Company Formation

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is very welcoming foreign and local investors looking to establish a new company in United Arab Emirates, foreign and local investors looking to establish a new company in United Arab Emirates, If you have all the paper work needed to satisfy government standards, forming a new organization in Abu Dhabi is not too difficult.
Abu Dhabi offers a wealth of business opportunities for foreign investors.
When starting a new business in the UAE, foreign investors have a variety of options for company formation. The business has to work with a UAE National Agent or Local Partner for onshore creation.
In Abu Dhabi, you can register six different types of companies if you decide to pursue 100% foreign ownership:

Branch of a Foreign Company
Branch of a GCC Company
Branch of a Free zone Company
Representative Office
Civil Works Company
Foreign GCC Branch (one GCC national shareholder/one foreign shareholder)

There are four other company types that can be registered in Abu Dhabi, aside from the wholly foreign-owned options:

A Limited Liability Company
Sole Proprietorship L.
Sole Establishment
Local Branch

Which kinds of business licenses are available
for new enterprises in Abu Dhabi?

When establishing a new company in Abu Dhabi, both foreign and local investors can choose from six different business licenses:

Commercial License
Professional License
Industrial License
Tourism License
Craft License (Typing Centre, Laundry, Hairdressing Salon etc.)
Agricultural and Fish and Animal Wealth License

Company Formation