FAQ ā Credit Report in UAE
Why is business information in the UAE so limited?
š Fact: The UAE is considered one of the most closed countries regarding business information. Many companies register in Free Economic Zones (FZE, FCO, FZCO) for tax benefits and to hide key business information. As a result, official records often do not list directors or owners, and financial statements are not publicly available by law.
How can I search for a UAE company?
You can search via the official business register using Local License Number, Economic Registration Number, or Company Name. To simplify the process, our own platform allows searches across all 52 registries (7 mainland + 45 Free Zones) using any of these identifiers, with real-time results.
How many companies and registries are covered?
Our database covers over 1,400,000 legal entities in the UAE, synchronized with all 52 separate business registries - 7 on the mainland and 45 Free Zones.
What kinds of data are available in the UAE credit report?
A full credit report may include:
- Registration details and business activities (via UAE and Free Zone registries)
- Directors, owners, employee/turnover estimates (derived via social networks, interviews, a calculator tool, and local authorities)
- Relationships of managers and shareholders to foreign companies (from internal database)
- Trademarks (from 76 specialized databases)
- Public joint-stock company data (Dubai Financial Market, Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange)
- Trade activity (via maritime shipping databases)
- Court cases (from local UAE courts, though coverage is incomplete)
- Credit opinion, sanctions checking (446 lists from 203 sources), economic forecasts (from internal system)
How are directors and owners identified if not listed officially?
Our UAE-based specialists conduct interviews, gather intelligence from social networks, and use our ownership database to identify directors and owners ā especially where official registries lack this information.
Does the report include sanctions and economic analysis?
Yes. Each full report includes a credit opinion, results from sanctions checks across 446 global lists (203 unique sources), plus economic forecasts and country-level development indicators from our internal system.
š Our UAE Data Coverage at a Glance
more than 1,400,000
legal entities
52
Separate Business Registries
(7 mainland + 45 free zones)
76
Trademark Databases
446
Sanctions Lists from 203 unique sources
Data Types & Sources (UAE)
Below are the sources we use when preparing a Full Report (Credit Report) for companies in the UAE:
| Data Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Company registration details, business activities, contacts | UAE and Free Zone registries (52 separate registries: 7 mainland, 45 free zones) |
| Directors, owners, number of employees, financial statements |
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| Links of directors and owners to foreign companies | Internal database |
| Trademarks | 76 specialized databases on registered trademarks |
| Public joint-stock companies | |
| Foreign economic activity (export/import, clients, suppliers) | Maritime shipping databases |
| Court cases | UAE local courts (incomplete coverage, not all emirates) |
| Credit opinion, sanctions check (446 lists, 203 unique sources) + economic forecast & country development indicators | Internal system |
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