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SAIF Zone, Sharjah Airport International Free Zone

Emirate SharjahEstablished 1995Type Airport free zone, industrial and commercial
Authority Sharjah Airport International Free Zone Authority

What we think

Publishes its licence fees by category, its capital, its audit duty and its visa quotas, plus warehouse prices. Office rents, visa costs, renewal totals and setup fees all end on a phone number.

Publishes its headline prices, but not everything

Packages

Standard licence, commercial, industrial or services
7,500 AED
1 year licence · official document
  • One licence category
  • Activity amendment within the category AED 1,000
Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and logistics licence
10,000 AED
1 year licence · official document
  • Restricted category
General trading, aviation, shipping, oil and gas licence
15,000 AED
1 year licence · official document
  • Broadest category
Warehouse packages, 125 to 600 square metres
48,000 AED
duration not published · product page
  • AED 48,000 for 125 square metres up to AED 164,000 for 600
  • Built-in office with pantry and lavatory
  • Up to 5 instalments

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

Quota, executive suite8 visasproduct page
Quota, executive office5 visasproduct page
Quota, office3 visasproduct page
Investor residence visa validity3 yearsofficial document
Employee residence visa validity2 yearsofficial document
Cost of one employment visanot publishednot published

Offices and desks

Furnished executive suite with IT infrastructure8 visas, price not publishedproduct page
Unfurnished customisable executive office, utilities included5 visas, price not publishedproduct page
Furnished dedicated desk, 24 hour non-sharing access3 visas, price not publishedproduct page
Pre-built warehouses of 125 to 600 square metresAED 48,000 to 164,000product page
Land plot from 2,500 square metresprice not publishedproduct page

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

not published by the zone

Not published. Renewal is invoiced individually. The official renewal form says only payment as per renewal invoice and lists documents, never an amount or an annual rate.

Closing the company

not published by the zone

Not published. Only penalties appear: AED 5,000 for late liquidation instead of serving 90 days notice, and AED 500 for the newspaper notice. The base closure fee is never stated.

Other fees and penalties

Standard licence, commercial, industrial or servicesAED 7,500
General trading, aviation, shipping, oil and gas licenceAED 15,000
Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and logistics licenceAED 10,000
Activity amendment within the same categoryAED 1,000
Late liquidation instead of 90 days noticeAED 5,000
Publication of the liquidation notice in two newspapersAED 500

Binding terms

Contradictions on the zone's own site

What this zone does not publish

Where every figure above comes from

  • saif-zone.com/en/business-set-up/
  • saif-zone.com/en/faq/
  • saif-zone.com, licence amendments form, PDF
  • saif-zone.com, renewal form, PDF
  • saif-zone.com, closing company form, PDF

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.

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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.

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