Middle East
Industrial and energy ventures, Abu Dhabi (Mainland), UAE
Abu Dhabi backs industrial diversification through Mubadala, ADQ, and ADNOC. Incentives target manufacturing, advanced materials, hydrogen, and AI infrastructure.
Operation 300bn industrial strategy in flightMultiple in country value programmes for procurementKEZAD industrial cluster operating since 2010
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Corp tax
9%
Fastest setup
4-6 weeks
Tax treaties
115
Region
Middle East
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: No minimum capital
- Administrative language: Arabic and English
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 9%
- Tax treaties 115
- VAT rate 5%
- Withholding on dividends 0%
Key treaty partners
UKFranceGermanyIndiaChinaSingapore
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe supported
- Mercury supported
- Wise supported
- Crypto banking available
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
Pure holding structures
A mainland Abu Dhabi licence cannot use the QFZP 0% regime. Pure holding vehicles pay 9% above AED 375,000, and dividends to non residents have to flow through a treaty network.
9% federal CIT applies on net profitParticipation exemption requires substanceNo 0% rate available on mainland