Sharjah Free Zone Business Setup Prices
Compare 5 free zones and 10 business setup packages in Sharjah. Licences from AED 4,999, with a visa from AED 6,875, every price sourced and dated.
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Prices change often and depend on your activity. Figures are each zone’s published or reported starting prices in UAE dirhams, not quotes from GULF CONSULT. Get a written quote before you pay. Official = the zone’s own website or rate card; Reported = a setup agent or comparison site; Quote only = the zone publishes no prices.
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Budget For These Too
A package price is where the bill starts. These are the costs that most often sit outside it, with typical amounts across UAE free zones.
Establishment Card
AED 1,500–2,500
The immigration file that lets the company sponsor visas. Paid once, then renewed with the licence.
Visa, Per Person
AED 3,500–5,000
Entry permit, status change, medical test and Emirates ID for each residence visa, unless the package is marked All-In.
E-Channel Registration
AED 2,000–2,700
Charged by some zones to open the company’s immigration account, often with a refundable deposit.
Share Capital
AED 50,000–150,000
Most zones set no paid-up minimum, but some do: DMCC AED 50,000, DSO AED 100,000 and SAIF Zone a reported AED 150,000.
Renewal Vs Launch Offers
Year Two
Many headline prices are first-year promotions. Ask for the renewal price in writing; it can be well above the launch offer.
Corporate Tax
0% Or 9%
A Qualifying Free Zone Person pays 0% on qualifying income and 9% on the rest. A free zone company that does not qualify pays 9% on taxable income above AED 375,000.
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Sharjah Free Zone Guide
Sharjah sits right next to Dubai and is one of the most affordable places in the UAE to license a company. SHAMS (Sharjah Media City) and SPC Free Zone suit media, publishing, e-commerce and freelancers; SAIF Zone and Hamriyah serve trading, logistics and heavy industry; and SRTIP hosts research and technology companies.
We compare 5 free zones and 10 packages in Sharjah. Licences start from AED 4,999 at SPC Free Zone for its E-publishing package. The cheapest package with a visa is AED 6,875 at SPC Free Zone for its One visa package. Prices last checked on 30 Sep 2026.
Check that the zone licenses your exact activity, count the visas you will need in the next two years, and ask for the renewal price as well as the first-year offer. Free zone companies must register for Corporate Tax; to pay 0% as a Qualifying Free Zone Person they need real substance in the zone and qualifying income. Prices change often and depend on your activity, so get a written quote before you pay.
FAQs
Answers built from the same price data as the tables above, so they are as current as the last price check.
The lowest starting price we track in Sharjah is AED 4,999 at SPC Free Zone for its E-publishing package. Prices last checked on 30 Sep 2026.
The cheapest Sharjah package with at least one residence visa is AED 6,875 at SPC Free Zone for its One visa package (visa allocation; processing extra). With the visa costs already included, the cheapest is AED 14,786 at SHAMS for its All-inclusive, 1 visa package.
This page compares 5 free zones in Sharjah: SHAMS (Sharjah Media City), SPC Free Zone (Sharjah Publishing City), SAIF Zone (Sharjah Airport International Free Zone), Hamriyah Free Zone (Hamriyah Free Zone Authority) and SRTIP (Sharjah Research, Technology & Innovation Park). SHAMS and SPC Free Zone publish package prices; for the others we use recent figures from setup agents and comparison sites, marked as reported or quote only.
Sharjah’s cheapest zero-visa licence (AED 4,999) ranks third of the seven emirates. The cheapest is Ajman, where Ajman Free Zone (AFZ) starts from AED 4,444. Price is only one part of the choice: your activity, visa needs, banking and where your clients are matter as much.
Most headline prices cover the licence and a desk. They usually leave out the establishment card (immigration file), the cost of processing each residence visa (entry permit, status change, medical test and Emirates ID), e-channel registration in some zones, any share capital the zone requires, and the gap between a first-year promotional price and the renewal price. Packages marked “All-In” on this page already include the visa costs. See “What The Headline Price Leaves Out” on this page for typical amounts.
Every three days. Each zone is checked against its own website or published rate card first; zones that publish no prices are checked against recent figures from setup agents and comparison sites. Prices last checked on 30 Sep 2026. Every package on the page shows whether its price is official or reported and the date it was last verified, and anything not verified for 30 days is flagged as possibly out of date.