Adgm licence fee: Freezone Registry Fee Schedule
The Freezone Registry Fee Schedule carries 14 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 100 to 16,700 USD, read 24 October 2026.
- 10100 to 2,867
- 32,867 to 5,633
- 5,633 to 8,400
- 8,400 to 11,167
- 11,167 to 13,933
- 113,933 to 16,700
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 100 to 2,867 | 10 figures |
| 2,867 to 5,633 | 3 figures |
| 5,633 to 8,400 | 0 figures |
| 8,400 to 11,167 | 0 figures |
| 11,167 to 13,933 | 0 figures |
| 13,933 to 16,700 | 1 figure |
6 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
By fee
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeDIFC innovation licence | 1,500USD | 1,500 to 1,500USD | 1 |
| feeADGM non-financial initial registration | 5,500USD | 5,500 to 5,500USD | 1 |
| feeADGM non-financial annual renewal | 5,000USD | 5,000 to 5,000USD | 1 |
| feeADGM retail initial registration | 2,500USD | 2,500 to 2,500USD | 1 |
| feeADGM retail annual renewal | 2,000USD | 2,000 to 2,000USD | 1 |
| feeADGM financial initial registration | 16,700USD | 16,700 to 16,700USD | 1 |
| feeADGM tech startup licence | 1,500USD | 1,500 to 1,500USD | 1 |
| feeADGM data protection | 300USD | 300 to 300USD | 1 |
| feeADGM SPV registration | 1,900USD | 1,900 to 1,900USD | 1 |
| feeADGM auditor registration | 3,000USD | 3,000 to 3,000USD | 1 |
| feeDIFC SPV annual licence | 1,000USD | 1,000 to 1,000USD | 1 |
| feeDIFC SPV incorporation | 100USD | 100 to 100USD | 1 |
| feeADGM commercial licence fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 200USD | 200 to 200USD | 1 |
| feeADGM data protection fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 300USD | 300 to 300USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 16,700USD | ADGM financial initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 5,500USD | ADGM non-financial initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 5,000USD | ADGM non-financial annual renewal | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM auditor registration fees | 3,000USD | ADGM auditor registration | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 2,500USD | ADGM retail initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 2,000USD | ADGM retail annual renewal | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025 | 1,900USD | ADGM SPV registration | 2026-10-24 |
| DIFC Innovation Licence | 1,500USD | DIFC innovation licence | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 1,500USD | ADGM tech startup licence | 2026-10-24 |
| DIFC special purpose vehicles | 1,000USD | DIFC SPV annual licence | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025 | 300USD | ADGM data protection | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF) | 300USD | ADGM data protection fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 2026-10-24 |
| ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF) | 200USD | ADGM commercial licence fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 2026-10-24 |
| DIFC special purpose vehicles | 100USD | DIFC SPV incorporation | 2026-10-24 |
The sentence each figure was read from (14)
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Financial Category: Initial registration fees increased from USD 15,000 to USD 16,700, with annual renewals rising from USD 13,000 to USD 16,200.
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Initial registration fees are reduced from USD 10,000 to USD 5,500
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Annual licence renewal fees are reduced from USD 8,000 to USD 5,000
- ADGM auditor registration fees, read 2026-10-24:
Auditor CategoryRegistration FeesAll Audit FirmsPer Audit Principal$3,000$750
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Initial registration fees are reduced from USD 6,000 to USD 2,500
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Annual licence renewal fees are reduced from USD 4,000 to USD 2,000
- ADGM: fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025, read 2026-10-24:
The fees for the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) category remain unchanged at USD 1,900.
- DIFC Innovation Licence, read 2026-10-24:
The Innovation Licence is subsidised for a period of 2 to 5 years* at USD 1,500 per annum, and provides your business with access to premium coworking spaces and discounted visas.
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Tech Startups: Fees adjusted from USD 1,000 to USD 1,500 for both new registrations and renewals.
- DIFC special purpose vehicles, read 2026-10-24:
For an SPV, an application fee of USD 100 (one-time) and an annual licence fee of USD 1,000 make DIFC an affordable choice for establishing or expanding your structuring operations.
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025, read 2026-10-24:
Additionally, a USD 300 data protection fee will continue to be applied across all categories at the time of new registration and annual renewal in the new fee schedule.
- ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF), read 2026-10-24:
Data Protection fee $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300
- ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF), read 2026-10-24:
Commercial Licence fee $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200
- DIFC special purpose vehicles, read 2026-10-24:
SPVs in DIFC can be set up with a one-time incorporation fee of USD 100 and an annual commercial licence fee of USD 1,000.
Read in full, publishes no figure
8 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- ADGM Tech Startup licence, read 2026-10-03: every candidate on the page was refused
- DIFC Registrar of Companies handbooks and fees, read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- DIFC operating handbooks and fees, read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- DIFC Registrar of Companies, read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- DIFC family businesses, read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused
- ADGM registration and incorporation, read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ADGM setting-up FAQs, read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- ADGM Rulebook: Commercial Licensing Regulations (Fees) Rules, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
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).
6 of the 14 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 14 figures, never sentences; 45 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): one row per centre per entity type per fee line (name reservation, registration, commercial licence, annual renewal, data protection, confirmation statement), each quoted from the authority's own page with its effective date; the figure is the DIFFERENCE the two registries charge for the same vehicle and the cumulative ten-year cost of each, which neither authority publishes because neither names the other; changed-since the previous read, which is the news when a fee schedule turns
45 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (14)
- DIFC special purpose vehicles(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DIFC Innovation Licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM: fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM auditor registration fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM Tech Startup licence(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DIFC Registrar of Companies handbooks and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DIFC operating handbooks and fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DIFC Registrar of Companies(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- DIFC family businesses(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM registration and incorporation(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM setting-up FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- ADGM Rulebook: Commercial Licensing Regulations (Fees) Rules(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Freezone Registry Fee Schedule carries 14 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 100 to 16,700 USD, read 24 October 2026.
6 of the 14 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee DIFC innovation licence: median 1,500 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM non-financial initial registration: median 5,500 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM non-financial annual renewal: median 5,000 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM retail initial registration: median 2,500 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM retail annual renewal: median 2,000 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM financial initial registration: median 16,700 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM tech startup licence: median 1,500 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM data protection: median 300 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM SPV registration: median 1,900 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM auditor registration: median 3,000 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee DIFC SPV annual licence: median 1,000 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee DIFC SPV incorporation: median 100 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM commercial licence fee (incorporation, all entity types): median 200 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Freezone Registry Fee Schedule, fee ADGM data protection fee (incorporation, all entity types): median 300 USD across 1 source, read 24 October 2026.
Cite as: "difcvsadgm.com Freezone Registry Fee Schedule", updated 2026-10-24, https://difcvsadgm.com/datasets/freezone-registry-fee-schedule/.
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