Financial Consultancy Setup in KEZAD

Does this pairing actually fit?

KEZAD processes consulting files like financial consultancy routinely. You are looking at AED 13,000 to start and roughly 5–10 working days to licence; the operational edge is that kezad is the region's largest integrated trade and industrial ecosystem beside khalifa port.

Regulatory reality for financial consultancy: advisory only — regulated financial services need SCA/DFSA/FSRA permission. Build it into the timeline on day one.

The honest caveat: domestic UAE revenue argues for mainland reach. For export, online and B2B-international models, KEZAD at this price point is hard to beat.

Timeline without the marketing

The calendar founders should actually plan: documents this week, licence in ~5–10 working days, immigration file immediately after, visas landing across the following fortnight, bank onboarding overlapping the tail. Compressed further only by having documents ready before day one

We publish each milestone to you on WhatsApp as it completes — the calendar above is what we are accountable to, not a brochure estimate

What goes wrong (and how not to)

The expensive mistakes here are boringly predictable. The ones we repair most:

Year two, priced honestly

With entry licensing from AED 13,000, expect renewal at 85–100% of the government lines, plus establishment card, any visas falling due, insurance and — for audited structures — the accountant's calendar. The renewal file is smaller than incorporation but unforgiving on timing: late renewal accrues daily fines and freezes visa processing.

We include a renewal calendar with every formation, because the cheapest fine is the one that never existed.

Bank account: the real milestone

Before celebrating a licence from KEZAD, look at the account that must follow it compliance teams underwrite three things: the credibility of your activity wording, the substance behind the address, and the story your expected flows tell. KEZAD's licences clear onboarding routinely when those three are prepared in advance — and for financial consultancy, expect questions specific to the activity's risk profile.

Our banking desk builds the file the way reviewers read it; that discipline — not luck — is what a 98% approval rate is made of.

Advisor’s note

“Clients ask what the authority wants from KEZAD. The better question is what the bank wants — we shape the file for both readers at once.”

— GoldenKey advisory desk, Ajman Free Zone

Run this list first

Print this. Tick it. Then pay for things:

What the FTA expects

As a free zone entity, a KEZAD company can hold the 0% Corporate Tax rate on qualifying income as a QFZP — provided substance, audited accounts and de-minimis conditions hold; otherwise the standard 9% applies above AED 375,000 of profit registration with the FTA is mandatory regardless of profit level, and the late-registration penalty is a flat AED 10,000.

Ask for the QFZP evidence checklist if you intend to defend the 0% — assumption is not a filing position.