100% foreign ownership
Own your company outright. No local sponsor or partner required.
Register your business inMasdar City Free Zone
Fast, 100% foreign-owned company setup in Masdar City Free Zone.
- 100% foreign ownership - no local partner required
- 0% personal & corporate tax on qualifying income
- Licensed in days - fully online, paperless process
- One-Stop Shop: licence, visas & office in one place
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Companies on-site
Est. 2006
Based in Abu Dhabi
5 min
To Zayed Int'l Airport
An Abu Dhabi free zoneHome to 2,500+ companiesThe UAE's most sustainable free zone
From early-stage startups to global leaders
2,000+ organisations have chosen Masdar City Free Zone as their base in the UAE.
Why Masdar City Free Zone
Built for founders. Backed by Abu Dhabi.
A government-owned free zone gives your company a stable home, real incentives, and a setup process measured in days, not months.
0% tax on qualifying income
No personal income tax, and corporate tax exemption for qualifying free-zone activity.
Full repatriation
Move 100% of your capital and profits in and out, freely.
Zero customs duties
No import or export duties on goods moving through the free zone.
Licensed in days
A digital, paperless process you can complete remotely from anywhere.
One-Stop Shop
Licensing, visas, banking guidance and office space handled by one team.
Success stories
Companies that started here
Life Sciences
Biosphere Labs
Biosphere Labs opened at Masdar City as the GCC's first commercially scaled shared laboratory, supporting researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and startups.
A Masdar City Free Zone company
Space Tech
UAE Space Agency
The federal agency driving the UAE's space ambitions, based at Masdar City alongside the wider ecosystem shaping the country's space programme.
A Masdar City Free Zone company
Clean Energy
Masdar
The clean energy pioneer behind Masdar City's name, leading renewable energy and sustainability projects across the region and beyond.
A Masdar City Free Zone company
District Cooling
Tabreed
The region's district cooling leader on how energy-efficient cooling infrastructure supports sustainable growth across Masdar City.
A Masdar City Free Zone company
Frontier industries
Set up alongside Abu Dhabi's high-impact sectors
Masdar City is a working cluster for the industries shaping the region, yet open to commercial, consulting, trading and creative businesses of every kind.
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Life Sciences
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Space Tech
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Artificial Intelligence
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Smart & Autonomous Mobility
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Clean Energy
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AgriTech & Water
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Questions founders ask first
Anyone from around the world, subject to AML and security checks. Free-zone companies allow 100% foreign ownership with no local sponsor or partner, and you can start with a single shareholder.