in your own name, not a company; it is listed here because the zone sells it as its entry product.
With one visa, as published
Only 9 zones publish a package that already carries one visa. This is the figure that matters to a founder who intends to live in the country, and the ranking changes.
What the entry price does not say
A low first year can be a promotion, a licence without visa, or a zone that charges the rest elsewhere. Four things to read before choosing on price.
This figure is not published by every free zone. Ask them: fill in the questionnaire once, and we come back to you with the figure of the free zone you pick.
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