# Difc public register: Centre Firm Register

> The Centre Firm Register carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 10,018 to 13,353 count, read 12 October 2026.

DIFC vs ADGM · https://difcvsadgm.com/datasets/centre-firm-register/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 10,018 to 13,353 count (range 10,018 to 13,353 count; 3 published figures; 4 of 11 sources read publish one).

4 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

## By centre

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| centre DIFC | 10,018 count | 10,018 to 10,018 count | 2 |
| centre ADGM | 13,353 count | 13,353 to 13,353 count | 1 |
| centre ADGM | 13,353 active | 13,353 to 13,353 active | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Abu Dhabi Media Office: ADGM Q1 2026](https://www.mediaoffice.abudhabi/en/economy/adgm-records-asset-management-licensing-and-workforce-growth-in-q1-2026/) | 13,353 count | ADGM | 2026-10-12 |
| [ADGM Q1 2026 announcement: active licences](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-strengthens-position-as-measas-leading-ifc-with-57-percent-growth-in-aum) | 13,353 active | ADGM | 2026-10-12 |
| [Dubai Media Office: DIFC H1 2026](https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2026/july/28-07/difc-records-industry-leading-achievements-in-h1-2026) | 10,018 count | DIFC | 2026-10-12 |
| [DIFC H1 2026 results: active registered companies](https://www.difc.com/whats-on/news/industry-leading-achievements-h1-2026) | 10,018 count | DIFC | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [Abu Dhabi Media Office: ADGM Q1 2026](https://www.mediaoffice.abudhabi/en/economy/adgm-records-asset-management-licensing-and-workforce-growth-in-q1-2026/), read 2026-10-12: "ADGM’s broader business ecosystem continued to expand, with total active licences reaching 13,353, including 961 new licences issued during Q1 2026."
- [ADGM Q1 2026 announcement: active licences](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-strengthens-position-as-measas-leading-ifc-with-57-percent-growth-in-aum), read 2026-10-12: "ADGM currently has 13,353 active licences, with 961 new licences issued during Q1 2026."
- [Dubai Media Office: DIFC H1 2026](https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2026/july/28-07/difc-records-industry-leading-achievements-in-h1-2026), read 2026-10-12: "The number of DIFC active registered companies rose to 10,018 at the end of the first half of 2026, having attracted 2,318 new active registered companies representing organic growth of 30% over the past 12 months."
- [DIFC H1 2026 results: active registered companies](https://www.difc.com/whats-on/news/industry-leading-achievements-h1-2026), read 2026-10-12: "The number of DIFC active registered companies rose to 10,018 at the end of the first half of 2026, having attracted 2,318 new active registered companies representing organic growth of 30 per cent over the past 12 months."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [DIFC Public Register](https://www.difc.com/business/public-register), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM Public Registers](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM FSRA Public Register](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM FSRA register of exempt persons](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/exempt-persons), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM Registration Authority](https://www.adgm.com/registration-authority), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM online registry search](https://newreg.adgm.com/s/search-results), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DIFC registrars and commissioners](https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 2 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in count (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 27 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the count of active registered entities and of regulated financial firms in each centre, per release, from each centre's own reporting; the figure is the RATIO the two centres never publish side by side - active entities per regulated firm, the share of each centre that is regulated, and the growth rate of each - joined to the four public registers a named firm is verified against

## Sources

- [DIFC H1 2026 results: active registered companies](https://www.difc.com/whats-on/news/industry-leading-achievements-h1-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Q1 2026 announcement: active licences](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-strengthens-position-as-measas-leading-ifc-with-57-percent-growth-in-aum) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Dubai Media Office: DIFC H1 2026](https://mediaoffice.ae/en/news/2026/july/28-07/difc-records-industry-leading-achievements-in-h1-2026) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Abu Dhabi Media Office: ADGM Q1 2026](https://www.mediaoffice.abudhabi/en/economy/adgm-records-asset-management-licensing-and-workforce-growth-in-q1-2026/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC Public Register](https://www.difc.com/business/public-register) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Public Registers](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM FSRA Public Register](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM FSRA register of exempt persons](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/exempt-persons) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Registration Authority](https://www.adgm.com/registration-authority) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM online registry search](https://newreg.adgm.com/s/search-results) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC registrars and commissioners](https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DFSA Public Register (firms)](https://www.dfsa.ae/public-register/firms) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DFSA authorised firms](https://www.dfsa.ae/what-we-do/authorisation-services/authorised-firms) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Centre Firm Register carries 3 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 10,018 to 13,353 count, read 12 October 2026.
- 4 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- Centre Firm Register, centre DIFC: median 10,018 count across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.
- Centre Firm Register, centre ADGM: median 13,353 count across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
- Centre Firm Register, centre ADGM: median 13,353 active across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Cite as: "difcvsadgm.com Centre Firm Register", updated 2026-10-18, https://difcvsadgm.com/datasets/centre-firm-register/.

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