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The Real Number
Three clicks. What your DIFC company will really pay this year — not just the licence price — and every deadline it will hit in the next 12 months.
1 Is your company new to DIFC, or already there?
2 What does your business do?
3 How many people will be on the company's visa this year?
Count everyone the company itself will sponsor, including you if you need a visa.
Your Real Number
AED 0
The licence price alone
Refundable deposits inside the number
Where the money goes
DIFC prints most fees in US dollars and bills them in dirhams at 3.6725, plus AED 20 on each request. Amounts below are that conversion. Verified means the amount is in a published DIFC fee schedule or on a real DIFC receipt. Check means it is inferred and should be confirmed on the portal.
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Not in the number — but budget for these
These depend on choices DIFC doesn't set: your landlord, your insurer, your salaries. I show the rule or the market range rather than pretend to know your figure.
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Your next 12 months
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What I assumed (nothing hidden)
Where these numbers come from
- DIFC Private Company Non‑Financial and Retail Handbook, DIFC‑CS‑HB‑03 Rev. 02 (24 March 2026): incorporation, licence, data‑protection and establishment‑card fees, Innovation‑licence discount rules.
- DIFC Registrar of Companies Table of Fees, DIFC‑RC‑GL‑02 Rev. 18, and DIFC Operating Regulations Schedule Part A (in force 28 October 2025): fees by structure, confirmation statement, renewal grace period.
- DIFC Data Protection Regulations, Appendix 1 (in force 1 September 2023): notification and renewal fees by category.
- DIFC Government Services Client Handbook — Employee Services, DIFC‑GS‑HB‑02 Rev. 21 (19 August 2025): visas, establishment card, deposits.
- A real DIFC portal account statement for 2026 from a DIFC Innovation‑licence company: confirms the 3.6725 rate, the AED 20 fee, the AED 2,020 establishment‑card renewal and the AED 4,320 Innovation visa rate.
- Fees change. Before you pay anything, check the live price line on the DIFC portal. This page is an estimate to plan with, not an invoice.
Last checked 6 September 2026.