RAKEZ activity register
Individual / Professional licence activities in RAKEZ
The short answer
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) files 24 business activities under its Individual / Professional classification, out of 3618 activities on its register as captured on 25 August 2026. Each activity is a named register entry, and a licence is built from the specific entries that match what the business actually does. This page explains the family and what changes the answer; the exact entries for your business, the combination they form, and the current costs come from an adviser-reviewed activity check.
This page explains one licence family on the RAKEZ register: what the authority groups under Individual / Professional, what that kind of licence is structured for, and the facts that decide whether it fits. It is a directory of the authority's own classification, not a ranking and not a promotion.
Activities are shown by name, which is how you will recognise your own work in them. The authority's activity codes are not published here — the code is the filing reference, and which codes your business needs, in what combination, is the output of the activity check rather than something to copy off a page.
Use this to work out whether the work you actually do has a home in this family — and read the zone's full profile for how RAKEZ operates, who it suits, and who it does not.
What the Individual / Professional classification covers
This is a compact family of activities the authority files for individual and professional packages: design, data work, digital marketing, analysis, coaching, and similar single-practitioner services.
The entries are deliberately practical — each one names a concrete service a single professional sells — and the family sits between a freelance permit and a full service licence in how it is used.
What a individual / Professional licence here is structured for
A licence built from this family suits a single professional or a very small practice selling defined services, where the full breadth of a general services licence is not needed.
Because the list is short, the fit question is binary: either your service is genuinely one of these entries or it is not — in which case the zone's larger service families are where to look next.
From the register
Activities in this family, by name
All 24 activities RAKEZ files under Individual / Professional, exactly as the register names them. Activity names are the authority's own wording and are shown in English in every language; register codes are not published.
- Business Analysis
- Business Coaching
- Business Plans
- Creative Design
- Data Collection from One or More Sources
- Data Entry
- Data Preparation
- Data Storing and Recovering
- Databases Designing
- Digital Designing
- Fashion and Clothes Designing
- Internet Marketing
- Jewellery design
- Landscape Design
- Light Archiving
- Logo Design
- Manufacturing Design
- Photoshop Design
- Social Media Marketing
- Statistical Analysis
- Translation & Languages
- User Interface Design
- Visual Designing
- Web-hosting
What this page does not decide
Decision factors
What changes the answer
Two businesses that describe themselves the same way in a sentence can need different entries, different approvals, and a different jurisdiction altogether. These are the facts that move the answer for a individual / Professional licence — worth settling before you apply, whoever you apply through.
- Whether your service is genuinely one of these entries or only sits near one.
- Whether one instrument has to carry more than one service.
- Whether you need to sponsor anyone besides yourself.
- Whether the workspace type attached to the route suits how you actually work.
- Whether a freelance permit or a full service licence describes the business better.
- Whether the clients you invoice will accept this activity wording on a licence.
Where this family is a strong fit
- You sell one or two defined services as an individual or a very small team.
- Your service appears in this family's list in substance.
- You have compared this against the zone's broader service families.
Where it is the wrong family
- Your service is only adjacent to an entry here — the broader service families are where to look next.
- You will build a team and need the licence to carry work several people deliver.
- Goods change hands as part of what you sell.
- You need several unrelated services on one instrument.
About this listing
Questions
Frequently asked
- How many Individual / Professional activities does RAKEZ have?
- As captured on 25 August 2026, the RAKEZ register files 24 activities under its Individual / Professional classification, out of 3618 activities on the register in total. Registers are living documents, so the current count is always the authority's.
- Is my activity covered if it is not in the list above?
- The list above is the full Individual / Professional classification as captured on 25 August 2026, so an activity that is absent is one the register did not file under this family at that date. Registers change, and an adviser checks your specific activity against the authority's live list, which is the only check that counts, and also confirms whether it needs any external regulator's approval.
- Why are the activity codes not shown?
- Because a code is a filing reference, not an explanation. The name tells you whether the register has a home for your work, which is what this page is for. The code only becomes useful once someone has checked your actual business against the authority's live list, decided which entries apply and which combination they may sit in, and confirmed any external approval — and that is the assessment, not a directory listing. Publishing a code without that check is how businesses end up licensed for something adjacent to what they do.
- Can one licence at RAKEZ carry several of these activities?
- How many activities a licence carries, and whether families can be combined, is set by the authority's own packaging rules, which change. We confirm the current position in writing with the authority for your specific activity set rather than publishing rules that may be out of date.
- What does a individual / Professional licence at RAKEZ cost?
- The authority sets and quotes the fees, and packages and promotions change. Current figures are confirmed within your adviser-reviewed route comparison, checked with the authority for your exact activity set, visa requirement, and workspace before you commit.
Check where this activity can be licensed
Tell us what the business actually does, who it sells to, and who it needs to sponsor. An adviser checks it against the authorities' live lists, confirms the exact register entries and combination that cover it, flags any external approval, and tells you whether another jurisdiction describes it better — with the current material costs for the routes worth comparing.
This page is general information about UAE business setup, not legal, tax, immigration, or banking advice. Rules, fees, permitted activities, and bank policies can change. Final eligibility depends on your facts and the applicable rules at the time of application.