53.8 thousand new companies join the Dubai Chamber within 9 months

The Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the Dubai Chambers umbrella, revealed its results for the first nine months of 2025, recording the addition of 53,838 new companies to its membership, a growth of 4% compared to the same period last year. This reflects the emirate’s attractiveness and its growing ability to attract foreign direct investment, consolidating its position as a leading global destination for business.

The Chamber reported, in a statement yesterday, that the value of exports and re-exports of Chamber members rose, during the period from January to the end of September 2025, to about 260 billion dirhams, a growth of 16% on an annual basis, while the Chamber issued 627 thousand and 908 certificates of origin, an increase of 9% compared to the same period in 2024, and the Chamber also issued and received 3743 temporary entry books for goods for goods and commodities with a value of 3.69 Billions of dirhams.

During the first nine months of 2025, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce succeeded in supporting the global expansion of 90 local companies with a growth rate of 20%, compared to 75 companies whose expansion in foreign markets was supported during the same period in 2024.

In cooperation with business groups, the Dubai Chamber of Commerce reviewed 42 laws and draft laws during the first nine months of this year, with a adoption rate of private sector recommendations of 64%, compared to a 49% adoption rate during the same period last year. The Chamber also held 124 meetings with business groups and councils, an increase of 41% compared to the same period in 2024.

From the beginning of this year until the end of last September, the Chamber received 146 mediation cases, an increase of 11% year-on-year, while the total value of the cases exceeded 230 million dirhams.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dubai Chambers, Engineer Sultan Al Mansouri, said: “Under the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, Dubai is steadily moving forward in strengthening its leadership among financial and business centers internationally, supported by an integrated business environment that enhances investors’ confidence in the promising prospects of the national economy.”

He added: “We continue to intensify efforts to enhance the integrated business system in line with the aspirations of investors by developing the flexibility of the legislative environment that stimulates growth, opening new horizons for expansion in global markets and strengthening international partnerships to achieve the goals of the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), and moving forward towards a more competitive and sustainable economy.”

3 services

During the first nine months of 2025, the Dubai Family Business Center launched three specialized consulting services, including the service of assessing the current situation and reviewing the family charter, the service of drafting the family charter, and the family office planning service.

The Center also issued the first guidebook that includes an integrated register of family business advisors in Dubai, with the aim of enabling these companies to obtain specialized advisory services in vital areas related to various administrative and operational axes. The guide provides an effective means of developing mechanisms for linking family businesses with advisors specialized in family businesses.