Ajman recorded a pointy rise in new enterprise exercise within the first half of 2025, with new skilled licences up 37 per cent, based on figures from the emirate’s Division of Financial Growth.
The Ajman Competitiveness Workplace reported a 24 per cent total enhance in new licences, together with an 11 per cent rise in industrial licences and 9 per cent in business ones.
Renewed licences additionally rose 8 per cent year-on-year, with each industrial and business renewals up 9 per cent {and professional} renewals up 8 per cent.
Ajman enterprise licences
The emirate additionally welcomed extra new buyers, with a 24 per cent enhance in first-time buyers in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months. This helped drive an 8 per cent rise in lively licences for the reason that begin of 2025.
For the primary time, Ethiopia and Sudan entered Ajman’s top 10 nationalities for licence holders, reflecting the emirate’s increasing worldwide attraction and more and more various investor base.
Saif Ahmed Al Suwaidi, Director-Basic of the Division of Financial Growth, mentioned: “The outcomes underscore Ajman’s success in positioning itself as a horny vacation spot for funding and entrepreneurship via business-friendly initiatives and streamlined procedures.”
The figures spotlight the emirate’s continued efforts to strengthen its enterprise atmosphere, diversify investor participation, and improve competitiveness as a part of the UAE’s wider financial progress.