Dubai Business Corporation
Dubai Business Corporation, known as DBC, is a business setup consultancy in Dubai that has been forming companies in the UAE for 26 years. It handles mainland, free zone and offshore company formation, residence and Golden Visas, PRO services, corporate tax and VAT registration, accounting and corporate bank account opening, end to end and under one roof.
The firm operates from Office 3402 in Burj Al Salam, the Sheraton Grand tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, is registered under TRN 100594169300003, and is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 16 reviews on Google.
What DBC Actually Does
Most business setup firms sell a licence and hand you a list of other people to call for everything that follows. DBC was built the other way round, as a single ecosystem, because the parts of setting up in the UAE that go wrong are almost never the licence itself.
The work splits into six areas, all handled in house.
| Area | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Company formation | Mainland, free zone and offshore structures, trade name, initial approval, MOA and licence issuance |
| Visas and residency | Investor and employment visas, Golden Visas, family sponsorship, Emirates ID and medicals |
| Tax and compliance | Corporate tax advisory, FTA registration, VAT, bookkeeping and accounting |
| PRO services | Government paperwork, renewals, amendments and document clearing |
| Banking | Corporate account opening and the compliance file banks actually ask for |
| Legal and advisory | Legal counsel, arbitration support, debt collection and intellectual property |
The full breakdown, with what each one involves, is on the services pages.
Three Languages, One Team
DBC works in English, Arabic and Russian. Russian speaking founders are handled in Russian from the first call to the licence, by Russian speaking staff, and Ali Jasim, the CEO, speaks Russian himself. No interpreter sits between you and the person doing the work.
- English
- Arabic
- Russian
The Numbers, Stated Plainly
Every figure below can be checked. That is the point of listing them.
- 26 yearsforming companies in the UAE.
- 98%success rate on the applications DBC files.
- 4.8 / 5from 16 reviews on Google.
- TRN100594169300003, registered with the Federal Tax Authority.
- 14people on the team, listed on LinkedIn.
- 3languages at the desk: English, Arabic and Russian.
Why Our Pricing Is Published and Most Are Not
Ask most consultancies what a licence costs and you get a form to fill in. DBC publishes the real numbers instead, because the itemised price book behind the cost calculator is the same one the firm quotes from.
Across every package it prices, company setup runs from AED 5,500 at the low end, for a Sharjah free zone e-commerce licence with no visas, to AED 37,500 for a Dubai free zone licence with three visas. A Dubai free zone licence with one residence visa is AED 21,990 at Meydan and AED 14,500 at SPC Sharjah. Mainland starts at AED 17,772.
How the Guides Are Written
This site carries 160 guides on UAE company formation, visas, tax, banking and government process, all written by Ali Jasim, DBC's CEO.
They are written from live casework rather than from other people's summaries. Where a guide states a rule, it links to the authority that made it, so any claim can be checked at source rather than taken on trust. Where the commercially attractive answer and the correct answer differ, the guide takes the correct one.
Ali Jasim
Runs DBC and signs off every guide on this site. Speaks English and Russian, and takes the first call himself more often than a CEO is supposed to.
More about Ali and the guides he has writtenWhere to Find Us
Office No 3402, Burj Al Salam, Sheraton Grand Hotel tower, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The building appears as Burj Al Salam on Google Maps and as the Sheraton Grand on the street; they are the same tower.
- Phone +971 4 229 9559
- WhatsApp +971 54 580 0880
- Email info@dubaibc.ae
- Languages: English, Arabic and Russian
- Find us on Google Maps
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