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Licence fee, establishment card, e-channel, visa, medical, Emirates ID, deposit. What each UAE free zone bundles and what it charges separately.

We tried to price all 40 UAE free zones. Nineteen still publish nothing usable. Here is exactly what blocks each one, and how to get a written quote.

Every Qualifying Free Zone Person must file audited accounts regardless of revenue under MD 84 of 2025. What that costs and which zones require it.

UAE Small Business Relief covers periods ending on or before 31 Dec 2026 and excludes free zone QFZPs entirely. What that means before year end.

Cabinet Decision 98 of 2024 ended ESR filings for years ending after 31 Dec 2022. What still applies, and what penalties are being refunded.

Free zone 0% corporate tax has eight conditions, and all must be met. The full checklist, including the audit rule with no revenue threshold.

Ministerial Decision 229 of 2025 repealed MD 265 of 2023 retroactively from June 2023. The current qualifying activities list and what expanded.

Non-qualifying revenue must stay under the lower of AED 5m or 5% of total revenue. Two worked examples and what happens if you breach it.

Four UAE free zones publish a zero-visa route, three of them priced from AED 4,999. What each includes, and what adding the first visa costs.

Which UAE free zones issue residence visas on a flexi-desk, how many, and where a physical office becomes mandatory. Mapped across 40 zones.

Only 17 of 40 UAE free zones publish anything about visa allocation. The full table of what each one states, by package and workspace type.

Six UAE free zone packages priced AED 4,999-6,600, itemised side by side: visas, activities, workspace and what each one leaves out.

The cheapest published UAE free zone licence is AED 4,999 a year. Eleven zones ranked by official price, with visa counts and what each includes.

We checked all 40 UAE free zones. Twenty-one publish an official figure — but only eleven of those is a price for a company licence. Here is the full audit, with sources.