Industrial and commercial property across the United Arab Emirates
All licensing types
T25Accommodation

Labour Accommodation

سكن العمال

Workers' / staff residential facilities serving industrial zones.

Licence type
Facility permit (not a trade licence)
ISIC
N/A
Permitted zones
1
Requirements
4
Where it can operate

Zones the catalogue clears for this activity

Licensing requirements

Facility permit (labour-accommodation regulator) + Municipality + Civil Defence (residential/dormitory occupancy). Not a trade licence.

Obligation split
Mandatory
4
Conditional
0
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.

Approval

3
  • LABOUR-ACCLabour-accommodation facility permitMandatory
    Labour-accommodation regulator
    Emirate
  • MUN-ENVMunicipality environmental/health/land-use clearanceMandatory
    Municipality
    Emirate
  • CD-APPCivil Defence fire & life-safety approvalMandatory
    Civil Defence (Ministry of Interior)
    Federal

System

1
  • COND-FIREFire-protection systems per hazard tierMandatory
    Civil Defence (Ministry of Interior)
    Federal

Zone pages carry the operating authority, the VAT position and whatever is currently for rent inside the zone.