DAFZA
Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority
Since 1996, DAFZA has gone from strength to strength, quickly growing into a leading free zone in the region.
What is DAFZA?
Close to Dubai International Airport, DAFZA gives investors from around the world the opportunity for strategic business setup and operation with access to both emerging and established markets. Currently, the free zone is home to 13 buildings and 256 warehouses, with 1,600 companies taking advantage of tax-free business ownership in a huge variety of sectors.
Location
Dubai Airport Free Zone
PO Box 491, Dubai, UAE
Advantages of DAZA company setup
- No corporate tax
- No income taxes
- VAT exempted
- 100% foreign ownership
- 100% repatriation of capital and profits
- 100% exemption from corporate and income taxes
- No currency and employment restrictions
- Strategic location
License types
Trade license
Service license
Industrial license
E-commerce license
General trading license
Dual license with DED
DAFZA company structure
DAZA company structures
- FZCO – 1-50 shareholders, individual / non-individual
- Branch
Processing time
- License: 2-6 weeks
- Visa application process: 1-4 weeks (once the company is registered)
Office type
- Office spaces
- Warehouse/Industrial space
- Cold storage
Select a free zone region
of your interest
- Abu Dhabi Airport Free Zone (ADAFZ)
- Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD)
- Masdar City Free Zone (MCFZ)
- Ajman Free Zone (AFZ)
- Ajman Media City Free Zone (AMCFZ)
- Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC)
- Dubai Design District (D3)
- Dubai South / Dubai World Central (DWC)
- Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)
- Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA)
- Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (DTEC)
- Dubai Airport Free Zone Authority (DAFZA)
- Fujairah Free Zone Authority (FFZA)
- Creative City Fujairah Free Zone (CCFZ)
- International Free Zone Authority (IFZA)
- Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ)
- Sharjah Media City (SHAMS)
- Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone (UAQFTZ)