Sahla.Set up a mainland company in Abu Dhabi.
The route to government contracts and to the emirate largest procurement budgets.
Abu Dhabi mainland in a few lines.
- Emirate
- Abu Dhabi
- Authority
- Abu Dhabi DED
- Ownership
- 100% foreign ownership, no local sponsor
- Corporate tax
- 9% above AED 375,000 of taxable income
- Selling in the UAE
- Directly, with no restriction
- Office
- Ejari lease required
What we need before quoting you.
Mainland fees depend on your activity and on the Ejari lease you sign. We price it in writing after a fifteen minute call, and the Sahla fee stays the same as everywhere else.
Four questions, fifteen minutes
- What you sell, and to whom
- How many residence visas you need
- Whether you already have premises
- Your nationality and current residence
No payment at this stageThe quote comes first, in writing.
A written quote, line by line
- Sahla fee, AED 1,500, the same as in every zone
- Licence and authority fees, at cost
- Ejari lease cost for the office you need
- Visa and Emirates ID, AED 5,935 per person
Then you decideNothing is filed until you say so.
Official fees are passed through at cost with the authority receipt attached. The Sahla fee is AED 1,500 in every package and in every zone.
Questions we get on this zone.
Send us your activity on WhatsApp and we will tell you straight, before you pay anything.
Book a callYes, directly and with no restriction. That is the whole point of a mainland licence: no local distributor, no free zone boundary, and you can bid for government work.
No. It applies to qualifying income only, and the test is run every year. We check your activity against the qualifying list before you file, and we tell you if your revenue mix will fall outside it.
We tell you before you pay and we recommend the jurisdiction that does cover it. If nothing fits, our fee comes back in full.
It depends on your licence and your Ejari lease, so we quote it in writing rather than advertise a number that will not match your case.
Tell us what you sell. We will tell you what to file.
A free 15 minute call with an adviser who files these every week, not a call centre.