RAKEZ activity register
Industrial licence activities in RAKEZ
The short answer
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) files 1283 business activities under its Industrial 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 Industrial, 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 Industrial classification covers
Activities in this family describe making things: manufacturing, processing, assembly, and packaging. Each register entry names what is produced — foodstuffs, metals, building products, equipment — and the licence attaches to that production activity.
Industrial activities are the most premises-dependent category on any register. What the authority requires by way of facilities, and which environmental or safety approvals apply, is decided by the authority against the specific activity, and it shapes the whole engagement.
What a industrial licence here is structured for
A licence built from this family suits an operation that will physically produce, process, or assemble in the zone, with the workspace to match.
The premises conversation comes before the licence conversation. An industrial activity chosen without a facilities plan is a licence that cannot be operated, so the two are assessed together from the start.
From the register
Activities in this family, by name
A sample of the 1283 activities RAKEZ files under Industrial, 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.
- 3D Printing Manufacturing (Additive Manufacturing)
- Access Cradles Manufacturing
- Activated Carbon, Auxiliary Agents and Anti Corrosions Chemicals Manufacturing
- Adhesive & Paper Slitting
- Adhesives Manufacturing
- Agarwood & Incense Manufacturing
- Agarwood and Incense Manufacturing
- Agricultural and Forestry Tractors Manufacturing
- Agricultural Dryers Manufacturing
- Agricultural Spraying Machinery Manufacturing
- Agricultural Tractors Manufacturing
- Air Conditioners Requisites Manufacturing
- Air Filters Manufacturing
- Air-Conditioning Machines Manufacturing
- Air-Conditioning Units Assembling
- Aircraft Cabin Simulators Repair, Maintenance and Modification
- Aircraft Seats Manufacturing
- Aircrafts Manufacturing
- Airplanes Manufacturing
- Albums Manufacturing
- Alkalis, Lyes and Other Inorganic Bases Manufacturing
- alternative energy Equipment Installation and Maintenance
- Aluminium -Tin- Foil Laminates Manufacturing
- Aluminium Foils Manufacturing
- Aluminium Smelter
- Aluminium Wrapping Foil Production
- Aluminum Extrusion
- Aluminum powder Production
- Aluminum Rolling
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 industrial licence — worth settling before you apply, whoever you apply through.
- What the process physically is: producing, processing, assembling, or only packing.
- The facility the authority expects for that process, and whether the zone has that kind of unit available.
- Which environmental, civil-defence, health, or sector approvals attach to the specific output.
- Whether raw materials are imported, and how they clear customs into the facility.
- How many workers the line needs, and the accommodation and visa arrangements that follow.
- Whether the finished goods are sold into the UAE market or exported, which changes the customs picture.
Where this family is a strong fit
- You will actually manufacture, process, or assemble — not just trade the finished goods.
- You have a realistic facilities plan for production space in the zone.
- You expect the authority's environmental, safety, or sector approvals to be part of the timeline.
Where it is the wrong family
- Production is outsourced entirely and you only buy and resell the finished goods — that is trading.
- There is no premises plan yet; an industrial activity without production space is a licence that cannot be operated.
- The plan assumes the licence date is the production start date, with approvals treated as paperwork that follows.
- The process handles controlled inputs or waste streams and no environmental or safety scope has been done.
About this listing
Questions
Frequently asked
- How many Industrial activities does RAKEZ have?
- As captured on 25 August 2026, the RAKEZ register files 1283 activities under its Industrial 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 sample list?
- Possibly — this page shows a sample, not the full register. 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 industrial 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.