Company registry
UAE company registry (registrar of companies)
Where is the registrar of companies in the UAE and what is public?
The UAE has no single national registrar of companies. Mainland firms are registered with each emirate’s Department of Economic Development, and free-zone firms with their zone’s authority — the DIFC Registrar of Companies and the ADGM Registration Authority keep public registers. They confirm identity and licence status, not litigation.
What it publishes
- Company legal name, registration or licence number and legal form.
- Status — active, dissolved or struck off — and incorporation date.
- In the DIFC and ADGM, public notices of strike-offs and registry changes.
How to check its records
- For a mainland company, use the licensing authority of its emirate — for example Dubai Economy and Tourism or the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development — and its trade-licence enquiry service.
- For a DIFC or ADGM company, use that zone’s public register (the DIFC Registrar of Companies or the ADGM Registration Authority).
- Treat a valid licence as confirmation the company exists — not as evidence it has no debts, judgments or enforcement history.
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