The Dubai Economy, represented by the commercial registration and licensing sector, reported that it renewed 67,701 automatic renewal transactions for commercial licenses during 2019, which constitutes 48% of the total renewal transactions (140.9 thousand transactions), which confirms the sustainability and competitiveness of businesses in the Emirate of Dubai.

The data released showed that the renewed licenses were distributed automatically according to the activity, led by commercial activities (49.3 thousand licenses) by 72.8%, and professional (16.53 thousand licenses) by 24.4%, while industrial activities (1467 licenses) accounted for 2.2%, and tourism (396) License) by 0.6%.

Renewal service

The launch of the automatic renewal service comes in the framework of efforts to implement the Dubai strategy, a paperless city by 2021, as the service is an opportunity for different categories of customers to complete their transactions and pay the required amounts without the need for paper transactions, which helps to raise the satisfaction of the customers and facilitate their transactions, and provide Time to complete it smoothly in the emirate of Dubai.

Through the "automatic renewal" service, the process of renewing the commercial licenses is simplified and completed in only two steps and in less than two minutes, where a text message can be sent with the license number to be renewed to the number 6969, and the "payment authorization" is sent via text to the customer, and then he can pay Fees at any manual or electronic payment outlets, via the link provided in the text message.

Text message

The "automatic renewal" service is to send a text message to the owners of commercial licenses, to inform them of the date of renewing the licenses (one week before the license expires), the channels for obtaining the service, and how to complete the renewal procedures automatically. The service covers more than 2,200 commercial activities, equivalent to 99.8% of commercial licenses, and all legal forms in the Emirate of Dubai.

Customers can, through the automatic renewal service from Dubai Economy, renew the license for more than one year and a maximum of four years, provided that the lease contract is valid, and in the event of renewal more than a year, the number of years will be added to the text message, for example: (license number, The number of years). The company's website must be located last year itself.

Legal form

The report, issued by the Commercial Registration and Licensing Sector, showed that limited liability companies topped the list of the legal form of renewed licenses automatically, as they numbered 46,312 licenses, followed by an individual institution with 14,459 licenses, then civil works (3380 licenses).

The legal forms also included a limited liability company - one person (LLC), a branch of a company based in another emirate, a branch of a foreign company, a branch of a company or corporation based in a free zone, a branch of a Gulf company, a joint venture company, Simple recommendation, private contribution, public contribution, government liaison office.

According to the distribution of economic activities for licenses automatically renewed during 2019, the report showed the most prominent commercial activities, which are as follows: the activity of "general trade", followed by "trade in perfumes and cosmetics", then "trade in ready-made clothes", "trade in gifts" and "works of dyes" Paints »,“ Trade of watches and spare parts ”,“ Trade of textiles and fabrics ”,“ Floor and wall tiling work ”,“ Carpentry and floor installation ”and“ Sanitary and plumbing works ”.

Customers can pay automatic renewal service fees via electronic payment through the Dubai ded.ae website or the DED Business smart application, or the e-dirham, and they can also pay in cash or by checks through the approved service centers and the following banks: «Emirates Islamic», and “Commercial Bank of Dubai”, “Noor Bank”, and “Horizons Finance”, in addition to direct debit through the customer’s account through “Commercial Bank of Dubai”, “Dubai Islamic Bank”, “Mashreq Bank” and “Emirates Islamic ».

The nationalities of license holders, which were automatically renewed during 2019, varied to include businessmen from Britain, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Canada, Bangladesh, UK, USA, and China.

All dealers with licenses must update their personal data with the Dubai Economy, so that the registration and commercial licensing sector team can provide services more effectively, as the sector seeks to follow the path of rational leadership in sustainability and competition, and strengthen the mechanisms used to engage in commercial activities In the emirate of Dubai, through following the latest technology and smart programs, which are in line with the highest international standards.

4 activities

Dubai Economy confirmed that there are four of the economic activities of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority, which are not covered by the automatic renewal of licenses service, namely: passenger transport by public taxis, passenger transport by luxury cars, car rental and passenger services for non-emergency cases, and two activities of the Department of Tourism and Commercial Promotion, They are: organizing domestic tourist trips and organizing external tourist trips. The automatic renewal service includes all licenses that share another license to the same site.