Setup: A few working days once documents are approved (page wording).Official site
Abu Dhabi free zone in Masdar City aimed at renewable energy, cleantech and innovation businesses.
Packages
Year-1 prices as published. The agency confirms the final price.
Licence only · Startup Package (Start-Lite)Includes: Licence and registration, up to 2 activities. Start-Lite page shows visa eligibility 1 and no lease.Not included: No lease. Virtual desk 6,000 or flexi desk 10,000, excluding VAT. Prices exclude 5% VAT.
7,000 AEDOfficial
Licence + 1 visa · Business One PackageIncludes: Up to 3 activities, one free visa, licence and registration, flexi desk lite lease, establishment card, e-channel fees, visa medical exam, Emirates ID application.Not included: 5% VAT; refundable security deposit of 2 months' rent for flexi desk leases.
17,500 AEDOfficial
Licence + 2 visas · Innovation PackageIncludes: Up to 3 activities, licence and registration, 2 visa quota, flexi desk lease. For startups and research-driven businesses.Not included: Visa costs, establishment card, e-channel, 5% VAT. Terms and conditions apply.
12,000 AEDOfficial
Fees not in the package price
In-country entry permit, if applicable
800 AEDOfficial
Flexi desk (excluding VAT)
10,000 AEDOfficial
Virtual desk (excluding VAT)
6,000 AEDOfficial
What each residence visa adds
Fees on top of the licence, as the zone publishes them. "Per visa" is paid for each person, "per company" once.
Immigration establishment card, one timeper company
1,600 AEDOfficial
E-channel registration, one timeper company
2,600 AEDOfficial
Employment visa package, 2 years (excl. medical and Emirates ID)per visa
3,050 AEDOfficial
Employment visa deposit, refundableper visa
2,500 AEDOfficial
In-country entry permit, if applicableper visa
800 AEDOfficial
Emirates ID, 2 yearsper visa
450 AEDOfficial
Renewal
Not published on pages read. Annual licensing fee for Start-Lite is 7,000.
Not published
The licence
Office. An office solution is chosen by visa eligibility: virtual desk 6,000, flexi desk 10,000, dedicated desk or office.
Activities. Services, Trading, Holding. 1,000+ approved activities; 2 to 6 per package. Extra activity 2,500 (general) or 5,000 (special). Some segments are excluded from the ready-to-go packages.
Prices are shown in 'D' (dirham) and read as AED. Fees exclude 5% VAT.
Innovation Package is for startups and research-driven firms; eligibility terms apply, and '2 visa quota' is a quota, not 2 included visas.
An older 2023 factsheet (not re-read today) shows different visa fees, so the current page is used.
The page shows the e-channel annual renewal as 'D 1,6000', a typo; not used.
Start-Lite page and the licence page both show 7,000 but differ on activities and visa wording.
Not published
We could not find these on the sources we read: the renewal price, whether remote setup is possible, the number of visas without an office, the rules for trading on the mainland.
Setup Costs