Hamriyah Free Zone company setup: license from AED 11,000
Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah licenses a company from AED 11,000 on an office, a warehouse or land beside its own 14-metre port. Our fee with the license is from $7,000.
Hamriyah Free Zone Sharjah
- AED 11,000 Basic cost of a license, as the zone states
- 14 m Depth of the zone's own port
- 1–50 Visas, by package and warehouse size
What Hamriyah Free Zone is and where in Sharjah it stands
1995Sharjah's industrial free zone
Hamriyah Free Zone is Sharjah's industrial free zone. An Emiri decree created it in 1995, and the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, HFZA, runs it: the authority leases every facility and issues every license.
30 millionSquare metres on the Sharjah coast
The zone covers 30 million square metres on the Sharjah coast and ranks itself the second-largest industrial free zone in the UAE. Its own port is 14 metres deep, with an inner harbour of 7 metres.
6 sectorsFrom oil and gas to a hub for small firms
The zone's land holds 6 sectors: oil and gas, a food park, an industrial manufacturing park, the maritime industry, a logistics park and an accelerator hub for small firms.
100%Foreign ownership, services inside the gates
Ownership is 100% foreign, with full repatriation of capital and profit. Investors come from 163 countries. Banks, a customs office and staff housing work inside the gates.
Every Hamriyah license comes with a facility leased inside the zone, from a desk package to a plot.
Which companies Hamriyah Free Zone is built for
More than 1,200 investors work in this sector here, on 4.6 million square metres of leased land with over 900 storage tanks.
With an industrial license you bring in raw materials, process them and ship the product out. Plots start at 2,500 square metres, and 60% of a plot can be built on.
Plots from 5,000 square metres at the water take shipbuilding, rig fabrication, repair and ship chandlery beside the port.
The Food Park covers 11 million square feet for processing, packaging, logistics and trading, with testing and food-safety training on site.
A trading or service company starts on the Start-up package with one visa. The Accelerator Hub takes firms of up to six people.
A consultancy with a laptop pays less at SPC Free Zone, from AED 5,750 a year. Cargo that flies belongs at Dubai South, beside Al Maktoum International Airport, or within Sharjah at SAIF Zone, beside Sharjah International Airport.
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Hamriyah license types and company forms
Commercial license
The holder imports, exports, sells, distributes and stores the items its license names. General trading opens it to any number of products, and e-commerce covers sales online.
Service license
Consulting and the other services listed on the license.
Industrial license
Manufacturing, processing, assembly and packaging of the products named on it, from imported raw materials, and their export.
FZE, FZC or branch
One owner, a person or a legal entity, forms an FZE, and two to five form an FZC in the published packages. A parent company from the UAE or abroad opens a branch or a subsidiary.
Offices, warehouses and land in Hamriyah, with the visas each carries
Visas follow the facility. Offices are in the Hamriyah Business Centre, on leases renewed every year.
| Facility | Size | Visas |
|---|---|---|
| Start-up package | No office | 1 |
| Smart Business office | 10 sq m | 4 to 7 |
| Deluxe Business office | 12 or 16 sq m | 2 to 7 |
| Standard Business office | 15 or 20 sq m | 7 or 8 |
| Supreme Business office | 25, 32 or 40 sq m | 8 to 12 |
| Warehouse | 200, 400 or 600 sq m | 25, 40 or 50 |
| Industrial land | From 2,500 sq m | Agreed with the lease |
7 or 9 metresThe height of a warehouse
A warehouse is 7 or 9 metres high, with a power load of 20 to 150 kW and its own office and loading bay.
25 yearsLand and staff housing
Land comes on a 25-year renewable lease, with the rate fixed for the first 5 years and a rent holiday while you build. Workers live in the zone's own accommodation, in rooms for 4 to 12 people.
What a Hamriyah Free Zone license costs
We quote our formation fee before VAT. The license and warehouse lines are the figures Hamriyah publishes, and it marks them as indicative. The four warehouse lines add up to AED 22,500 in the first year, and the two yearly ones to AED 8,500 in each later year, before rent and visas.
Company in Hamriyah with its license, our fee
from $7,000Get a quote- Basic cost of a license, as the zone states
- AED 11,000
- With a warehouse: license, a year
- AED 3,500
- With a warehouse: service fee, a year
- AED 5,000
- With a warehouse: incorporation fee, once
- AED 9,000
- With a warehouse: refundable deposit, once
- AED 5,000
- Rent of the office, warehouse or plot
- in your quote
- Residence visa, each
- from AED 3,000
- Accounting, a month
- from $350
Hamriyah compared with RAKEZ, Ajman Free Zone and Dubai South
| Compared | Hamriyah | RAKEZ | Ajman Free Zone | Dubai South |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where | Sharjah, at its own port | Ras Al Khaimah, beside Saqr Port | Ajman, beside Ajman Port | Dubai, at Al Maktoum International Airport |
| License, from | AED 11,000 | AED 6,000 a year | AED 5,555 a year | AED 12,500 a year with a flexi-desk |
| Warehouses | 200, 400 and 600 sq m | In three industrial zones | From 100 sq m | Units of 2,600 sq m and shared complexes |
| Land | From 2,500 sq m, 25-year lease | Plots in the industrial zones | Lease of 20 years or more | Plots from 10,000 sq m for e-commerce |
| Built for | Heavy industry, oil and gas, shipping | Manufacturing and trade | Trade and light industry | Air cargo and e-commerce |
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Corporate tax, VAT, customs and the bank account in Hamriyah
0%On qualifying income of a company that qualifies
The authority states that Hamriyah is a designated and a qualified free zone under the Corporate Tax Law. For a company that qualifies, qualifying income is taxed at 0% and the rest at 9%. Our guide to qualifying income in a UAE free zone lists the conditions and explains the two kinds of zone.
9%A Hamriyah company that does not qualify
A company that does not qualify owes 9% on the taxable income above AED 375,000 and nothing below it. Registration with the Federal Tax Authority and the yearly return are our work in both cases.
5%VAT, and no customs duty inside the zone
The zone is a designated zone for VAT, and it charges no customs duty on import, export and re-export. VAT itself is 5%: VAT registration in the UAE is due once taxable turnover tops AED 375,000 and open earlier, from AED 187,500.
2 to 4 weeksThe usual time for the bank to open the account
For the business bank account in the UAE we send the bank the license, the lease and a description of the trade. It usually opens the account 2 to 4 weeks later.
Hamriyah Free Zone company registration, step by step
- 1–3 days1
License, form and facility
We start from what the company makes or trades and how many people it will employ, then match the license, the legal form and the facility.
- 1–2 days2
Documents
Passports and visa pages go into your account, and we hand them to the zone's Commercial Department and reserve the facility.
- 1–5 working days3
License and lease
The zone issues the trade license with the lease and hands over the facility. By its own count a license takes one hour from a complete file.
- then4
Security approval and establishment card
The Investors Services Department clears the owners and issues the establishment card, which lets the company sponsor visas.
- 1–3 weeks5
E-channel and visas
With the e-channel account open, each visa passes four stages: application, medical test, Emirates ID, stamping.
- usually 2–4 weeks6
Tax number and bank
We obtain the corporate tax registration and send the bank its file.
Documents the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority asks for
Documents
For an FZE or an FZC
- Passport copy of each shareholder
- Passport copy of the manager
- Visit or tourist visa copy of each of them
- Sponsor's no-objection letter, attested, for holders of a UAE employment visa
For a branch or a subsidiary
- License copy of the parent company
- Parent's certificate of incorporation
- Parent's memorandum and articles
- Board resolution naming the director and the manager
- Passport and visa copies of the directors
You send them in your account. We check each document the day it arrives and tell you what is missing.
See the platformQuestions about Hamriyah Free Zone company setup
In which emirate is Hamriyah Free Zone located?
In Sharjah, on the coast, around its own port. Its roads link it to all seven emirates and to the neighbouring Gulf states.
What are the benefits of Hamriyah Free Zone?
Full foreign ownership, capital and profit taken out in full and no customs duty on import, export and re-export. Add a port 14 metres deep, land on 25-year leases and the status of a qualified free zone for corporate tax.
How do I renew a Hamriyah Free Zone license?
Once a year through the zone's Leasing and Licensing Department and its investors' e-portal, with the office lease renewed alongside. With a warehouse the yearly lines are AED 3,500 for the license and AED 5,000 for the service fee, and we file the renewal before the date.
Can a Hamriyah Free Zone company sell on the UAE mainland?
It sells abroad and to other free-zone companies on its own license. It reaches mainland customers through a licensed distributor or a mainland branch. Our guide free zone vs mainland in the UAE sets out both routes, and Sharjah's mainland license is on business setup in Sharjah.
Is Hamriyah the cheapest free zone in the UAE?
No. A license here starts at AED 11,000, against AED 5,555 a year at Ajman Free Zone and AED 6,000 at RAKEZ. Companies come to Hamriyah for a 14-metre port and land on 25-year leases, and the fees of 22 zones stand side by side in UAE free zones compared by license fee.
Can I hold a Hamriyah license with an office outside the zone?
No. The zone licenses companies on its own facilities. The smallest are the Start-up package and the e-office of the Hamriyah Business Centre.
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Updated 13 October 2026. Reviewed by Vladyslav Drapii, Founder.
