About Business Setup AE
An independent marketplace for comparing UAE business setup packages, costs and providers — before you choose one.
Independent — we do not form companies Dataset last verified 2026-09-13
What Business Setup AE does
Business Setup AE compares business setup packages from UAE company formation providers so founders can see prices, inclusions, exclusions and visa terms side by side. We publish what each provider states publicly, record the date we checked it, and pass enquiries only to the providers you choose.
- Packages listed
- 276
- Providers
- 63
- Zones covered
- 16
- Last verified
- 2026-09-13
How we protect impartial comparison
We do not form companies
Business Setup AE is a comparison marketplace, not a business setup consultancy, law firm, tax adviser or licensing authority. We publish provider packages and pass your enquiry to the provider you select.
We add no commission to provider pricing
The price you see is the price the provider publishes. We do not mark packages up, and we do not receive a share of what you pay a provider.
Paid placement is always labelled
Featured and Sponsored placements are commercial and carry that label wherever they appear. They are stored separately from organic listings and never appear as neutral recommendations.
Price sorting is never overridden
When you sort by price, the order is the actual price. Commercial placement cannot reorder a price sort, a filter result or a Find My Setup match.
How package data is sourced and verified
Every package in the marketplace comes from a provider's own published page, PDF or written submission. We record the source and the date we read it. We never convert a "starting from" or "government cost from" figure into a fixed all-inclusive price, and we never estimate a number the provider has not published.
| Status | What it means |
|---|---|
| Verified | We read this price on the provider's own public source and recorded the URL and check date. |
| Provider submitted | The provider supplied this package to us in writing; it is not yet matched against a public source. |
| Publicly listed | Taken from a public listing where the provider has not confirmed the detail directly to us. |
| Needs verification | The source is older than our re-check window, so treat the figure as indicative until re-confirmed. |
| Not stated | The provider does not publish this detail. It means unknown, not excluded — ask for written confirmation. |
- Packages are flagged for re-checking after 30 days and marked as needing re-verification after 60 days, because UAE licence and government fees change.
- Promotional prices stop being shown as current offers once the published expiry date passes.
- Packages whose source does not state a single licensing route are withheld from public pages rather than guessed at.
- We publish no rating we have not verified, and we do not operate our own quality rating of providers.
How we make money
Providers pay us for qualified enquiries, for Featured and Sponsored placements, and for partner subscriptions. You never pay Business Setup AE anything, and provider pricing is not increased to cover our fees.
- Lead fees — a provider pays when we pass them an enquiry you chose to send.
- Featured placement — a labelled commercial slot on category and comparison pages.
- Sponsored placement — labelled advertising, visually distinct from organic listings.
- Partner subscriptions — providers who maintain their own package data on the platform.
How to spot paid placement: look for the Featured or Sponsored label on the card. Anything without one of those labels is ordered by the sort or filter you selected — relevance, price or visa count.
What we are not
We are not a government body, a licensing authority, a law firm or a tax authority, and we are not the provider who will register your company. Nothing on this site is legal or tax advice. For regulated questions, confirm with the relevant authority — the Ministry of Economy, Dubai's Department of Economy and Tourism, the Federal Tax Authority, or the free zone authority concerned — or take professional advice.
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