Meydan Free Zone Licence Cost in 2026
A line-by-line Meydan Free Zone budget the way our quotations present it — nothing appearing later.
Meydan Free Zone — realistic year-one budget
| Line item | Typical amount | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Licence & registration (entry tier) | AED 12,500 | per year |
| Establishment card (immigration file) | AED 600 | per year |
| Residence visa chain (permit → medical → EID → stamp) | AED 3,625 | each, 2-year term |
| Flexi-desk / premises (entry) | AED 2,300 | per year |
| Basic health insurance, per person | AED 1,150 | per year |
| Working year-one total, licence + 1 visa | ≈ AED 20,175 | indicative |
Figures are published-tier 2026 starting points; authority promotions, visa count and office choice move them. Your GoldenKey quotation itemises every line in writing before you pay anything.
How to read these numbers
The licence line is where zones compete loudest, but the visa chain and premises decide the real gap. Meydan Free Zone's position — meydan issues a dubai address with fully remote incorporation and e-signature — shapes which of these lines you can compress.
Compare two-year totals, not first invoices. Renewals, insurance and (for some structures) audits are where a cheap first year quietly becomes an expensive second one — our quotations put both years on the same page.
Live packages · Meydan Free Zone
Current Meydan Free Zone packages
Licence only · no visa
- Trade licence · 1 year
- Company name reservation
- Upgrade visas any time
- Written quotation
1 residence visa included
- Trade licence · 1 year
- Company name reservation
- Establishment card
- Written quotation
2 residence visas included
- Trade licence · 1 year
- Company name reservation
- Establishment card
- Written quotation
3 residence visas included
- Trade licence · 1 year
- Company name reservation
- Establishment card
- Written quotation
Written quotation
Get the exact cost for Meydan Free Zone
Every government fee itemised. The number never changes after you say yes.
Where the Meydan Free Zone budget flexes
The budget lever in Meydan Free Zone is premises. Because the zone is tuned for digital business, trading, entry desks carry most young files comfortably — the total stays close to the floor until headcount forces an office. Adding visas is the most predictable line on the sheet: the government chain repeats per person at close to constant cost.
Finally, price the intangible honestly: meydan issues a dubai address with fully remote incorporation and e-signature — that is operational value the fee table cannot show.
Advisor’s note
“My rule for Meydan Free Zone: decide like an accountant, execute like a courier, and negotiate nothing printed on a government tariff.”
— GoldenKey advisory desk, Ajman Free Zone
The document pack
The file for Meydan Free Zone is assembled once and reused everywhere — licence, immigration, then bank.
Anything issued abroad may need legalisation (home notary → UAE embassy → MOFA). Start that chain on day one; everything else waits on it.
Bank account: the real milestone
The licence is step one; the account is the milestone. Here is the banking read. Every UAE bank keeps a quiet appetite matrix — zone by activity by nationality. The professional move is matching your profile to a bank currently approving it, then building one strong KYC pack instead of three weak applications.
Our banking desk builds the file the way reviewers read it; that discipline — not luck — is what a 98% approval rate is made of.
The pre-flight checks
Print this. Tick it. Then pay for things:
The economics around this choice
Specialisation in digital business, trading pays off operationally: the authority's reviewers know these activities, the neighbouring tenants are your ecosystem, and banks have an existing book of similar files.
The avoidable failures
Learn from other people's invoices — the classic errors on this route:
Tax: the two-minute brief
As a free zone entity, a Meydan Free Zone company can hold the 0% Corporate Tax rate on qualifying income as a QFZP. Corporate Tax registration is universal and deadline-driven; the 9% rate bites above AED 375,000 profit unless Small Business Relief (revenue ≤ AED 3M, through 2026) or QFZP treatment applies. VAT joins at AED 375,000 of taxable supplies with quarterly EmaraTax returns.
We pair every formation with a tax onboarding: registrations done, books structured to IFRS basis, deadlines diarised.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Why do Meydan Free Zone quotes differ so much between agents?
Scope games: visa chains, cards and premises left off the first number. Insist on an itemised quotation with year two included; ours are built that way by default. With Meydan Free Zone, we pressure-test this answer against the newest authority tariff before any payment.
Does Meydan Free Zone run promotions that change these prices?
Authorities move tariffs and bundles through the year, which is why our figures are dated 2026 starting points and your quotation is fixed in writing at signature — promotions captured, expiry stated. Applied to Meydan Free Zone, the specifics get fixed inside your GoldenKey quotation rather than left to assumption.
What does year two at Meydan Free Zone cost?
Plan 85–100% of year-one government lines plus insurance and any audit requirement. With entry from AED 12,500, Meydan Free Zone keeps renewal economics predictable — and our clients get the renewal calendar at onboarding. Our desk verifies this against Meydan Free Zone live before quoting — rules move, and written scopes keep up.
What is the real year-one total at Meydan Free Zone?
Licence from AED 12,500, plus establishment card, each visa's government chain (≈ AED 3,500–5,500 with insurance) and the desk tier — the table on this page assembles it honestly. Your written quotation then fixes every line. Where Meydan Free Zone is concerned, we confirm the current position in writing before you commit.
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