Dubai Trade License Renewal Fees

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What is Trade License in Dubai:

Every business that has been set up in Dubai will get a trade license which is valid only for a period of one year. Hence it becomes mandatory to renew the license every year at least one month prior to the expiry of the same. Dubai trade licenses need to be renewed every year in order to avoid any kind of fines and performing business having an expired license may invite in getting fines accumulated on the company.

As per the Dubai Economic Department, a trade license is a legal certificate that enhances an Investor / a businessman to perform his/her business in Dubai. A license will consist of the details of activities they want to perform in their business and only these permitted activities can be performed by a company. Any person involved in other activities which are not mentioned in their license is illegal.

Steps to renew trade license in Dubai

1. BR/1 Form Typing
2. Obtain a valid Ejari – Renewed Tenancy Contract
3. Apply for the renewal of the trade license in Dubai DED
4. Final submission for the issuance of the renewed Dubai Trade License

Obtain a Valid Ejari or Tenancy Contract

One of the mandatory requirements for the Dubai trade license renewal is having a valid Ejari. An Ejari is issued by the landlord upon renewing the office tenancy. As the Dubai Economic Department has made the sustainability desk/desk space a legal aspect for the issuance of the license so any person renewing their license on a sustainability desk can provide the agreement between the landlord and tenant along with the Ejari for the office.

Apply for the renewal of the license

Once we have the valid Ejari then we will need to take initial approval from the Dubai Economic Department to obtain the application for the renewal of the trade license.
The charges for the tasheel fees to apply for the renewal of the license will be AED 210. If any person intends to change their location of the office at the time of renewal of the license in this case change of location also needs to be applied.

Final Submission for the issuance of the Renewal Dubai Trade License.

After obtaining the application for the renewal of the trade license then the final submission has to be done to the Dubai Economic Department for the issuance of the renewed license. At the time of final submission, a payment voucher will be generated based on the Govt. expenses and also 2.5% of the annual rent is calculated as market fees and added to the payment voucher.

Cost details for the renewal of Dubai Trade License for professional, Commercial & Indus trail Licenses.

Dubai trade license cost :

Particulars	Professional	Commercial	Industrial
Tassel Fees for license renewal	210	210	210
Fees for Dubai DED
License Fees	600	600	600
Government Cultural Fees	40	40	10
Innovation Dirham Fees	40	40	10
Fees for administrative service	50	50	50
Trade name advertise	350	350	350
Foreign company name fees	2000	2000	2000
Service Agent Fees	700
Fees for External Department
Licensing accommodation fees	500	1000	1000
Employees accommodation fees	1000	1000	1000
Public waste related service fees	2000	2000	2000
Service improvement fees	240	400	240
Fees For Dubai Municipality
Current year fees chamber		1200	1200
Fees for Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Ministry of Chamber of Commerce	508	200	3000
Fees for Dubai Civil Defense
Dubai Civil Defense Fees		200	1000
Fees for Tejari
Tejari	150	200	200
Total Dubai Trade License Renewal Fees (AED)	8388	9490	12870
Market Fees	2.5% of office/ shop annual rent	2.5% of office/ shop annual rent	2.5% of warehouse rent

After making the payments as per the above fees, Dubai DED issued renewed Dubai trade license with a validity of one year.
The Dubai Economic Department has introduced the above 3 steps to renew the trade license – the renewal of the same can be done either manually by making a personal visit to the Economic Dept. or by applying the same online.

This blog post written by Ms Florine, Business advisor at Flyingcolour Business Setup in Dubai, emphasizes providing the best advisory and customer satisfaction to clients. Please send inquiry to info[at]flyingcolour[dot]com or call +971 4 4542366.