13.8 thousand new Indian companies join the Dubai Chamber of Commerce within 9 months

A new report issued by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the Dubai Chambers umbrella, revealed that Indian companies continued to lead the list of new non-Emirati companies joining the Chamber’s membership during the first nine months of 2025, with 13,851 new members, a growth of 13.9% compared to the number of Indian companies that joined membership during the same period last year, which reflects the attractiveness and strategic position that Dubai enjoys among Indian investors and businessmen.

Pakistan came in second place, with 6,850 new companies, an annual increase of 13.1%, while Egypt ranked third in the list of nationalities of companies joining the Chamber’s membership, as the number of new Egyptian companies registered with the Chamber’s membership during the first nine months of this year reached 3,754 companies, with a growth rate of 4.4%.

Bangladeshi companies achieved annual growth of 31.1%, as 2,190 new companies from Bangladesh joined the Chamber’s membership during the first nine months of the year, ranking fourth, while the United Kingdom ranked fifth with 2,071 new companies joining, with an annual growth of 9.5%.

Syria came in sixth place, with 1,403 new companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during the first nine months of this year.

Chinese companies ranked seventh with 1,143 new companies joining, with a growth of 2.6% on an annual basis, and Jordan came in eighth place with 976 new companies joining.

Türkiye ranked ninth with 968 new companies, with a growth of 2.5%, while the United States of America came in tenth place with 788 new companies.

In terms of the sectoral distribution of new companies joining the membership of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during the first nine months of the year 2025, the wholesale and retail trade sector came in first place, accounting for 35.9% of the activities of new members in this period, followed by the real estate sector, leasing and business services sector in second place, accounting for 34.7% of the activities of new members, and the construction sector came third with a rate of 17.2%, while the social and personal services sector came in fourth place with a rate of 7.7%, followed by the transportation sector. Storage and communications ranked fifth, accounting for 7.6% of the activities of new members joining the chamber during this period.