In its landmark move, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) starts officially granting a corporate citizenship to all existing and new companies to be established in the country. 

According to the Ministry of Economy and Tourism (MOET UAE), the decision is to provide a unified national identity, support national brands and facilitate access to market for the UAE-based companies, owned by local and foreigners.

Under this framework, companies will gain certain privileges by registering and establishing in the UAE and benefit from initiatives like the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) that the Emirates has signed with other countries, as well as ease of doing business and access to global markets from the UAE.

The UAE added 250,000 new companies in 2025, taking the total to over 1.4 million, a growth of 118.7 per cent in four years.

Behind this phenomenal growth of companies over the years were the two most important factors: (i) allowing 100 per cent foreign ownership to companies in 2021 and (ii) the launch of the Golden Visa regime. 

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