Hamriyah Free Zone Business Setup: Cost, Packages and Visas

Hamriyah Free Zone, run by the Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA) on the coast of Sharjah, is an industrial zone with offices, ready-built warehouses, land and a deep-water port. Its website describes 14 office packages, warehouse units and land terms in detail but prices almost none of them. This page sets out the few figures HFZA does publish, how old they are, and what you need a written quote for, as checked on 4 October 2026.

What Hamriyah publishes about cost

HFZA marks the warehouse charges as indicative, says visa costs are not included, and does not make clear which of them are paid every year and which once. It does not say what the AED 11,000 in the FAQ includes. Treat all of these as a starting point and get the current figures in writing.

Offices, warehouses and land

HFZA does not issue a licence with an office outside the free zone, and its facilities can only be leased, with rent paid once a year in advance.

• Office packages: five families and 14 packages. Start Up has no listed office area, one shareholder, three activities and one visa; Smart packages are 10 square metres with 4 to 7 visas; Deluxe 12 to 16 square metres with 2 to 7 visas; Standard 15 or 20 square metres with 7 or 8 visas; Supreme 25, 32 or 40 square metres with 8, 10 or 12 visas.
• Virtual options: the Hamriyah Business Centre and E-Office packages; no price is published.
• Warehouses: units of 200, 400 and 600 square metres with 25, 40 and 50 visas.
• Land: plots from 2,500 square metres on a 25-year renewable lease, land rates fixed for the first five years, a rent holiday during construction, and up to 60% of the plot can be built on. Visa quota on land is flexible.
• Port: a 14 metre deep-water port and a 7 metre inner harbour, with sea-facing plots.

Licence types and company forms

HFZA issues commercial licences (trading, general trading with unlimited products, and e-commerce), service licences and industrial licences; other activities can be approved case by case. Company forms:

• FZE: one owner, a person or a company.
• FZC: two or more owners; the application form allows up to five shareholders.
• Branch of a UAE or foreign company.

HFZA’s implementing rules set no minimum capital: the amounts first paid to the authority can count as the initial capital, and each share is AED 1,000 or a multiple of it. No local partner is required.

How to set up in Hamriyah

1. Choose a facility and submit the documents: copies of the shareholders’ and manager’s passports and their visit visa, or an attested no objection letter from the current sponsor if they hold a UAE employment visa. A branch adds the parent company’s licence, certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles and board resolution, attested by the UAE embassy for a foreign company.
2. Receive the trade licence and the lease agreement, and take over the facility.
3. Apply for security approval and the establishment card.
4. Open the e-channel account and apply for visas, followed by the medical test, Emirates ID and visa stamping.

HFZA says it can issue a licence within one hour of receiving all documents. Visas are processed on the actual needs of the project, at HFZA’s discretion.

Other published fees

• NOC to work outside the free zone: AED 1,500 for a shareholder, AED 3,000 for a director, manager or employee.
• Closing the company: AED 1,500 for the newspaper notice, plus the notice period of one month for an office, three months for a warehouse and six months for a plot.
• Share transfer in a company holding a plot: 2% of the value, at least AED 10,000.
• A lease not renewed within three months, or with unpaid amounts, can be terminated by HFZA.

Tax

HFZA advertises full foreign ownership and “no corporate and income taxes” on an older page. Federal corporate tax applies in free zones since June 2023; only a company that qualifies pays 0% on qualifying income. See qualifying free zone person.

Hamriyah against other Sharjah zones

Hamriyah suits industry, oil and gas, heavy logistics and anyone who needs land or a port. For a licence and a desk, the Sharjah zones that publish prices are easier to budget: compare SHAMS, SPC Free Zone and SAIF Zone, or the overview of all Sharjah free zones.

What Hamriyah does not publish

• Prices of its 14 office packages and the virtual office packages.
• A licence fee by type, and what the AED 11,000 covers.
• Office, warehouse and land rents.
• Renewal, establishment card and visa fees.
• A fee schedule, a full activity list and a current offer.

Ask HFZA for a written quote that lists each of these before you commit.

Other Sharjah free zones we cover: SRTIP.