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A diversity of activities to meet your business needs

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.

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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

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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

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

No Approval Required


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

No Approval Required


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

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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

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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 minus icon plus icon

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

Pre Approval Required | Authority Name: Sharjah Police Headquarters

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Class 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

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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

9609.03 - Genealogical organizations

No Approval Required

9609.04 - Porters, valet car parkers etc.

No Approval Required

9609.05 - Concession operation of coin-operated personal service machines (photo booths, weighing machines, machines for checking blood pressure, coin-operated lockers etc.)

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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