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| Activity That can be merged |
Office requirements |
Authority Approvals Required |
Before License/After License |
Approx Cost for approval |
Air-Conditioning, Ventilations & Air Filtration Systems Installation & Maintenance
Includes series of installation processes ranging from fitting devices and accessories to air-conditions, ventilators, air-purifiers , to reconditioning and maintaining the old units, cleaning air ducts, fixing fans, fabric filters, sound dampers... etc. It also involves installing air-sterilizers in foodstuff cold stores, kitchens, hospitals, laboratories, animal breeding and husbandry rooms, electronic plants, any facility that requires highly purified air or air with specific gas concentratio |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Airports Ground Support Equipment Installation & Maintenance
Includes the installation, maintenance and calibration of devices and equipment used in airport operations, such as, baggage belts, x-ray detectors, metal detectors, baggage and person scanners, radar devices and any other devices and equipment used in airport operations. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority |
Before License |
AED 9,520 |
Automated Car Parking Systems Installation & Maintenance
Includes installing automatic systems capable of parking the cars in the parking garage by a programmed palletless automatic Robots , it involves receiving the car at the entry module , transfer to a vacant space and to transfer again to the exit module when the car is recalled , such parking garage can be constructed above ground and underground. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Building Maintenance
Includes maintenance of buildings only, excluding any equipment or extensions available inside, such operations include restoration and reparations of roofs, columns, walls, floors and others. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Carpentry & wood Flooring Works
Includes flooring installation and woodwork inside the house except home furniture. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Civil Exploding Works
Includes firms engaged in exploding operations for civil purposes on the surface, underground or underwater, also, for construction purposes such as breaking rock layers, building demolition, land filling and leveling deepening water ways ..etc. Exploding for geological test and other civil purposes are also included. |
Physical Office is required |
General Department of Criminal Investigation - Dubai Police |
Before License |
AED 2,220 |
Communication & Wireless System Equipment Installation
Includes firms specialized in the installation of equipment used in wired and wireless communications, including main switchboards such as switches and communication transmission and regulation devices, as well as equipment for communications ground stations, GPS systems by satellite and others |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Computer Network & Infrastructure Installation & Maintenance
Includes firms specialized in preparing and installing and maintaining the network and infrastructure of electronic computers, including the excavations for the extension cables and wires, optical fiber, and focal points as well as the attached devices such as servers and compounds connect (including wireless technology), so the composition of the electronic network a group of computers can benefit from the services provided by other computers linked to the network, it involves installing passive and active computer network and WIFI as well as the associated equipment and systems in large complexes such as hotels, hospitals, shopping malls …etc. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Concrete Restoration
Includes firms engaged in concrete restoration, including the repair of the cracks and the concrete partial collapse using special kind of concrete, it involves also reinforcement steel corrosion treatment. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Concrete Works
Includes firms engaged in concrete works, including concrete injection, spray insulation as well as marine constructions concrete. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Decoration Design & Implementation
Includes firms engaged in the design and implementation of decoration, landscaping, exhibitions fixtures, it involves preparing the engineering designs and specifications as well as calculations and execution |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
District Cooling Services
Includes central cooling stations, which supply cold water to central air-condition systems in districts. Cold air is pumped through a 10 kilometers underground network connecting residential units with the station. Other auxiliary works like management, operations, maintenance necessary to achieve this service are also included. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Department of Environment) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Electrical Fitting Contracting
Includes the installation of electric wiring and cable laying in buildings and civil constructions, it involves fixing switch gears, feeding points, distribution panels as well as other power transmitting apparatuses and installations, it also involves the exterior decorative lighting for buildings. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Electrical Fittings & Fixtures Repairing & Maintenance
Includes repair and maintenance of electrical installations in buildings and civil constructions, including cables, wires, switches and feeding points, distribution panels. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Electricity Transmission & Control Apparatus Installation
Includes firms engaged in installing and maintaining electric power transmission and distribution equipment and devices, such as current rectifiers, alternation controllers, operation panels, electric and electronic control apparatuses and distribution panels. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Electromechanical Equipment Installation and Maintenance
Includes firms that install mechanical and electromechanical equipment, such as workshop equipment, factories, power generators, loading, lifting and towing equipment, cold rooms, refrigeration equipment, central kitchens, automatic laundry equipment, etc. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Engraving & Ornamentation Works
Includes drawing, engraving, and interior decoration using colors, wood, gypsum or others. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
False Ceiling & Light Partitions Installation
Includes the fitting of false ceilings and wooden or metallic partitions used to divide space in offices or other premises. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Fencing & Barbed Wire Installation Works
Includes installing and maintaining fence and barbed wire in industrial, agricultural installations, airports, military facilities to prevent crossing. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Fire & Smoke Resistant Doors, Windows, Walls & Partitions Installation
Includes installing smoke and fire-resistance rating doors, windows, walls and partitions made of glass, metal or timber in residential, commercial, healthcare or educational, and which are used as part of a passive fire protection system to reduce the spread of fire and smoke between separate compartments of a building and to enable safe escape of occupants in the event of a fire, as well as reducing the risk of the fire developing further. |
Physical Office is required |
A book from the Civil Defense Department |
Before License |
AED 2,120 |
Fire Fighting Safety Equipment Installation
Includes fixing, testing, operating fire fighting and safety equipment, as well as training sevices on how to run and maintain. |
Physical Office is required |
A book from the Civil Defense Department |
Before License |
AED 2,120 |
Fire Retardant Exterior Cladding Installation
Includes firms engaged in installing non-combustible lining materials made of different materials by extruding between exterior cladding materials to make high heat resistant and prevent flames spreading. |
Physical Office is required |
A book from the Civil Defense Department |
Before License |
AED 2,120 |
Fire Retardant Lining Materials Installation
Includes firms engaged in installing non-combustible lining materials made of different materials by extruding between interior walls and ceilings to make high heat resistant and prevent flames spreading. |
Physical Office is required |
A book from the Civil Defense Department |
Before License |
AED 2,120 |
Floor & Wall Tiling Works
Includes firms specialized in flooring and wall tiling with ceramic, cement and natural stones. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Glass & Aluminum Installation & Maintenance
Includes firms engaged in glass works as well as installing and maintaining aluminum doors, windows, advertising signboards frames, balconies, staircases, fences, window grids and garden fences. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Helicopter Landing Pad (Helipad) Installation
Includes constructing and installing fixed and temporary platforms for helicopters landing, whether on the ground, high rise buildings, oil platforms, including installing all the equipment that enable the safe landing. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Civil Aviation Authority |
Before License |
AED 9,520 |
Historical Sites Restoration
Includes firms engaged in restoring and renewing old buildings and historical sites, as well as partially or wholly reassembling using materials and techniques that maintain their historical features. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Insulation Contracting
Includes installing insulators in different facilities for damp proofing, waterproofing, heat, sound proofing, and vibrations. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Internal Communication Network Installation & Maintenance
Includes designing internal communication systems and networks installed in large complexes, hotels, hospitals, public institutions, student hostels and others, also, fixing telephone calls reception and answering machines and the maintenance and repair services. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Kitchens Installation
Includes firms that install kitchens of all kinds and the necessary tools and repair them in homes, buildings, restaurants, and others. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Land Digging, Filling & Levelling Works
Includes firms engaged in prior construction dredging and leveling works which involve site inspection, soil layers testing, digging equipment installation and then the final testing to ensure the land suitability for construction. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Land Draining Works
Includes firms which carry out underground water suction using equipment and pumps to dewater work sites before the installation of concrete foundations, this being done under sub- contracts with the main contractor of the project. However, if the contracting companies carry out the work themselves, then it would be considered part of their activities. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management)
Dubai Municipality (Department of Drainage and Irrigation) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Lifts & Escalators Contracting
Plumbing and sanitary, painting, carpentry and flooring, metal parts erection, steel products, plaster, insulation. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Measuring & Control System Installation
Includes installing measurement equipment in various facilities to measure quantities, distances, temperatures, humidity, speed, etc., or used to monitor dimensions and environmental and geographical variables, it includes equipment used to control quantities or speeds or to regulate movement at the production level, such as, water and electricity meters, also, the automation devices that turn homes into smart homes through controlling the electrical and electronic appliances |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Metal Parts & Erections Contracting
Includes firms specialized in supplying and installing metal parts for buildings, including boilers, water and liquid storage tanks, chimneys and silos, as well as others needed for constructional projects. It also includes installing non- structural metal parts in buildings, constructing metal towers, lay metal pipelines, it does not involve any manufacturing, but supplying and installing parts and on site . |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Painting Contracting
Includes firms specialized in carry out painting works for residential, commercial, industrial facilities. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Parking Management Electronic Systems Installation & Maintenance
Includes installing electronic systems to guide incoming cars to empty spaces in the parking lot , it involves installing an ultrasonic sensors at each car space to determine whether is full or empty , an electronic board is installed at the entrance to indicate the vacancies in each parking lot. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Piling & Foundation Contracting
Includes firms engaged in foundation works, pile-driving operations, building site and soil testing, excavation equipment installations, as well as concrete foundations testing |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Plaster Works
Includes firms specialized in plastering interiors of buildings with marble, granite, natural stones, tile, ceramic for protective or decorative purposes. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Plumbing & Sanitary Installation
Includes fixing water pipes at home and sanitary installation such as washbasins, bathtubs, lavatories, tapes, spigots, and bathroom and kitchen articles |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Prestressed Concrete Contracting
Includes firms engaged in the installation of the prestressed concrete structures which are precast in the plants. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Radio, T.V. Station, Cinema Theatre Equipment installation & Maintenance
Includes installing equipment of filming, recording, presentation, lighting, audio and visual effects, control systems for radio and T.V. studios and cinema, radio- broadcasting and TV transmission equipment, also, furnishing, flooring, fitting fixtures, repairing and maintenance. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Road Marking Contracting
Includes firms engaged in making roads and streets marks such as light reflectors, guiding lines and arrows, lane marking, pedestrian crossings and traffic signs. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Sand Compacting & Controlling Works
Includes firms specialized in sand compacting in order to prevent collapses during construction works or civil projects. It also includes soil stabilization to prevent drifting on highways, or in agricultural projects executed in deserts.. |
Physical Office is required |
Dubai Municipality (Building Management) |
Before License |
AED 3,000 |
Sanitary Installation & Pipes Repairing
Includes repairing sanitary installations and water pipes in the kitchen and the rest of the house. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |
Satellite Receiving Equipment Installation & Maintenance
Includes installing and fixing apparatus for radio- broadcasting and television transmission, functioning testing, as well as maintenance and reparation services. |
No Office required
Instant License is available. |
NA |
NA |
AED 0 |