Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority achieves strong results in 2025

Dubai, April 21, 2017 (WAM) – The Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIES) announced achieving strong annual results during the year 2025, which reflected the strength of its operating model and the effectiveness of its integrated economic system, as it recorded a growth of 19.4% in revenues, and 17.8% in net profits, compared to the results of 2024.

Diez confirmed that these indicators are driven by the expansion of its activities and the increase in the efficiency of its operations, in parallel with the growing attractiveness of its three economic zones, which are “Dubai Airport Free Zone”, “Dubai Silicon Oasis” and “Dubai CommerCity”, as the total number of companies registered within the “Diez” system increased by 24.6% by the end of 2025, while the total number of employees in companies operating within the three free zones affiliated with “Diez” reached 106,359 employees, with a growth rate of 26.2% compared to the previous year, which reflects the expanding base of economic activity and the vitality of the labor market within its three free zones.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority, said on this occasion that the results of 2025 confirm that Dies will continue to improve its economic contribution and consolidate its role as an engine supporting Dubai’s competitiveness on the global trade and investment map, in line with the vision of the wise leadership and its directions to promote sustainable growth and diversify the economy.

He added that revenue growth reflects Diez’s ability to transform opportunities into tangible economic value, through a flexible business environment, advanced infrastructure, and smart solutions that contribute to raising the efficiency of companies and enabling their expansion from Dubai to regional and global markets.

He continued that Dubai’s economy is well-established, diverse and capable of overcoming all challenges, stressing that the next stage requires accelerating the pace of innovation and digital transformation and maximizing the added value of priority sectors, in a way that supports the goals of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 and enhances the emirate’s position among the top three economic cities in the world during the next decade.

His Highness indicated that Dies will continue to invest in its institutional capabilities and develop its integrated system to ensure sustainable growth and raise competitiveness, with a focus on empowering the business community and enhancing the economic zones’ contribution to Dubai’s journey towards a more flexible and future-ready economy.

For his part, His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Al Zarouni, CEO of the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority, said that the 2025 results reflect an operational approach based on financial discipline and increasing efficiency, in parallel with enhancing the returns from the institutional services and products that “Diez” provides to the investor and corporate community.

He added that the growth achieved in profitability indicators, in addition to the increase in revenues, confirms the success of “Diez” in enhancing its ability to generate sustainable value, while maintaining a balanced development path that keeps pace with the needs of global markets and transformations in supply chains and trade.

He considered that the growth in the number of companies and their employees within the DIES system by the end of 2025 is a direct indicator of the strength of investment attractiveness and the effectiveness of the operational experience within the regions affiliated with the authority, stressing the continuation of work on developing smart services, improving the customer journey, and enhancing integration between the three economic regions.

Dr. noted. Al Zarouni pointed out that the priority during the next phase is to expand the economic impact across future sectors, and to support companies in raising their productivity and expanding their business, which translates Dubai’s vision of building an economy based on knowledge, innovation, and advanced technology applications.

Dies recently witnessed the launch of a number of expansion projects in Dubai Silicon Oasis by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with investments amounting to 12.8 billion dirhams.

The expansion plan includes two main projects: “District IO” and “Block 14”. The “District IO” project, with investments amounting to 11 billion dirhams, aims to provide infrastructure that supports the development of future technologies and enhance the research, development and innovation system in the Emirate of Dubai.

The project will contribute to providing more than 70,000 direct and indirect job opportunities within 10 years, contribute to the gross domestic product of the Emirate of Dubai with a value of up to 103 billion dirhams by the year 2036, and contribute to attracting foreign direct investments amounting to 30 billion dirhams by 2036.

The project, which is equipped to receive more than 6,500 international, small, medium and emerging companies in the sectors of the future, focuses on six main sectors: smart mobility, 3D printing, robotics, transformative technologies (X-Tech), artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and Web 3 technologies, in addition to other sectors directly and indirectly.

The first phase of the “Block 14” project includes developing the business and residential environment in line with the Dubai Urban Plan 2040 and in support of the concept of transportation-oriented development (development of areas around metro stations “TOD”), with investments amounting to 1.8 billion dirhams, in the area located near the Dubai Metro station (Blue Line) in Dubai Silicon Oasis, and includes developing a commercial building and two residential buildings in addition to developing the retail area and developing works to connect the area with the Dubai Metro Blue Line.

Dies has achieved a number of strategic achievements during the year 2025, whether in terms of asset expansion or business enhancement, including the approval by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum of the second phase of the expansion project of the “Rochester University of Technology – Dubai” campus in Dubai Silicon Oasis at a cost exceeding 313 million dirhams, and on a building area exceeding 85 thousand square meters, which raises the total area of the campus buildings to more than 124 thousand square meters, an increase of 217% compared to the area of current buildings.

This expansion is expected to contribute to raising the university’s capacity to approximately 4,500 male and female students, an increase of 115%, as it will include the addition of 9 new academic and administrative buildings, advanced educational facilities, and a parking lot, which will enhance the university’s position as a global academic center for innovation and scientific research.

During the year, Dies strengthened its partnerships with international companies, as His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the UAE Olympic Committee, witnessed the launch of Schneider Electric, the global leader in the field of digital transformation for energy management and automation, a new initiative worth 100 million dirhams to support the empowerment of talent in the UAE, in conjunction with the official opening of the new Schneider Electric headquarters; “The Nest” in Dubai, which is the first of its kind within the company’s global program for impactful buildings, in Dubai Silicon Oasis, which is under the authority’s umbrella.

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