What you bring
- A passport copy for each owner
- Proof of home address for each owner
- What the business will do
- A name you would like
Services / Set up and run a company
Business setup
A licensed company: mainland, free zone or offshore.
Who does the work
Qantara team
Where a bank, a ministry or a licensed firm decides, we prepare the file and tell you who decides. We do not promise their answer.
Your options
4 ways to do this
- Dubai mainland LLCDecided by: Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism
- Abu Dhabi mainland LLCDecided by: Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development
- Free zone company
- RAK ICC offshore companyDecided by: RAK International Corporate Centre
Step by step
How it runs, and who holds each step
Every step is on the plan before work starts. You always see whose move it is.
Dubai mainland LLC · Abu Dhabi mainland LLC
- 1Quote and engagementYou
- 2Identity checksYou
- 3Initial approvalThe authority
- 4Trade name reservationThe authority
- 5Sign the memorandum of associationYou
- 6Office lease and tenancy registrationYou
- 7Pay the licence fee voucherYou
- 8Trade licence issuedThe authority
- 9Establishment card and labour fileQantara
- 10Hand-over: registers, calendar and company profileQantara
Free zone company
- 1Quote and engagementYou
- 2Identity checksYou
- 3Application and name approvalThe authority
- 4Sign the incorporation documentsYou
- 5Pay the zone feesYou
- 6Licence issuedThe authority
- 7Establishment cardQantara
- 8Hand-over: registers, calendar and company profileQantara
RAK ICC offshore company
- 1Quote and engagementYou
- 2Identity checksYou
- 3Registered agent prepares the incorporationA licensed partner
- 4Pay the incorporation feesYou
- 5Certificate of incorporation issuedThe authority
- 6Hand-over: registers, calendar and company profileQantara
One thread
Where this fits
Before thisNothing
You do not need a company for this. It can be your first step with us.
Alongside, in set up and run a companyTo read first
UnderneathThe Qantara platform
This service runs on the same file as every other. Documents you gave us before are already there, and its dates join your one calendar.
Talk to us.
Tell us what you want to set up or keep in order. We will say plainly what we can do and when we open.