All licensing types
T23Commercial & Trade
Auto Repair & Workshops
تصليح السيارات والورش
Vehicle maintenance/repair, garages, tyre & battery services.
- Licence type
- Commercial – trade/services licence
- ISIC
- 4520
- Permitted zones
- 6
- Requirements
- 5
Where it can operate
Zones the catalogue clears for this activity
Dubai
4ZoneZone typeOperating authorityFor rent
- Z011Dubai Auto Zone (DUCAMZ)VAT designatedFree ZoneDubai Auto Zone0
- Z015Al Quoz Industrial AreaMainland (internal)Dubai DET + Dubai Municipality0
- Z016Al Qusais Industrial AreaMainland (internal)Dubai DET + Dubai Municipality0
- Z017Ras Al Khor Industrial AreaMainland (internal)Dubai DET + Dubai Municipality0
Abu Dhabi
1ZoneZone typeOperating authorityFor rent
Sharjah
1ZoneZone typeOperating authorityFor rent
Licensing requirements
Commercial licence + Municipality (used-oil/waste handling) + Civil Defence; located in designated workshop/industrial areas.
Obligation split
- Mandatory
- 4
- Conditional
- 1
Requirements
What this activity has to satisfy, by category
Catalogue version 1.0, prepared June 2026. The requirement set and the authorities come from published UAE sources. Their mapping to each activity is compiled by World Warehouse, and applicability to a specific premises is decided by the authority.
License
1- L-COMCommercial trade/services licenceMandatoryDept. of Economy / DED (emirate licensing)Emirate
Condition
1- EJARIRegistered tenancy + physical facility (Ejari/Tawtheeq)MandatoryDept. of Economy / DED (emirate licensing)Emirate
Approval
3- CD-APPCivil Defence fire & life-safety approvalMandatoryCivil Defence (Ministry of Interior)Federal
- MUN-ENVMunicipality environmental/health/land-use clearanceMandatory
Used-oil/waste
MunicipalityEmirate - WASTE-PERMITWaste-management permitConditionalMunicipalityEmirate
Zone pages carry the operating authority, the VAT position and whatever is currently for rent inside the zone.