Multinational corporations

As one of the world’s most diversified economies, Dubai is the preferred location for multinational corporations (MNCs) and conglomerates seeking a strategic location for multi-continent operations and attracting the best talent. Emphasising productivity and innovation, the city is committed to helping businesses expand and grow in a competitive, innovation-centric environment. 

Global corporate giants have leveraged Dubai’s status as a key trade gateway, enabling the seamless flow of goods and services by bridging the east-west time zone gap. They have tapped into the city’s diverse workforce, strong regulatory framework and highly integrated trade and transport network to scale their services to new markets and demographics from this central geographic node. 

The pro-business environment is supported by growth-focused government strategies and programmes, such as the D33 Agenda, Dubai Global and Operation 300bn. These seek to position the city as a leading hub for business, finance, logistics and technology, as well as new-economy sectors like fintech, blockchain, AI and Web3.

Empowering MNCs with world-class logistics and trade

Dubai International Chamber has outlined a three-year strategy to position Dubai as a leading trade hub for both exports and re-exports. To achieve this goal, several initiatives have been launched to attract leading multinationals to the city and support those already based here with regional and international expansion.

Optimised, integrated trading and logistics infrastructure enables and empowers direct access to high-potential MEASA markets. A key enabler is Jebel Ali port, the region’s biggest; offering 80+ weekly services to more than 150 ports worldwide, it facilitates the delivery of goods to two billion people regionwide. Two airports – Dubai International, the busiest passenger airport in the world, and Dubai World Central – enable access to two and half billion people within a four-hour flight, and five billion in close to eight hours. 

MNC companies in Dubai can also benefit from the city’s long-standing trade relations with leading emerging economies as well as free-trade agreements with other GCC nations. Further, the UAE’s approximately 200 double tax agreements and bilateral investment treaties (BIT) as well as CEPAs (comprehensive economic partnership agreements) with key global markets offer unmatched business opportunities to multinational firms who choose Dubai as their regional base.