Ras Al Khaimah’s economic system continues to achieve momentum in 2025, with the Division of Financial Improvement (DED) reporting a 17.6 per cent improve in new enterprise licences issued in the course of the first half of the yr.
A complete of 1,219 licences have been issued from January to June, up from 1,037 in the identical interval final yr.
The sharpest rise got here from the commercial sector, which noticed a outstanding 111 per cent improve in new licences, underscoring Ras Al Khaimah’s rising enchantment as a producing and industrial hub.
Ras Al Khaimah enterprise licences
Skilled licences grew by 20 per cent, and business licences by 12.6 per cent.
Amina Qahtan, Director of the Business Affairs Division on the Division of Financial Improvement, affirmed that the optimistic outcomes mirror the emirate’s dynamic and rising financial trajectory.
She attributed this development to the clever management’s directives geared toward fostering a extra versatile economic system, supported by a spread of incentives and facilitative measures that ease doing enterprise and appeal to traders.
Ras Al Khaimah financial highlights
- Wholesale and retail commerce: 44.4 per cent of latest licences
- Building: 18 per cent
- Lodging and meals companies: 13.2 per cent
- Manufacturing: 11.1 per cent
- Different companies: 8.6 per cent
The overall registered capital for brand spanking new companies elevated by 7.5 per cent in H1 2025. Notably, the capital of commercial licences surged by greater than 7.6 instances in comparison with the identical interval in 2024. Skilled licences additionally noticed a capital improve of 24.7 per cent.
Al Jazirah Al Hamra led in attracting new capital, accounting for almost one-third of all new investments. Al Dhait and Al Ghail adopted, with 13 per cent and eight.5 per cent respectively.
Geographically, Al Dhait space recorded the very best share of latest licences, accounting for 8.7 % of the entire, adopted by Al Nakheel with 8.4 %, and each Al Qusaidat and Julphar with 7.7 %.
By way of the ratio of latest licences to energetic licences inside every space, Khalifa bin Zayed Metropolis ranked first with 18.9 %, adopted by Dahan at 13.4 %, and Al Ghail at 9.1 %.
These figures recommend a broadening distribution of financial exercise throughout Ras Al Khaimah’s districts, reflecting each grassroots development and focused funding methods.
