Revenue line
Write the product or service exactly as a customer would see it on an invoice.
Dubai offers a wide range of approved economic activities, but the goal is not to add as many as possible. The goal is to select activities that accurately cover contracts, invoices and operations while remaining compatible with the authority and legal form.
Write the product or service exactly as a customer would see it on an invoice.
Record the authority’s exact name and code, not a paraphrase copied from a competitor.
Note legal form, nationality, qualification, premises or regulator conditions.
Identify contracts, qualifications, supplier information or technical plans supporting the selection.
Decide whether a likely second-year activity should be included now or added later through amendment.
Search the live authority list only after writing what the company will sell and invoice.
Ownership and sale of physical products
Specify categories and controlled products.
Expert work delivered to clients
Match deliverables and qualifications.
Connecting, arranging or earning commission
Do not disguise intermediary conduct as consultancy.
Making goods or operating regulated services
Premises and external approvals often determine feasibility.
Banks, payment providers, regulators, customers and government systems use the licence activity to understand the business. A vague or mismatched selection can create questions even when the company has been incorporated.
Trading and sale of approved goods.
Consulting, professional, creative and service activities. For management advisory work, see the management consultancy licence in Dubai guide.
Manufacturing, processing and production.
Tourism, finance, healthcare, education, transport and other regulated sectors.
Write every service or product expected in the next 12 months.
Find activities that accurately reflect each invoice line.
Confirm activities can coexist under the chosen authority and legal form.
Identify qualifications, NOCs and external approvals.
Keep a clear record for licensing, banking and future amendments.
Recruitment, labour supply and HR advice are not automatically the same activity.
The underlying trading and product-registration requirements remain.
A broad label does not replace controlled-system approvals.
Official lists contain a large range and change over time. Use the live authority search rather than relying on a static copied spreadsheet.
Often yes, if they are compatible and approved by the issuing authority.
They can affect fees, approvals and structure; confirm with the authority for the selected combination.
Often through an amendment, subject to compatibility and approval.
Choose the activity matching the actual advice and deliverables, and verify whether qualifications or external approval are required.
Regulatory note: Use the live activity list from the relevant issuing authority. Activity names, groupings and approval conditions can change.
Share the activity, customers, ownership, premises and visa requirements. The team will identify the suitable route, approvals, documents and next steps before you commit.
