Dubai economic department issues 4763 new licenses, 13,990 jobs created
The top secured licenses nationalities in October 2019 were: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, USA, Lebanon and France in that order.
The Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai issued 4,763 new licenses which created 13,990 jobs for various professional, commercial, industrial and tourism activities in October 2019.
68.1 percent of the new licences were professional, 30.3 percent commercial, 1.1 percent related to tourism and 0.5 percent industry and altogether it created 13,990 new jobs in the labour market, according to the Business Registration and Licensing (BRL).
The top secured licenses nationalities in October 2019 were: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, USA, Lebanon and France in that order.
Trade Name Reservation accounted for 6,145 transactions, while the number of Initial Approvals reached 5,216, the October 2019 transactions showed.
The total number of Commercial Permits reached to 1,451 permits. The report also showed that License Renewal accounted for 12,342 transactions, including 6,031 (49 percent) transactions related to Auto Renewal via text messages.
The BRL sector also issued 270 instant licenses, which is processed in a single step without the need for either the Memorandum of Association or an existing location for the first year, while the number of DED Trader licenses, which allows to conduct business activities on websites and social media channels, reached 339 in October 2019.
According to the main areas, the Deira area accounted for the largest share (2,672) of licences issued in October 2019, followed by Bur Dubai (2,081), and Hatta (10). The top sub-regions, which accounted for 67% of all the transactions, were: Al Garhoud, Al Barsha 1, Port Saeed, Al Qusais 2, Burj Khalifa, Trade Centre 1, Al Fahidi, Al Marar, Hor Al Anz, and Naif.
Real estate, leasing & business services accounted for 46.9 percent of the new licenses issued in October 2019 according to the distribution of economic activities, followed by Trade & repair services (25.1 percent), Building & Construction (9.2 percent), Community & personal services (6.4 percent), Transport, storage & communications (5.1 percent), Hotels group (2.6 percent), Manufacturing (1.7 percent), Financial brokerage (1.1 percent), Health & labour (0.8 percent), Contracting group (0.6 percent), Education (0.3 percent), and Agriculture (0.2 percent).
The 'Business Map' digital platform of DED, which seeks to reflect the economic realities in Dubai by providing vital data on each license category including their numbers and distribution on a monthly basis, saw 34,233 business registration and licensing transactions being completed during October 2019. The outsourced service centres of DED accounted for 26,385 transactions - 77 percent of the total - thus demonstrating their vital role in delivering value-added services to the public in Dubai.
A qualitative leap in evaluating market performance, the Business Map reflects the reality of business movement in Dubai and provide daily updates that help investors to identify opportunities, geographical distribution of business activity and potential areas for expansion.