Keep identity separate from permission
A unified business identity helps connect company records. It does not itself expand the activities printed on a company’s licence or replace a sector-specific permission.
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Vantablack practical guide
Understand the Dubai Unified Licence and separate permissions
Understand the decision, identify what can change the route and prepare the right questions for your setup.
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Follow the numbered routeCompany identity and permission are different.
Select a checkpoint for detail
01Check the company identityView checkpoint
Business facts and scope to clarify
02Define the intended workView checkpoint
Sources, evidence and open questions
03Check operating permissionView checkpoint
Required records and responsibilities
04Verify before committingView checkpoint
Evidence, review and unresolved gaps
Overview of the guide below. Confirm the requirements for your exact scope; an overview is not an approval.
Read the steps
- Check the company identity — Business facts and scope to clarify
- Define the intended work — Sources, evidence and open questions
- Check operating permission — Required records and responsibilities
- Verify before committing — Evidence, review and unresolved gaps
Check the proposed mainland operation
If a free-zone business wants to operate on the mainland, establish the exact activity, location and applicable permit route.
Eligibility, permitted scope and conditions need confirmation with the relevant authorities.
Verify before committing
Check the current company record and the specific authority service before treating a permit route as available. Build the operating plan around confirmed permission rather than assuming every free-zone entity can follow the same route.
Bring the business model to the conversation.
Tell us what you will sell, who your customers are, who delivers the work and where you will operate. We use these details to check requirements with the relevant authority before preparing a proposal for your business.
Setup Assistant
Apply this to your business
Does this activity cover the work my company will actually perform?
Why this matters
A business name does not tell you which work the licence allows. Selling, importing, arranging a service or providing it yourself may each need different permissions.
What could change the answer?
Adding a service, importing directly or taking responsibility for delivery can require a different activity or permission.
Check these details first
- Products, services and revenue model
- What you deliver yourself and what authorised suppliers deliver
- The full activity description and its conditions
- Whether the authority allows it and which approvals are needed
Choose your next step
Understand the decision ↗Understand what to check before choosing a setup option.See the reasoning in a case ↗See how the business needs and limits shaped the advice.Check relevant activities ↗Read the activity description. A listing does not mean your business is approved.Plan my business setup ↗Answer questions about your own business to prepare for a consultation.