With more than 120 business activities available, there is something for every thriving entrepreneur. We also give you the freedom and flexibility to combine various activities on the same license. There's an activity to suit every business model - learn more below.
- Media
- Wholesale & Retail
- Services & Consultancy
Manufacturing
1811: Printing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1811.01 - Printing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, books and brochures, music and music manuscripts, maps, atlases, posters, advertising catalogues, prospectuses and other printed advertising, postage stamps, taxation stamps, documents of title, cheques and other security papers, diaries, calendars, business forms and other commercial printed matter, personal stationery and other printed matter by letterpress, offset, photogravure, flexographic and other printing presses, duplication machines, computer printers, embossers etc., including quick printing. the material printed is typically copyrighted
No Approval Required
1811.02 - Printing directly onto textiles, plastic, glass, metal, wood and ceramics (except silkscreen printing on textiles and wearing apparel) the material printed is typically copyrighted.
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1811.03 - Printing on labels or tags (lithographic, gravure printing, flexographic printing, other)
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1811.04 - Multi-dimensional printing services
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1811.05 - Printing, Advertising Agencies and Event Organizing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1811.07 - Packaging activities, Printing Services
1812: Service activities related to printing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.01 - Binding of printed sheets, e.g. into books, brochures, magazines, catalogues etc., byfolding, assembling, stitching, glueing, collating, basting, adhesive binding, trimming, gold stamping
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.02 - Composition, typesetting, phototypesetting, pre-press data input including scanning and optical character recognition, electronic make-up
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.03 - Plate-making services including imagesetting and plate-setting (for the printing processes letterpress and offset)
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.04 - Engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.05 - Plate processes direct to plate (also photopolymer plates)
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.06 - Preparation of plates and dies for relief stamping or printing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.07 - Production of proofs
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.08 - Artistic work including preparation of litho stones and prepared woodblocks
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.09 - Production of reprographic products
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.10 - Design of printing products e.g. sketches, layouts, dummies etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.11 - Other graphic activities such as die-sinking or die-stamping, braille copying, punching and drilling, embossing, varnishing and laminating, collating and insetting, creasing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.12 - Composition and Typesetting
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1812.97 - Design & Artwork Services
1820: Reproduction of recorded media
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1820.01 - Reproduction from master copies of gramophone records, compact discs and tapes with music or other sound recordings
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1820.02 - Reproduction from master copies of records, compact discs and tapes with motion pictures and other video recordings
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
1820.03 - Reproduction from master copies of software and data on discs and tapes
Information and communication
5811: Book publishing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.01 - Publishing of books, brochures, leaflets and similar publications, including publishing of dictionaries and encyclopedias
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.02 - Publishing of atlases, maps and charts
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.03 - Publishing of audio books
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.04 - Publishing of encyclopedias etc. on CD-ROM
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.11 - E-books publishing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5811.15 - Visual Recorded Media Distribution
No Approval Required
5811.99 - Commercial Publications Editing
5812: Publishing of directories and mailing lists
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5812.01 - Publishing of mailing lists
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5812.02 - Publishing of telephone books
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5812.03 - Publishing of other directories and compilations, such as case law, pharmaceutical compendia etc.
5813: Publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5813.01 - Publishing of newspapers, including advertising newspapers
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5813.02 - Publishing of periodicals and other journals, including publishing of radio and television schedules publishing can be done in print or electronic form, including on the internet.
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5813.04 - Digital Newspaper Publishing, News Agency, Specialty Communication and PR
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5813.05 - News services through websites
No Approval Required
5815: Audio Recordings Publication
5819: Other publishing activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.01 - Publishing (including on-line) of:
• Catalogs
• Photos, engravings and postcards
• Greeting cards
• Forms
• Posters, reproduction of works of art
• Advertising material
• Other printed material
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.02 - On-line publishing of statistics or other information
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.04 - Publications and media Materials E-Trading
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.05 - Gaming Publisher
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.07 - Electronic publishing and software implementation & Training
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5819.08 - Training & Consultancy
No Approval Required
5819.10 - Publishing, Consultancy, Event Organizing
No Approval Required
5819.11 - Publishing, Consultancy and Authoring Services
No Approval Required
5819.12 - Publishing, Event Organizing and Translating Services
No Approval Required
5819.13 - Publishing, Advertising and Training
No Approval Required
5819.14 - Publishing and Advertising
No Approval Required
5819.16 - Journalism/Content Writing
5820: Software publishing
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5820.01 - Publishing of ready-made (non-customized) software:
• Operating systems
• Business and other applications
• Computer games for all platforms
5911: Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.01 - Production of motion pictures, videos, television programmes or television commercials
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.02 - Theatrical Production
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.03 - Documentary Filming
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.04 - Cartoons Production
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.08 - T.V Programs, Commercials & Visual Materials Production
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.09 - Special Effects Production
No Approval Required
5911.10 - Motion Picture Studio
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.11 - Media support services
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.12 - Radio & tv broadcast consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.13 - Media content production
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.14 - Multimedia development
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5911.15 - Artistic Production Contracting Services
5912: Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5912.01 - Post-production activities such as:
• Editing, titling, subtitling, credits
• Closed captioning
• Computer-produced graphics, animation and special effects
• Film/tape transfers
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5912.02 - Activities of motion picture film laboratories and activities of special laboratories for animated films:
• Developing and processing motion picture film
• Reproduction of motion picture film for theatrical distribution
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5912.03 - Activities of stock footage film libraries etc.
5913: Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5913.01 - Distributing film, video tapes, DVDs and similar productions to motion picture theatres, television networks and stations and exhibitors
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5913.02 - Acquiring film, video tape and DVD distribution rights
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5913.11 - Media archiving
5914: Motion picture projection activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5914.01 - Motion picture or videotape projection in cinemas, in the open air or in other projection facilities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5914.02 - Activities of cine-clubs
No Approval Required
5915: Special effects and trick photography
No Approval Required
5916: Films Production
No Approval Required
5917: Films Production Supportive Services
No Approval Required
5918: Production of cartoons
No Approval Required
5919: Television Sketches and Effects Photography
5920: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.01 - Production of original (sound) master recordings, such as tapes, CDs
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.02 - Sound recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere, including the production of taped (i.e. non-live) radio programming, audio for film, television etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.03 - Music publishing, i.e. activities of:
• Acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions
• Promoting, authorizing and using these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print and other media
• Distributing sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public.
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.04 - Publishing of music and sheet books
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.11 - Music production & recordings
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5920.12 - Music promotion & management
No Approval Required
5925: Audio Recorded Media Distribution
No Approval Required
5926: Radio Programs and Audio Recordings Production
No Approval Required
5930: Cinematic Studios Services
No Approval Required
5931: Television Studios Services
No Approval Required
5932: Audio Studios Services
No Approval Required
5933: Operating & managing cinemas
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
5934: Operating TV & Radio Broadcasting Stations except content management
No Approval Required
5941: Art Production Services Contracts
No Approval Required
5942: Translation services, movies and television programs
No Approval Required
5943: Volume, Noise and Oscillation Control Consultancy
No Approval Required
5944: Design, Production and installation of billboards
No Approval Required
5945: Marketing & Selling events tickets
No Approval Required
5946: Festival Organization and Management
No Approval Required
5947: Social Events Management
No Approval Required
5948: Events Production
No Approval Required
5949: Media Hardware Equipment and System Integration services
6010: Radio broadcasting
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6010.01 - Broadcasting audio signals through radio broadcasting studios and facilities for the transmission of aural programming to the public, to affiliates or to subscribers
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6010.02 - Activities of radio networks, i.e. assembling and transmitting aural programming to the affiliates or subscribers via over-the-air broadcasts, cable or satellite
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6010.03 - Radio broadcasting activities over the internet (internet radio stations)
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6010.04 - Data broadcasting integrated with radio broadcasting
6020: Television programming and broadcasting activities
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6020.01 - Creation of a complete television channel programme, from purchased programme components (e.g. movies, documentaries etc.), self produced programme components (e.g. local news, live reports) or a combination thereof
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6020.02 - Programming of video-on-demand channels
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6020.03 - Data broadcasting integrated with television broadcasting
Post Approval Required | Authority name: UAE Media Council
6025: Global Television Networks Programs Rebroadcasting Services
6110: Wired telecommunications activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA
6110.01 - Operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound and video using a wired telecommunications infrastructure, including:
• Operating and maintaining switching and transmission facilities to provide point-top oint communications via landlines, microwave or a combination of landlines and satellite linkups
• Operating of cable distribution systems (e.g. for distribution of data and television signals)
• Furnishing telegraph and other non-vocal communications using own facilities the transmission facilities that carry out these activities, may be based on a single technology or a combination of technologies.
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA
6110.02 - Purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of networks and providing telecommunications services using this capacity to businesses and households
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA
6110.03 - Provision of internet access by the operator of the wired infrastructure
6120: Wireless telecommunications activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6120.01 - Operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound, and video using a wireless telecommunications infrastructure
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6120.02 - Maintaining and operating paging as well as cellular and other wireless telecommunications networks.
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6120.03 - Purchasing access and network capacity from owners and operators of networks and providing wireless telecommunications services (except satellite) using this capacity to businesses and households
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6120.04 - Provision of internet access by the operator of the wireless infrastructure
6130: Satellite telecommunications activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6130.01 - Operating, maintaining or providing access to facilities for the transmission of voice, data, text, sound and video using a satellite telecommunications infrastructure
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6130.02 - Delivery of visual, aural or textual programming received from cable networks, local television stations or radio networks to consumers via direct-to-home satellite systems (the units classified here do not generally originate programming material.)
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6130.03 - Provision of internet access by the operator of the satellite infrastructure
6190: Other telecommunications activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6190.01 - Revision of specialized telecommunications applications, such as satellite tracking, communications telemetry, and radar station operations
No Approval Required
6190.02 - Operation of satellite terminal stations and associated facilities operationally connected with one or more terrestrial communications systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to or receiving telecommunications from satellite systems
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6190.03 - Operation of satellite terminal stations and associated facilities operationally connected with one or more terrestrial communications systems and capable of transmitting telecommunications to or receiving telecommunications from satellite systems
Post Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6190.04 - Provision of telephone and internet access in facilities open to the public
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6190.05 - Provision of telecommunications services over existing telecom connections:
• Voip (voice over internet protocol) provision
Pre Approval Required | Authority name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6190.06 - Telecommunications resellers (i.e. purchasing and reselling network capacity without providing additional services)
No Approval Required
6190.11 - Interactive services
No Approval Required
6190.12 - Online Gaming Services
No Approval Required
6190.13 - Metaverse Services Provider
No Approval Required
6190.14 - Gaming Streaming via Social Media Platform
No Approval Required
6195: Telecommunications services
No Approval Required
6200: Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
6201: Computer programming activities
No Approval Required
6201.01 - Designing the structure and content of, and/or writing the computer code necessary to create and implement:
• Systems software (including updates and patches)
• Software applications (including updates and patches)
• Databases
• Web pages
No Approval Required
6201.02 - Customizing of software, i.e. modifying and configuring an existing application so that it is functional within the clients’ information system environment
No Approval Required
6201.03 - Design and production of social networking programs
No Approval Required
6201.04 - Designing the databases
No Approval Required
6201.05 - Cyber Security Architecture
No Approval Required
6201.06 - Network Websites Designing
No Approval Required
6201.07 - Computer Systems and Software Designing
No Approval Required
6201.08 - Electronic Chips Designing and Programing
No Approval Required
6201.09 - Electronic Equipment and Devices Systems and Software Designing
No Approval Required
6201.10 Social Media Applications Development & Management
6202: Computer consultancy and computer facilities management activities
Post Approval Required | Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6202.01 - Planning and designing of computer systems that integrate computer hardware, software and communication technologies.
Post Approval Required | Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
6202.02 - Provision of on-site management and operation of clients’ computer systems and/or data processing facilities, as well as related support services
No Approval Required
6202.11 - Digital content services
No Approval Required
6202.12 - Concept & design consultancy
No Approval Required
6202.99 - Marketing Services Via Social Media
6209: Other information technology and computer service activities
No Approval Required
6209.01 - Computer disaster recovery
No Approval Required
6209.02 - Installation (setting-up) of personal computers
No Approval Required
6209.03 - Software installation
No Approval Required
6209.11 - IT security management
No Approval Required
6209.12 - Cyber security consultancy
No Approval Required
6209.13 - Security systems consultancy
No Approval Required
6209.14 - Cyber risk management services
No Approval Required
6209.15 - Innovation and artificial intelligence research and consultancies
No Approval Required
6209.16 - Technological Projects Management
No Approval Required
6209.17 - Information Technology Consultancy
6311: Data processing, hosting and related activities
No Approval Required
6311.01 - Provision of infrastructure for hosting, data processing services and related activities
No Approval Required
6311.02 - - Specialized hosting activities such as:
• Web hosting
• Streaming services
• Application hosting
No Approval Required
6311.03 - Application service provisioning
No Approval Required
6311.04 - General time-share provision of mainframe facilities to clients
No Approval Required
6311.05 - Data processing activities:
• Complete processing of data supplied by clients
• Generation of specialized reports from data supplied by clients
No Approval Required
6311.06 - Provision of data entry services
No Approval Required
6311.08 - Data Classification & Analysis Services
No Approval Required
6311.09 - Web hosting
No Approval Required
6311.10 - E Guide and Building E Complexes
No Approval Required
6311.12 - Network Websites Contents Entering and Supplying
No Approval Required
6311.13 - Reproduction Software and Data on Discs and Tapes
No Approval Required
6311.14 - Copying of Computer Software
No Approval Required
6311.15 - Light Archiving
No Approval Required
6311.16 - Cloud Computing Services
No Approval Required
6311.17 - E sports Data & Analytics Services
No Approval Required
6311.18 - Electronic Integration
No Approval Required
6311.19 - Gaming Localization Services
No Approval Required
6311.20 - Electronic Directory
No Approval Required
6311.21 - Internet Content Provider
No Approval Required
6311.22 - Computer System Housing Services
6312: Web portals
No Approval Required
6312.01 - Operation of web sites that use a search engine to generate and maintain extensive databases of internet addresses and content in an easily searchable format
No Approval Required
6312.02 - Operation of other websites that act as portals to the internet, such as media sites providing periodically updated content
No Approval Required
6312.03 - Blogging Services
6391: News agency activities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
6391.01 - News syndicate and news agency activities furnishing news, pictures and features to the media
6399: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
6399.01 - Telephone based information services
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
6399.02 - Information search services on a contract or fee basis
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
6399.03 - News clipping services, press clipping services, etc.
No Approval Required
6399.04 - Media Monitoring Services
No Approval Required
6399.05 - Online Training, Project Management Services, Online Store for Consumer Products
No Approval Required
6399.06 - Media Production and Translation Services
No Approval Required
6399.07 - Project Management and Information Technology Consultancy and Service Providers
No Approval Required
6399.08 - Marketing Consultancy, Media Buying and Web Development
No Approval Required
6399.11 - Media Production Services, Media and Marketing Consultancy
No Approval Required
6395: Online news services
No Approval Required
6396: Press Material Preparation and Distribution
Professional, scientific and technical activities
7310: Advertising
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
7310.01 - Creation and realization of advertising campaigns:
• Creating and placing advertising in newspapers, periodicals, radio, television, the internet and other media
• Creating and placing of outdoor advertising, e.g. billboards, panels, bulletins and frames, window dressing, showroom design, car and bus carding etc.
• Media representation, i.e. sale of time and space for various media soliciting advertising
• Aerial advertising
• Distribution or delivery of advertising material or samples
• Provision of advertising space on billboards etc.
• Creation of stands and other display structures and sites
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
7310.02 - Conducting marketing campaigns and other advertising services aimed at attracting and retaining customers:
• Promotion of products
• Point-of-sale marketing
• Direct mail advertising
• Marketing consulting
No Approval Required
7310.11 - Digital marketing
No Approval Required
7310.12 - Public relations consultancy
No Approval Required
7310.13 - Publications of brochures & leaflets
No Approval Required
7310.14 - Online Marketing Services
No Approval Required
7310.15 - Direct marketing
No Approval Required
7310.16 - Social media services
No Approval Required
7310.17 - Sales promotion
No Approval Required
7310.18 - Online advertising
No Approval Required
7310.19 - Publicity
No Approval Required
7310.20 - Digital media management
No Approval Required
7310.21 - Social media consultancy
No Approval Required
7315: Marketing festivals and art events
No Approval Required
7316: Sports Events Marketing
No Approval Required
7317: Advertising Agency
7320: Market research and public opinion polling
No Approval Required
7320.01 - Investigation into market potential, acceptance and familiarity of products and buying habits of consumers for the purpose of sales promotion and development of new products, including statistical analyses of the results
No Approval Required
7320.02 - Investigation into collective opinions of the public about political, economic and social issues and statistical analysis thereof
No Approval Required
7320.11 - Specialty communication & PR
No Approval Required
7320.12 - Media representation
No Approval Required
7320.13 - Media monitoring
No Approval Required
7320.14 - Media consultancy:
• Broadcasting
• Press
• News
• TV & Radio
• Production
• Post-Production
No Approval Required
7320.15 - Communication consultancy
No Approval Required
7325: Mass Media Engineering Consultancy
No Approval Required
7326: Consultancy and Studies and Researches in Literature and Arts
No Approval Required
7331: Consulting and advertising studies
No Approval Required
7332: Branding and Corporate Identity
No Approval Required
7333: Content Rights Management
No Approval Required
7334: Corporate Content Provider
No Approval Required
7335: Interactive Services
7410: Specialized design activities
No Approval Required
7410.01 - Fashion design related to textiles, wearing apparel, shoes, jewelry, furniture and other interior decoration and other fashion goods as well as other personal or household goods
No Approval Required
7410.02 - Industrial design, i.e. creating and developing designs and specifications that optimize the use, value and appearance of products, including the determination of the materials, construction, mechanism, shape, colour and surface finishes of the product, taking into consideration human characteristics and needs, safety, market appeal and efficiency in production, distribution, use and maintenance
No Approval Required
7410.03 - Activities of graphic designers
No Approval Required
7410.04 - Activities of interior decorators
No Approval Required
7415: Production models by the three-dimensional imaging
No Approval Required
7416: Holograms production
7420: Photographic activities
No Approval Required
7420.01 - Commercial and consumer photograph production:
• Portrait photography for passports, schools, weddings etc.
• Photography for commercials, publishers, fashion, real estate or tourism purposes
• Aerial photography
• Videotaping of events: weddings, meetings etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
7420.02 - Film processing:
• Developing, printing and enlarging from client-taken negatives or cine-films
• Film developing and photo printing laboratories
• One hour photo shops (not part of camera stores)
• Mounting of slides
• Copying and restoring or transparency retouching in connection with photographs
No Approval Required
7420.03 - Activities of photojournalists
No Approval Required
7420.04 - Microfilming of documents
No Approval Required
7423: Air Photography
No Approval Required
7424: Parties and Occasions Photographing
No Approval Required
7425: Renting instant photography equipment
No Approval Required
7426: Renting Photo booths
No Approval Required
7427: Photography for construction projects
No Approval Required
7428: Documentary Films Photography
7490: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
No Approval Required
7490.01 - Translation and interpretation activities
No Approval Required
7490.02 - Business brokerage activities, i.e. arranging for the purchase and sale of small and medium-sized businesses, including professional practices, but not including real estate brokerage
No Approval Required
7490.03 - Patent brokerage activities (arranging for the purchase and sale of patents)
No Approval Required
7490.04 - Appraisal activities other than for real estate and insurance (for antiques, jewellery, etc.)
No Approval Required
7490.05 - Bill auditing and freight rate information
No Approval Required
7490.06 - Activities of quantity surveyors
No Approval Required
7490.07 - Weather forecasting activities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Civil Defence / Sharjah Police Headquarters
7490.08 - Security consulting
No Approval Required
7490.09 - Agronomy consulting
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7490.10 - Environmental consulting
No Approval Required
7490.11 - Other technical consulting
No Approval Required
7490.12 - Activities of consultants other than architecture, engineering and management consultants
No Approval Required
7490.13 - Activities carried on by agents and agencies on behalf of individuals usually involving the obtaining of engagements in motion picture, theatrical production or other entertainment or sports attractions and the placement of books, plays, artworks, photographs etc., with publishers, producers etc.
No Approval Required
7490.21 - Human resources consultancy
Arts, entertainment and recreation
9000: Creative, arts and entertainment activities
No Approval Required
9000.01 - Production of live theatrical presentations, concerts and opera or dance productions and other stage productions:
• Activities of groups, circuses or companies, orchestras or bands
• Activities of individual artists such as authors, actors, directors, musicians, lecturers or speakers, stage-set designers and builders etc.
No Approval Required
9000.02 - Operation of concert and theatre halls and other arts facilities
No Approval Required
9000.03 - Activities of sculptors, painters, cartoonists, engravers, etchers etc.
No Approval Required
9000.04 - Activities of individual writers, for all subjects including fictional writing, technical writing etc.
No Approval Required
9000.05 - Activities of independent journalists
No Approval Required
9000.06 - Restoring of works of art such as paintings etc.
No Approval Required
9000.07 - Activities of producers or entrepreneurs of arts live events, with or without facilities
No Approval Required
9000.11 - Event organizing
No Approval Required
9000.12 - Art production
No Approval Required
9000.13 - Performing arts management
No Approval Required
9000.14 - Music training
No Approval Required
9000.15 - Art consulting
No Approval Required
9000.16 - Music consultancy
No Approval Required
9000.17 - Hospitality services
No Approval Required
9000.18 - E-gaming services & solutions
No Approval Required
9000.19 - Choreography
No Approval Required
9001: Music Band
No Approval Required
9002: Pop Arts Shows
No Approval Required
9003: Laser Shows Presentation
No Approval Required
9004: Artwork for cosmetic Craft
No Approval Required
9005: Design & Production Of Prototypes
No Approval Required
9006: Entertainment Services and Contracting
No Approval Required
9007: Specialized works of art cinema
No Approval Required
9008: Theatres and Cinemas Management
No Approval Required
9009: Organizing exhibitions of art works
No Approval Required
9010: Costume Design
No Approval Required
9011: Design, Scenery, Motion Graphics and Lighting
No Approval Required
9040: Digital and Interactive Game Development
Post Approval Required | UAE Media Council
9041: Games Publishing
No Approval Required
9042: Organizing E-Sports Events
No Approval Required
9046: Organazing Digital Gaming events
No Approval Required
9047: Organazing Sports & Entertainment Games
No Approval Required
9061: Acting and Related Arts Training
No Approval Required
9062: Film-making Training
No Approval Required
9063: Performing Art training
No Approval Required
9064: Radio, Television and Journalism Training
No Approval Required
9065: Photography training
No Approval Required
9066: Managing & Operating a Casting Agency
No Approval Required
9067: Managing & Operating a Modelling Agency
No Approval Required
9068: Talent Management
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles Division Group Class Description
4530: Sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
No Approval Required
4530.01 - Wholesale and retail sale of all kinds of parts, components, supplies, tools and accessories for motor vehicles, such as:
• Rubber tires and inner tubes for tires
• Spark plugs, batteries, lighting equipment and electrical parts
No Approval Required
4540.96 - Commercial Brokers
4610: Wholesale on a fee or contract basis
No Approval Required
4610.01 - Activities of commission agents and all other wholesalers who trade on behalf and on the account of others
No Approval Required
4610.02 - Activities of those involved in bringing sellers and buyers together or undertaking commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, including on the internet
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality/ Sharjah National Oil Corporation/ Sharjah Police Headquarters
4610.03 - Such agents involved in the sale of:
• Agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
• Fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals, including fertilizers
• Food and beverages
• Textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
• Timber and building materials
• Machinery, including office machinery and computers, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
• Furniture, household goods and hardware
No Approval Required
4610.04 - Activities of wholesale auctioneering houses
No Approval Required
4610.11 - Commercial brokerage services
No Approval Required
4610.12 - Services Broker
4620: Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals
No Approval Required
4620.01 - Wholesale of grains and seeds
No Approval Required
4620.02 - Wholesale of oleaginous fruits
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality / Ministry Of Climate Change And Environment
4620.03 - Wholesale of flowers and plants
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality / Ministry Of Climate Change And Environment
4620.04 - Wholesale of live animals
No Approval Required
4620.05 - Wholesale of hides and skins
No Approval Required
4620.06 - Wholesale of leather
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality / Ministry Of Climate Change And Environment
4620.07 - Wholesale of agricultural material, waste, residues and by-products used for animal feed
4630: Wholesale of food and beverages
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.01 - Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.02 - Wholesale of dairy products
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.03 - Wholesale of eggs and egg products
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.04 - Wholesale of edible oils and fats of animal or vegetable origin
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.05 - Wholesale of meat and meat products
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.06 - Wholesale of fishery products
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Food Control Section - Sharjah Municipality
4630.07 - Wholesale of sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.08 - Wholesale of bakery products
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.09 - Wholesale of beverages
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.10 - Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4630.11 - Wholesale of feed for pet animals
4641: Wholesale of textiles, clothing and footwear
No Approval Required
4641.01 - Wholesale of yarn
No Approval Required
4641.02 - Wholesale of fabrics
No Approval Required
4641.03 - Wholesale of household linen etc.
No Approval Required
4641.04 - Wholesale of haberdashery: needles, sewing thread etc.
No Approval Required
4641.05 - Wholesale of clothing, including sports clothes
No Approval Required
4641.06 - Wholesale of clothing accessories such as gloves, ties and braces
No Approval Required
4641.07 - Wholesale of footwear
No Approval Required
4641.08 - Wholesale of fur articles
No Approval Required
4641.09 - Wholesale of umbrellas
4649: Wholesale of other household goods
No Approval Required
4649.01 - Wholesale of household furniture
No Approval Required
4649.02 - - Wholesale of household appliances
No Approval Required
4649.03 - Wholesale of consumer electronics:
• Radio and TV equipment
• CD and DVD players and recorders
• Stereo equipment
• Video game consoles
No Approval Required
4649.04 - Wholesale of lighting equipment
No Approval Required
4649.05 - Wholesale of cutlery
No Approval Required
4649.06 - Wholesale of china and glassware
No Approval Required
4649.07 - Wholesale of woodenware, wickerwork and corkware etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Ministry of Health
4649.08 - Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods
No Approval Required
4649.09 - Wholesale of perfumery cosmetics, beauty products and soaps
No Approval Required
4649.10 - Wholesale of bicycles and their parts and accessories
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4649.11 - Wholesale of stationery, books, magazines and newspapers
No Approval Required
4649.12 - Wholesale of photographic and optical goods (e.g. sunglasses, binoculars, magnifying glasses)
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4649.13 - Wholesale of recorded audio and video tapes, CDs, DVDs
No Approval Required
4649.14 - Wholesale of leather goods and travel accessories
No Approval Required
4649.15 - Wholesale of watches, clocks and jewellery
No Approval Required
4649.16 - Wholesale of musical instruments, games and toys, sports goods
No Approval Required
4649.21 - Wholesale of personal requisites
No Approval Required
4649.22 - Gifts trading
No Approval Required
4649.23 - Equipment trading of e-games and entertainment halls
No Approval Required
4649.26 - Audio Visual, Recording Equipment & Accessories Trading
No Approval Required
4649.32 - Wholesale of Photographic Films and Material Trading
4651: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
No Approval Required
4651.01 - Wholesale of computers and computer peripheral equipment
No Approval Required
4651.02 - Wholesale of software
No Approval Required
4651.17 - Wholesale of Specialized Photography Equipment Tools and Outfit Trading
No Approval Required
4651.82 - Wholesale of Photographic and Optic Apparatuses Trading
4652: Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts
No Approval Required
4652.01 - Wholesale of electronic valves and tubes
No Approval Required
4652.02 - Wholesale of semiconductor devices
No Approval Required
4652.03 - Wholesale of microchips and integrated circuits
No Approval Required
4652.04 - Wholesale of printed circuits
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4652.05 - Wholesale of blank audio and video tapes and diskettes, magnetic and optical disks (CDs, DVDs)
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
4652.06 - Wholesale of telephone and communications equipment
4653: Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies
No Approval Required
4653.01 - Wholesale of agricultural machinery and equipment:
• Ploughs, manure spreaders, seeders
• Harvesters
• Threshers
• Milking machines
• Poultry-keeping machines, bee-keeping machines
• Tractors used in agriculture and forestry
No Approval Required
4653.02 - Lawn mowers however operated
4659: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
No Approval Required
4659.01 - Wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment
No Approval Required
4659.02 - Wholesale of office furniture
No Approval Required
4659.03 - Wholesale of transport equipment except motor vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles
No Approval Required
4659.04 - Wholesale of production-line robots
No Approval Required
4659.05 - Wholesale of wires and switches and other installation equipment for industrial use
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
4659.06 - Wholesale of other electrical material such as electrical motors, transformers
No Approval Required
4659.07 - Wholesale of machine tools of any type and for any material
No Approval Required
4659.08 - Wholesale of other machinery n.e.c. for use in industry, trade and navigation and other services
No Approval Required
4659.09 - Wholesale of computer-controlled machine tools
No Approval Required
4659.10 - Wholesale of computer-controlled machinery for the textile industry and of computer controlled sewing and knitting machines
No Approval Required
4659.11 - Wholesale of measuring instruments and equipment
4662: Wholesale of metals and metal ores except gold and other precious metals
No Approval Required
4662.01 - Wholesale of ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores
No Approval Required
4662.02 - Wholesale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in primary forms
No Approval Required
4662.03 - Wholesale of ferrous and non-ferrous semi-finished metal products n.e.c.
4663: Wholesale of construction materials, hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
No Approval Required
4663.01 - Wholesale of wood in the rough
No Approval Required
4663.02 - Wholesale of products of primary processing of wood
No Approval Required
4663.03 - Wholesale of paint and varnish
No Approval Required
4663.04 - Wholesale of construction materials:
• Sand, gravel
No Approval Required
4663.05 - Wholesale of wallpaper and floor coverings
No Approval Required
4663.06 - Wholesale of flat glass
No Approval Required
4663.07 - Wholesale of hardware and locks
No Approval Required
4663.08 - Wholesale of fittings and fixtures
No Approval Required
4663.09 - Wholesale of hot water heaters
No Approval Required
4663.10 - Wholesale of sanitary equipment:
• Baths, washbasins, toilets and other sanitary porcelain
No Approval Required
4663.11 - Wholesale of sanitary installation equipment:
tubes, pipes, fittings, taps, t-pieces, connections, rubber pipes etc.
No Approval Required
4663.12 - Wholesale of tools such as hammers, saws, screwdrivers and other hand tools
No Approval Required
4663.31 - Printing Equipment & Instruments Trading
4668: Wholesale of Gold, Precious Metals and Precious Stones
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Police Headquarters
4668.01 - Wholesale of gold and other precious metals
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Police Headquarters
4668.02 - Wholesale of precious stones
4669: Wholesale of plastic materials, rubber, textile fibres, paper in bulk
No Approval Required
4669.03 - Wholesale of plastic materials
No Approval Required
4669.04 - Wholesale of rubber
No Approval Required
4669.05 - Wholesale of textile fibres etc.
No Approval Required
4669.06 - Wholesale of paper in bulk
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality - Environmental Services Department
4669.08 - Wholesale of metal and non-metal waste and scrap and materials for recycling, including collecting, sorting, separating, stripping of used goods such as cars in order to obtain reusable parts, packing and repacking, storage and delivery, but without a real transformation process. additionally, the purchased and sold waste has a remaining value.
No Approval Required
4669.09 - Dismantling of automobiles, computers, televisions and other equipment to obtain and re-sell usable parts
4690: Non-specialized wholesale trade
No Approval Required
4690.01 - Wholesale of a variety of goods without any particular specialization
No Approval Required
4690.97 - General Trading
4711: Retail sale in non-specialized stores with food or beverages predominating
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4711.01 - Retail sale of a large variety of goods of which, however, food products and beverages should be predominant, such as:
• Retail sale activities of general stores that have, apart from their main sales of food products and beverages, several other types of goods such as wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics etc.
4719: Other retail sale in non-specialized stores
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Civil Defence Authority / Sharjah Police Headquarters
4719.01 - Retail sale of a large variety of goods of which, however, food products and beverages should be predominant, such as:
• Retail sale activities of department stores carrying a general line of goods, including wearing apparel, furniture, appliances, hardware, cosmetics, jewellery, toys, sports goods etc.
4721: Retail sale of food in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4721.01 - Retail sale of any the following types of goods:
• Fresh or preserved fruit and vegetables
• Dairy products and eggs
• Meat and meat products (including poultry)
• Fish, other seafood and products thereof
• Bakery products
• Sugar confectionery
• Other food products
4722: Retail sale of beverages in specialized stores
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
4722.01 - Retail sale of beverages (not for consumption on the premises):
• Non-alcoholic beverages
4741: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units, software and telecommunications equipment in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4741.01 - Retail sale of computers
No Approval Required
4741.02 - Retail sale of computer peripheral equipment
No Approval Required
4741.03 - Retail sale of video game consoles
No Approval Required
4741.04 - Retail sale of non-customized software, including video games
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA)
4741.05 - Retail sale of telecommunication equipment
4742: Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4742.01 - Retail sale of radio and television equipment
No Approval Required
4742.02 - Retail sale of stereo equipment
No Approval Required
4742.03 - Retail sale of CD and DVD players and recorders
4751: Retail sale of textiles in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4751.01 - Retail sale of fabrics
No Approval Required
4751.02 - Retail sale of knitting yarn
No Approval Required
4751.03 - Retail sale of basic materials for rug, tapestry or embroidery making
No Approval Required
4751.04 - Retail sale of textiles
No Approval Required
4751.05 - Retail sale of haberdashery: needles, sewing thread etc.
4752: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4752.01 - Retail sale of hardware
No Approval Required
4752.02 - Retail sale of paints, varnishes and lacquers
No Approval Required
4752.03 - Retail sale of flat glass
No Approval Required
4752.04 - Retail sale of other building material such as bricks, wood, sanitary equipment
No Approval Required
4752.05 - Retail sale of do-it-yourself material and equipment
No Approval Required
4752.06 - Retail sale of lawnmowers, however operated
No Approval Required
4752.07 - Retail sale of saunas
4753: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4753.01 - Retail sale of carpets and rugs
No Approval Required
4753.02 - Retail sale of curtains and net curtains
No Approval Required
4753.03 - Retail sale of wallpaper and floor coverings
4759: Retail sale of electrical household appliances, furniture, lighting equipment and other household articles in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4759.01 - Retail sale of household furniture
No Approval Required
4759.02 - Retail sale of articles for lighting
No Approval Required
4759.03 - Retail sale of household utensils and cutlery, crockery, glassware, china and pottery
No Approval Required
4759.04 - Retail sale of wooden, cork and wickerwork goods
No Approval Required
4759.05 - Retail sale of household appliances
No Approval Required
4759.06 - Retail sale of musical instruments and scores
No Approval Required
4759.07 - Retail sale of security systems, such as locking devices, safes, and vaults, without installation or maintenance services
No Approval Required
4759.08 - Retail sale of household articles and equipment n.e.c.
4761: Retail sale of books, newspapers and stationary in specialized stores
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4761.01 - Retail sale of books of all kinds
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4761.02 - Retail sale of newspapers and stationery
No Approval Required
4761.03 - Retail sale of office supplies such as pens, pencils, paper etc.
4762: Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialized stores
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: UAE Media Council
4762.01 - Retail sale of musical records, audio tapes, compact discs and cassettes
No Approval Required
4762.02 - Retail sale of video tapes and DVDs
No Approval Required
4762.03 - Retail sale of blank tapes and discs
4763: Retail sale of sporting equipment in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4763.01 - Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles
4764: Retail sale of games and toys in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4764.01 - Retail sale of games and toys, made of all materials
4771: Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leather articles in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4771.01 - Retail sale of articles of clothing
No Approval Required
4771.02 - Retail sale of articles of fur
No Approval Required
4771.03 - Retail sale of clothing accessories such as gloves, ties, braces etc.
No Approval Required
4771.04 - Retail sale of umbrellas
No Approval Required
4771.05 - Retail sale of footwear
No Approval Required
4771.06 - Retail sale of leather goods
No Approval Required
4771.07 - Retail sale of travel accessories of leather and leather substitutes
4772: Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetic and toilet articles in specialized stores
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Ministry of Health / Sharjah Municipality
4772.01 - Retail sale of pharmaceuticals
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Ministry of Health / Sharjah Municipality
4772.02 - Retail sale of medical and orthopedic goods
No Approval Required
4772.03 - Retail sale of perfumery and cosmetic articles
4773: Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores
No Approval Required
4773.01 - Retail sale of photographic, optical and precision equipment
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Ministry of Health
4773.02 - Activities of opticians
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
4773.04 - Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers and pet food
No Approval Required
4773.05 - Retail sale of souvenirs and craftwork
No Approval Required
4773.06 - Activities of commercial art galleries
No Approval Required
4773.08 - Retail sale of cleaning materials
No Approval Required
4773.09 - Retail sale of stamps and coins
No Approval Required
4773.10 - Retail sale of non-food products n.e.c.
4774: Retail sale of second-hand goods
No Approval Required
4774.01 - Retail sale of second-hand books
No Approval Required
4774.02 - Retail sale of other second-hand goods
No Approval Required
4774.03 - Retail sale of antiques
No Approval Required
4774.04 - Activities of auctioning houses (retail)
4781: Retail sale via stalls and markets of food and beverages
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
4781.01 - Retail sale of food and beverages via stalls or markets
4782: Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwear
No Approval Required
4782.01 - Retail sale of textiles, clothing and footwear via stalls or markets
4789: Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods
No Approval Required
4789.01 - Retail sale of other goods via stalls or markets, such as:
• Carpets and rugs
• Books
• Games and toys
• Household appliances and consumer electronics
• Music and video recordings
4791: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
No Approval Required
4791.01 - Retail sale of any kind of product by mail order
No Approval Required
4791.02 - Retail sale of any kind of product over the internet
No Approval Required
4791.03 - Direct sale via television and radio
No Approval Required
4791.04 - Internet retail auctions
4799: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
No Approval Required
4799.01 - Retail sale of any kind of product:
• By direct sales or door-to-door sales persons
• Through vending machines etc.
No Approval Required
4799.02 - Direct selling of fuel (heating oil, fire wood etc.), delivered directly to the customers premises
No Approval Required
4799.03 - Activities of non-store auctions (retail)
No Approval Required
4799.04 - Retail sale by (non-store) commission agents
Manufacturing
3313: Repair of electronic and optical equipment
No Approval Required
3313.01 - Repair and maintenance of the measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment such as:
• Aircraft engine instruments
• Automotive emissions testing equipment
• Meteorological instruments
• Physical, electrical and chemical properties testing and inspection equipment
• Surveying instruments
• Radiation detection and monitoring instruments
No Approval Required
3313.02 - Repair and maintenance of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment such as:
• Magnetic resonance imaging equipment
• Medical ultrasound equipment
• Pacemakers
• Hearing aids
• Electrocardiographs
• Electromedical endoscopic equipment
• Irradiation apparatus
No Approval Required
3313.03 - Repair and maintenance of optical instruments and equipment, if the use is mainly commercial, such as:
• Binoculars
• Microscopes (except electron and proton microscopes)
• Telescopes
• Prisms and lenses (except ophthalmic)
• Photographic equipment
3320: Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
No Approval Required
3320.01 - Installation of industrial machinery in industrial plant
No Approval Required
3320.02 - Installation of industrial process control equipment
No Approval Required
3320.03 - Installation of other industrial equipment, e.g.:
• Communications equipment
• Mainframe and similar computers
• Irradiation and electromedical equipment etc.
No Approval Required
3320.04 - Dismantling large-scale machinery and equipment
No Approval Required
3320.05 - Activities of millwrights
No Approval Required
3320.06 - Machine rigging
No Approval Required
3320.07 - Installation of bowling alley equipment
Construction
4321: Electrical installation
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality / Sharjah Civil Defense Authority
4321.01 - Installation of:
• Electrical wiring and fittings
• Telecommunications wiring
• Computer network and cable television wiring, including fibre optic
• Satellite dishes
• Lighting systems
• Fire alarms
• Burglar alarm systems
• Street lighting and electrical signals
• Airport runway lighting
No Approval Required
4321.02 - Connecting of electric appliances and household equipment, including baseboard heating
4322: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality / Sharjah Civil Defense Authority
4322.01 - Installation in buildings or other construction projects of:
• Heating systems (electric, gas and oil)
• Furnaces, cooling towers
• Non-electric solar energy collectors
• Plumbing and sanitary equipment
• Ventilation, refrigeration or air-conditioning equipment and ducts
• Gas fittings
• Steam piping
• Fire sprinkler systems
• Lawn sprinkler systems
No Approval Required
4322.02 - Duct work installation
4329: Other construction installation
No Approval Required
4329.01 - Installation in buildings or other construction projects of:
• Elevators, escalators
• Automated and revolving doors
• Lightning conductors
• Vacuum cleaning systems
• Thermal, sound or vibration insulation
Transportation and storage
5224: Cargo handling
No Approval Required
5224.01 - Loading and unloading of goods or passengers’ luggage irrespective of the mode of transport used for transportation
No Approval Required
5224.02 - Stevedoring
No Approval Required
5224.03 - Loading and unloading of freight railway cars
5229: Other transportation support activities
No Approval Required
5229.01 - Forwarding of freight
No Approval Required
5229.02 - Arranging or organizing of transport operations by rail, road, sea or air
No Approval Required
5229.03 - Organization of group and individual consignments (including pickup and delivery of goods and grouping of consignments)
No Approval Required
5229.04 - Logistics activities, i.e. planning, designing and supporting operations of transportation, warehousing and distribution
No Approval Required
5229.05 - Issue and procurement of transport documents and waybills
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Ports and Customs
5229.06 - Activities of customs agents
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation And Sharjah Airport Authority / Sharjah Ports and Customs
5229.07 - Activities of sea-freight forwarders and air-cargo agents
No Approval Required
5229.09 - Goods-handling operations, e.g. temporary crating for the sole purpose of protecting the goods during transit, uncrating, sampling, weighing of goods
5320: Courier activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Emirates Post Sharjah Central Post Office
5320.01 - Pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic or international) of letter-post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by firms not operating under a universal service obligation. one or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport.
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Emirates Post Sharjah Central Post Office
5320.02 - Distribution and delivery of mail and parcels
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Emirates Post Sharjah Central Post Office
5320.03 - Home delivery services
Accommodation and food service activities
5610: Restaurants and mobile food service activities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5610.01 - Restaurants
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5610.02 - Cafeterias
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5610.03 - Fast-food restaurants
No Approval Required
5610.04 - Pizza delivery
No Approval Required
5610.05 - Take-out eating places
No Approval Required
5610.06 - Ice cream truck vendors
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Food Control Section - Sharjah Municipality
5610.07 - Mobile food carts
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5610.08 - Food preparation in market stalls
5621: Event catering
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5621.01 - Event catering
5629: Other food service activities
No Approval Required
5629.01 - Activities of food service contractors (e.g. for transportation companies)
No Approval Required
5629.02 - Operation of food concessions at sports and similar facilities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah City Municipality - Public Health Department
5629.03 - Operation of canteens or cafeterias (e.g. for factories, offices, hospitals or schools) on a concession basis
Financial and insurance activities
6420: Activities of holding companies
No Approval Required
6420.01 - Is class includes the activities of holding companies, i.e. units that hold the assets (owning controlling-levels of equity) of a group of subsidiary corporations and whose principal activity is owning the group. the holding companies in this class do not provide any other service to the businesses in which the equity is held, i.e. they do not administer or manage other units.
6491: Financial leasing
No Approval Required
6491.01 - Leasing where the term approximately covers the expected life of the asset and the lessee acquires substantially all the benefits of its use and takes all the risks associated with its ownership. the ownership of the asset may or may not eventually be transferred. such leases cover all or virtually all costs including interest.
6499: Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding activities, n.e.c.
No Approval Required
6499.01 - Other financial service activities primarily concerned with distributing funds other than by making loans:
• Factoring activities
• Writing of swaps, options and other hedging arrangements
• Activities of viatical settlement companies
No Approval Required
6499.02 - Own-account investment activities, such as by venture capital companies, investment clubs etc.
6511: Life insurance
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Central Bank - Sharjah /Insurance Authority - Abu Dhabi
6511.01 - Underwriting annuities and life insurance policies, disability income insurance policies, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies (with or without a substantial savings element).
6512: Non-life insurance
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Central Bank - Sharjah /Insurance Authority - Abu Dhabi
6512.01 - Provision of insurance services other than life insurance:
• Accident and fire insurance
• Health insurance
• Travel insurance
• Property insurance
• Motor, marine, aviation and transport insurance
• Pecuniary loss and liability insurance
6520: Reinsurance
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Central Bank - Sharjah /Insurance Authority - Abu Dhabi
6520.01 - Activities of assuming all or part of the risk associated with existing insurance policies originally underwritten by other insurance carriers
6619: Other activities auxiliary to financial service activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Central Bank - Sharjah
6619.01 - Financial transaction processing and settlement activities, including for credit card transactions
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Securities and Commodities Authority
6619.02 - Investment advisory services
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Central Bank - Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates
6619.03 - Activities of mortgage advisers and brokers
No Approval Required
6619.12 - Compliance consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Securities and Commodities Authority - Abu Dhabi
6619.13 - Financial advisory and financial analysis
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Securities and Commodities Authority + Central Bank - Sharjah
6619.15 - Economic advisory
6621: Risk and damage evaluation
No Approval Required
6621.01 - Assessing insurance claims
• Claims adjusting
• Risk assessing
• Risk and damage evaluation
• Average and loss adjusting
No Approval Required
6621.02 - Settling insurance claims
6622: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
No Approval Required
6622.01 - Activities of insurance agents and brokers (insurance intermediaries) in selling, negotiating or soliciting of annuities and insurance and reinsurance policies
6629: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
No Approval Required
6629.01 - Activities involved in or closely related to insurance and pension funding (except claims adjusting and activities of insurance agents):
• Salvage administration
• Actuarial services
6492: Other credit granting
No Approval Required
6492.01 - Financial service activities primarily concerned with making loans by institutions not involved in monetary intermediation, where the granting of credit can take a variety of forms, such as loans, mortgages, credit cards etc., providing the following types of services:
• Granting of consumer credit
• International trade financing
• Provision of long-term finance to industry by industrial banks
• Money lending outside the banking system
• Credit granting for house purchase by specialized non-depository institutions
• Pawnshops and pawnbrokers
Real estate activities
No Approval Required
6820.11 - Real estate consultancy
6891: Real Estate Development
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Real Estate Registration Department
6891.01 - Development of building projects for own operation, i.e. for renting of space in these buildings
No Approval Required
6891.02 - Subdividing real estate into lots, without land improvement
No Approval Required
6891.03 - Operation of residential mobile home sites
Professional, scientific and technical activities
No Approval Required
6910.93 - Trademarks Registration Agent
6920: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
No Approval Required
6920.01 - Recording of commercial transactions from businesses or others
No Approval Required
6920.02 - Preparation or auditing of financial accounts
No Approval Required
6920.03 - Examination of accounts and certification of their accuracy
No Approval Required
6920.04 - Preparation of personal and business income tax returns
No Approval Required
6920.05 - Advisory activities and representation on behalf of clients before tax authorities
7010: Activities of head offices
No Approval Required
7010.01 - Head offices
No Approval Required
7010.02 - Centralized administrative offices
No Approval Required
7010.03 - Corporate offices
No Approval Required
7010.04 - District and regional offices
No Approval Required
7010.05 - Subsidiary management offices
7020: Management consultancy activities
No Approval Required
7020.01 - Marketing, public relations & communication consultancy
No Approval Required
7020.02 - Lobbying activities
No Approval Required
7020.03 - Design of accounting methods or procedures, cost accounting programmes, budgetary control procedures
No Approval Required
7020.04 - Advice and help to businesses and public services in planning, organization, efficiency and control, management information etc.
No Approval Required
7020.11 - Strategy advisory services
No Approval Required
7020.12 - Digital content management
No Approval Required
7020.13 - Project management services
No Approval Required
7020.14 - Immigration consultancy
No Approval Required
7020.15 - Logistics consultancy
No Approval Required
7020.16 - Public relation services
No Approval Required
7020.17 - Hospitality management consultancy
No Approval Required
7020.18 - Health management consulting services
No Approval Required
7020.19 - Quality, standardization and measuring consultancy
No Approval Required
7020.20 - Procurement consulting
No Approval Required
7020.21 - Cargo freight consultancy
7110: Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.01 - Architectural consulting activities:
• Building design and drafting
• Town and city planning and landscape architecture
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.02 - Engineering design (i.e. applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes and systems) and consulting activities for:
• Machinery, industrial processes and industrial plant
• Projects involving civil engineering, hydraulic engineering, traffic engineering
• Water management projects
• Projects elaboration and realization relative to electrical and electronic engineering, mining engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering, safety engineering
• Project management activities related to construction
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.03 - Elaboration of projects using air conditioning, refrigeration, sanitary and pollution control engineering, acoustical engineering etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.04 - Geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.05 - Geodetic surveying activities:
• Land and boundary surveying activities
• Hydrologic surveying activities
• Subsurface surveying activities
• Cartographic and spatial information activities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.11 - Engineering consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.12 - Civil engineering consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.13 - Engineering consultancy of ship building
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
7110.14 - Aviation consultancy
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7110.15 - Marine services consultancy
7120: Technical testing and analysis
No Approval Required
7120.01 - Performance of physical, chemical and other analytical testing of all types of materials and products (see below for exceptions):
• Acoustics and vibration testing
• Testing of composition and purity of minerals etc.
• Testing activities in the field of food hygiene, including veterinary testing and control in relation to food production
• Testing of physical characteristics and performance of materials, such as strength, thickness, durability, radioactivity etc.
• Qualification and reliability testing
• Performance testing of complete machinery: motors, automobiles, electronic equipment etc.
• Radiographic testing of welds and joints
• Failure analysis
• Testing and measuring of environmental indicators: air and water pollution etc.
No Approval Required
7120.02 - Certification of products, including consumer goods, motor vehicles, aircraft, pressurized containers, nuclear plants etc.
No Approval Required
7120.03 - Periodic road-safety testing of motor vehicles
No Approval Required
7120.04 - Testing with use of models or mock-ups (e.g. of aircraft, ships, dams etc.)
No Approval Required
7120.05 - Operation of police laboratories
No Approval Required
7131: Alternative Energy Consultancy
No Approval Required
7132: Environmental engineering Consultancy
No Approval Required
7133: Waste Management Consultancy
No Approval Required
7134: Sustainable Mobility Consultancy
7210: Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
No Approval Required
7210.01 - Esearch and experimental development on natural science and engineering:
• Research and development on natural sciences
• Research and development on engineering and technology
• Research and development on medical sciences
• Research and development on biotechnology
• Research and development on agricultural sciences
• Interdisciplinary research and development, predominantly on natural sciences and engineering
No Approval Required
7210.02 - Chemical industries consultancy
7220: Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities
No Approval Required
7220.01 - Research and development on social sciences
No Approval Required
7220.02 - Research and development on humanities
No Approval Required
7220.03 - Interdisciplinary research and development, predominantly on social sciences and humanities
No Approval Required
7220.04 - Artificial Intelligence Developing Services
No Approval Required
7220.06 - Consulting and research and development in the field of technology education
No Approval Required
7220.07 - Gaming Industry Research Services
Administrative and support service activities
7710: Renting and leasing of motor vehicles
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Roads and Transport Authority Sharjah
7710.01 - Renting and operational leasing of the following types of vehicles:
• Passenger cars (without drivers)
• Trucks, utility trailers and recreational vehicles
7721: Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Roads and Transport Authority Sharjah
7721.01 - Renting of recreational and sports equipment:
• Pleasure boats, canoes, sailboats,
• Bicycles
• Beach chairs and umbrellas
• Other sports equipment
• Skis
7722: Renting of video tapes and disks
No Approval Required
7722.01 - Renting of video tapes, records, CDs, DVDs etc.
7729: Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
No Approval Required
7729.01 - Renting of all kinds of household or personal goods, to households or industries (except recreational and sports equipment):
• Textiles, wearing apparel and footwear
• Furniture, pottery and glass, kitchen and tableware, electrical appliances and house wares
• Jewellery, musical instruments, scenery and costumes
• Books, journals and magazines
• Machinery and equipment used by amateurs or as a hobby e.g. tools for home repairs
• Flowers and plants
• Electronic equipment for household use
7730: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods
No Approval Required
7730.01 - Renting and operational leasing, without operator, of other machinery and equipment that are generally used as capital goods by industries:
• Engines and turbines
• Machine tools
• Mining and oilfield equipment
• Professional radio, television and communication equipment
• Motion picture production equipment
• Measuring and controlling equipment
• Other scientific, commercial and industrial machinery
No Approval Required
7730.02 - Renting and operational leasing of land-transport equipment (other than motor vehicles) without drivers:
• Motorcycles, caravans and campers etc.
• Railroad vehicles
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Ports and Customs
7730.03 - Renting and operational leasing of water-transport equipment without operator:
• Commercial boats and ships
Pre Approval Required : Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
7730.04 - Renting and operational leasing of air transport equipment without operator: • Airplanes • Hot-air balloons
No Approval Required
7730.05 - Renting and operational leasing of agricultural and forestry machinery and equipment without operator:
• Renting of products produced by class 2821, such as agricultural tractors etc.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Roads and Transport Authority Sharjah
7730.06 - Renting and operational leasing of construction and civil-engineering machinery and equipment without operator:
• Crane lorries
• Scaffolds and work platforms, without erection and dismantling
No Approval Required
7730.07 - Renting and operational leasing of office machinery and equipment without operator:
• Computers and computer peripheral equipment
• Duplicating machines, typewriters and word-processing machines
• Accounting machinery and equipment: cash registers, electronic calculators etc.
• Office furniture
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
7730.08 - Renting of accommodation or office containers
No Approval Required
7730.09 - Renting of containers
No Approval Required
7730.10 - Renting of pallets
No Approval Required
7730.11 - Renting of animals (e.g. herds, race horses)
No Approval Required
7730.21 - Media equipment rental
7740: Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
No Approval Required
7740.01 - Leasing of intellectual property products (except copyrighted works, such as books or software)
No Approval Required
7740.02 - Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of:
• Patented entities
• Trademarks or service marks
• Brand names
• Mineral exploration and evaluation
• Franchise agreements"
No Approval Required
7740.11 - Intellectual property services
7810: Activities of employment placement agencies
No Approval Required
7810.01 - Personnel search, selection referral and placement activities, including executive placement and search activities
No Approval Required
7810.02 - Activities of casting agencies and bureaus, such as theatrical casting agencies
No Approval Required
7810.03 - Activities of on-line employment placement agencies
7820: Temporary employment agency activities
No Approval Required
7820.01 - Supplying workers to clients’ businesses for limited periods of time to temporarily replace or supplement the working force of the client, where the individuals provided are employees of the temporary help service unit
7830: Other human resources provision
No Approval Required
7830.01 - Provision of human resources for client businesses this provision of human resources is typically done on a long-term or permanent basis and the units classified here may perform a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties associated with this provision.
7911: Travel agency activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
7911.01 - Activities of agencies primarily engaged in selling travel, tour, transportation and accommodation services to the general public and commercial clients
7912: Tour operator activities
No Approval Required
7912.01 - Arranging and assembling tours that are sold through travel agencies or directly by tour operators. the tours may include any or all of the following:
• Transportation
• Accommodation
• Food
• Visits to museums, historical or cultural sites, theatrical, musical or sporting events.
7990: Other reservation service and related activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
7990.01 - Provision of other travel-related reservation services:
• Reservations for transportation, hotels, restaurants, car rentals, entertainment and sport etc.
No Approval Required
7990.02 - Provision of time-share exchange services
No Approval Required
7990.03 - Ticket sales activities for theatrical, sports and other amusement and entertainment events
No Approval Required
7990.04 - Provision of visitor assistance services:
• Provision of travel information to visitors
• Activities of tourist guides
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
7990.05 - Tourism promotion activities
8110: Combined facilities support activities
No Approval Required
8110.01 - Provision of a combination of support services within a client’s facility, such as general interior cleaning, maintenance, trash disposal, guard and security, mail routing, reception, laundry and related services to support operations within facilities. units classified here provide operating staff to carry out these support activities, but are not involved with or responsible for the core business or activities of the client.
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
8110.09 - General facilities and services engineering consultancy
No Approval Required
8110.10 - Facilities management services
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Civil Defence Auhtority
8110.11 - Security and safety advisory
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Civil Defence Auhtority
8110.12 - Safety and prevention against fire engineering consultancy
8121: General cleaning of buildings
No Approval Required
8121.01 - General (non-specialized) cleaning of all types of buildings, such as:
• Offices
• Houses or apartments
• Factories
• Shops
• Institutions
No Approval Required
8121.02 - General (non-specialized) cleaning of other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings these activities cover mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as windows or passageways.
8129: Other building and industrial cleaning activities
No Approval Required
8129.01 - Exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, including offices, factories, shops, institutions and other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings
No Approval Required
8129.02 - Specialized cleaning activities for buildings such as window cleaning, chimney cleaning and cleaning of fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, incinerators, boilers, ventilation ducts and exhaust units
No Approval Required
8129.03 - Swimming pool cleaning and maintenance services
No Approval Required
8129.04 - Cleaning of industrial machinery
No Approval Required
8129.05 - Bottle cleaning
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Department Of Civil Aviation + Sharjah Airport Authority
8129.06 - Cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc.
No Approval Required
8129.07 - Cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers
No Approval Required
8129.08 - Disinfecting and exterminating activities
No Approval Required
8129.09 - Street sweeping and snow and ice removal
No Approval Required
8129.10 - Other building and industrial cleaning activities, n.e.c.
8130: Landscape care and maintenance service activities
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
8130.01 - Planting, care and maintenance of:
• Parks and gardens for:
1. Private and public housing
2. Public and semi-public buildings (schools, hospitals, administrative buildings, church buildings etc.)
3. Municipal grounds (parks, green areas, cemeteries etc.)
4. Highway greenery (roads, train lines and tramlines, waterways, ports)
5. Industrial and commercial buildings
• Greenery for:
1. Buildings (roof gardens, façade greenery, indoor gardens)
2. Sports grounds (e.g. football fields, golf courses etc.), play grounds, lawns for sunbathing and other recreational parks
3. Stationary and flowing water (basins, alternating wet areas, ponds, swimming pools, ditches, watercourses, plant sewage systems)
• Plants for protection against noise, wind, erosion, visibility and dazzling
Post Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Municipality
8130.02 - Maintenance of land in order to keep it in good ecological condition
8211: Corporate services provider
No Approval Required
8211.01 - Provision of a combination of day-to-day office administrative services, such as reception, financial planning, billing and record keeping, personnel and physical distribution (mail services) and logistics for others on a contract or fee basis.
No Approval Required
8211.10 - Businessman services
8219: Business & applications follow up services
No Approval Required
8219.01 - Document preparation
No Approval Required
8219.02 - Document editing or proofreading
No Approval Required
8219.03 - Typing, word processing, or desktop publishing
No Approval Required
8219.04 - Secretarial support services
No Approval Required
8219.05 - Transcription of documents, and other secretarial services
No Approval Required
8219.06 - Letter or resume writing
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Emirates Post Sharjah Central Post Office
8219.07 - Provision of mailbox rental and other mailing activities (except direct mail advertising)
No Approval Required
8219.08 - Photocopying
No Approval Required
8219.09 - Duplicating
No Approval Required
8219.10 - Blueprinting
8220: Activities of call centres
No Approval Required
8220.01 - Activities of inbound call centres, answering calls from clients by using human operators, automatic call distribution, computer telephone integration, interactive voice response systems or similar methods to receive orders, provide product information, deal with customer requests for assistance or address customer complaints
No Approval Required
8220.02 - Activities of outbound call centers using similar methods to sell or market goods or services to potential customers, undertake market research or public opinion polling and similar activities for clients
8230: Organization of conventions and trade shows
No Approval Required
8230.01 - Organization, promotion and/or management of events, such as business and trade shows, conventions, conferences and meetings, whether or not including the management and provision of the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place
No Approval Required
8230.02 - Exhibition Organizing
8291: Activities of collection agencies and credit bureaus
No Approval Required
8291.01 - Collection of payments for claims and remittance of payments collected to the clients, such as bill or debt collection services
No Approval Required
8291.02 - Compiling of information, such as credit and employment histories on individuals and credit histories on businesses and providing the information to financial institutions, retailers and others who have a need to evaluate the creditworthiness of these persons and businesses
8292: Packaging activities
No Approval Required
8292.01 - Packaging activities on a fee or contract basis, whether or not these involve an automated process:
• Bottling of liquids, including beverages and food
• Packaging of solids (blister packaging, foil-covered etc.)
• Security packaging of pharmaceutical preparations
• Labeling, stamping and imprinting
• Parcel-packing and gift-wrapping
8299: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
No Approval Required
8299.01 - Providing verbatim reporting and stenotype recording of live legal proceedings and transcribing subsequent recorded materials, such as:
• Court reporting or stenotype recording services
• Public stenography services
No Approval Required
8299.02 - Real-time (i.e. simultaneous) closed captioning of live television performances of meetings, conferences
No Approval Required
8299.03 - Address bar coding services
No Approval Required
8299.04 - Bar code imprinting services
No Approval Required
8299.05 - Fundraising organization services on a contract or fee basis
No Approval Required
8299.06 - Mail presorting services
No Approval Required
8299.07 - Repossession services
No Approval Required
8299.08 - Parking meter coin collection services
No Approval Required
8299.09 - Activities of independent auctioneers
No Approval Required
8299.10 - Administration of loyalty programmes
No Approval Required
8299.11 - Other support activities typically provided to businesses not elsewhere classified
Education
8541: Sports and recreation education
No Approval Required
8541.01 - Sports instruction (baseball, basketball, cricket, football, etc)
No Approval Required
8541.02 - Camps, sports instruction
No Approval Required
8541.04 - Gymnastics instruction
No Approval Required
8541.05 - Riding instruction, academies or schools
No Approval Required
8541.06 - Swimming instruction
No Approval Required
8541.07 - Professional sports instructors, teachers, coaches
No Approval Required
8541.08 - Martial arts instruction
No Approval Required
8541.09 - Card game instruction (such as bridge)
No Approval Required
8541.10 - Yoga instruction
8542: Cultural education
No Approval Required
8542.01 - Piano teachers and other music instruction
No Approval Required
8542.02 - Art instruction
No Approval Required
8542.03 - Dance instruction and dance studios
No Approval Required
8542.04 - Drama schools (except academic)
No Approval Required
8542.05 - Fine arts schools (except academic)
No Approval Required
8542.06 - Performing arts schools (except academic)
No Approval Required
8542.07 - Photography schools (except commercial)
8549: Other education n.e.c.
No Approval Required
8549.01 - Education that is not definable by level
No Approval Required
8549.02 - Academic tutoring services
No Approval Required
8549.03 - College board preparation
No Approval Required
8549.04 - Learning centres offering remedial courses
No Approval Required
8549.05 - Professional examination review courses
No Approval Required
8549.06 - Language instruction and conversational skills instruction
No Approval Required
8549.07 - Speed reading instruction
No Approval Required
8549.11 - Lifeguard training
No Approval Required
8549.12 - Survival training
No Approval Required
8549.13 - Public speaking training
No Approval Required
8549.14 - Computer training
8550: Educational support activities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Ministry of Education-Sharjah
8550.01 - Provision of non-instructional services that support educational processes or systems:
• Educational consulting
• Educational guidance counseling services
• Educational testing evaluation services
• Educational testing services
• Organization of student exchange programs
No Approval Required
8550.11 - Training consultancy
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Private Education Authority
8550.12 - Education consultancy
No Approval Required
8550.13 - Hospitality and tourism training services
Arts, entertainment and recreation
9311: Managing operations of sports facilities
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Sports Council
9311.01 - Managing Operations of facilities for indoor or outdoor sports events (open, closed or covered, with or without spectator seating):
• Supervision of Racetracks for auto
• Supervision of Football, hockey, cricket, baseball, jai-alai stadiums
• Supervision of Swimming pools and stadiums
• Supervision of Track and field stadiums
• Supervision of Winter sports arenas and stadiums
• Supervision of Ice-hockey arenas
• Supervision of Boxing arenas
• Supervision of Golf courses
• Supervision of Bowling lanes
• Supervision of Fitness centers
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Sports Council
9311.02 - Managing organization and operation of outdoor or indoor sports events for professionals or amateurs by organizations with own facilities this class includes managing and providing the staff to operate these facilities.
9312: Activities of sports clubs
No Approval Required
9312.01 - Managing operations of sports clubs:
• Supervision of Football clubs
• Supervision of Bowling clubs
• Supervision of Swimming clubs
• Supervision of Golf clubs
• Supervision of Boxing clubs
• Supervision of Body-building clubs
• Supervision of Winter sports clubs
• Supervision of Chess clubs
• Supervision of Track and field clubs
• Supervision of Shooting clubs, etc.
9319: Other sports activities
No Approval Required
9319.01 - Activities of producers or promoters of sports events, with or without facilities
No Approval Required
9319.02 - Activities of individual own-account sportsmen and athletes, referees, judges, timekeepers etc.
No Approval Required
9319.03 - Activities of sports leagues and regulating bodies
Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Sports Council
9319.04 - Activities related to promotion of sporting events
No Approval Required
9319.05 - Activities of racing garages
No Approval Required
9319.06 - Operation of sport fishing and hunting preserves
No Approval Required
9319.07 - Activities of mountain guides
No Approval Required
9319.08 - Support activities for sport or recreational hunting and fishing
No Approval Required
9319.12 - Sports consultancy
Other service activities
9411: Activities of business and employers membership organizations
No Approval Required
9411.01 - Activities of organizations whose members’ interests centre on the development and prosperity of enterprises in a particular line of business or trade, including farming, or on the economic growth and climate of a particular geographical area without regard for the line of business.
9412: Activities of professional membership organizations
No Approval Required
9412.01 - Activities of organizations whose members’ interests centre chiefly on a particular scientific discipline, professional practice or technical field, such as medical associations, legal associations, accounting associations, engineering associations, architects associations etc.
No Approval Required
9412.02 - Activities of associations of specialists engaged in cultural activities, such as associations of writers, painters, performers of various kinds, journalists etc.
No Approval Required
9412.04 - Activities of learned societies
9499: Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.
No Approval Required
9499.03 - Automobile associations
No Approval Required
9499.05 - Associations of youth, young persons’ associations, student associations and fraternities etc.
No Approval Required
9499.06 - Associations for the pursuit of a cultural or recreational activity or hobby (other than sports or games), e.g. poetry, literature and book clubs, historical clubs, gardening clubs, film and photo clubs, music and art clubs, craft and collectors’ clubs, social clubs, carnival clubs etc.
No Approval Required
9499.07 - Grant giving activities by membership organizations or others
9511: Repair of computers and peripheral equipment
No Approval Required
9511.01 - Repair and maintenance of:
• Desktop computers
• Laptop computers
• Magnetic disk drives, flash drives and other storage devices
• Optical disk drives (CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RW)
• Printers
• Monitors
• Keyboards
• Mice, joysticks and trackball accessories
• Internal and external computer modems
• Dedicated computer terminals
• Computer servers
• Scanners, including bar code scanners
• Smart card readers
• Virtual reality helmets
• Computer projectors
No Approval Required
9511.02 - Repair and maintenance of:
• Computer terminals like automatic teller machines (atm’s); point-of-sale (pos) terminals, not mechanically operated
• Hand-held computers (pda’s)
9512: Repair of communication equipment
No Approval Required
9512.01 - Repair and maintenance of communications equipment such as:
• Cordless telephones
• Cellular phones
• Carrier equipment modems
• Fax machines
• Communications transmission equipment (e.g. routers, bridges, modems)
• Two-way radios
• Commercial tv and video cameras
9521: Repair of consumer electronics
No Approval Required
9521.01 - Repair and maintenance of consumer electronics:
• Television, radio receivers
• Video cassette recorders (VCR)
• CD players
• Household-type video cameras
9522: Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment
No Approval Required
9522.01 - Repair and servicing of household appliances
• Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, clothes dryers, room air conditioners, etc.
No Approval Required
9522.02 - Repair and servicing of home and garden equipment
• Lawnmowers, edgers, snow- and leaf- blowers, trimmers, etc.
9523: Repair of footwear and leather goods
No Approval Required
9523.01 - Repair and maintenance of footwear:
• Shoes, boots etc.
No Approval Required
9523.02 - Fitting of heels
No Approval Required
9523.03 - Repair and maintenance of leather goods:
• Luggage and the like
9524: Repair of furniture and home furnishings
No Approval Required
9524.01 - Reupholstering, refinishing, repairing and restoring of furniture and home furnishings including office furniture
No Approval Required
9524.02 - Assembly of self-standing furniture
9529: Repair of other personal and household goods
No Approval Required
9529.01 - Repair of bicycles
No Approval Required
9529.02 - Repair and alteration of clothing
No Approval Required
9529.03 - Repair and alteration of jewellery
No Approval Required
9529.04 - Repair of watches, clocks and their parts such as watchcases and housings of all materials; movements, chronometers, etc.
No Approval Required
9529.05 - Repair of sporting goods (except sporting guns)
No Approval Required
9529.06 - Repair of books
No Approval Required
9529.07 - Repair of musical instruments
No Approval Required
9529.08 - Repair of toys and similar articles
No Approval Required
9529.09 - Repair of other personal and household goods
No Approval Required
9529.10 - Piano-tuning
9609: Other personal service activities n.e.c.
No Approval Required
9609.02 - Pet care services such as boarding, grooming, sitting and training pets
No Approval Required
9609.11 - Lifestyle consultancy
No Approval Required
9609.12 - Fashion design consultancy
No Approval Required
9609.13 - Lifestyle development consultancy
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