# 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.

DIFC vs ADGM · https://difcvsadgm.com/datasets/freezone-registry-fee-schedule/ · computed 2026-10-24

**Range of the published figures:** 100 to 16,700 USD (range 100 to 16,700 USD; 14 published figures; 6 of 14 sources read publish one).

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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fee DIFC innovation licence | 1,500 USD | 1,500 to 1,500 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM non-financial initial registration | 5,500 USD | 5,500 to 5,500 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM non-financial annual renewal | 5,000 USD | 5,000 to 5,000 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM retail initial registration | 2,500 USD | 2,500 to 2,500 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM retail annual renewal | 2,000 USD | 2,000 to 2,000 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM financial initial registration | 16,700 USD | 16,700 to 16,700 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM tech startup licence | 1,500 USD | 1,500 to 1,500 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM data protection | 300 USD | 300 to 300 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM SPV registration | 1,900 USD | 1,900 to 1,900 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM auditor registration | 3,000 USD | 3,000 to 3,000 USD | 1 |
| fee DIFC SPV annual licence | 1,000 USD | 1,000 to 1,000 USD | 1 |
| fee DIFC SPV incorporation | 100 USD | 100 to 100 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM commercial licence fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 200 USD | 200 to 200 USD | 1 |
| fee ADGM data protection fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 300 USD | 300 to 300 USD | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 16,700 USD | ADGM financial initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 5,500 USD | ADGM non-financial initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 5,000 USD | ADGM non-financial annual renewal | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM auditor registration fees](https://www.adgm.com/operating-in-adgm/auditors/registration-fees) | 3,000 USD | ADGM auditor registration | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 2,500 USD | ADGM retail initial registration | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 2,000 USD | ADGM retail annual renewal | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-announces-fee-revision-for-commercial--licences-starting-2025) | 1,900 USD | ADGM SPV registration | 2026-10-24 |
| [DIFC Innovation Licence](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/innovation-licence) | 1,500 USD | DIFC innovation licence | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 1,500 USD | ADGM tech startup licence | 2026-10-24 |
| [DIFC special purpose vehicles](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/special-purpose-vehicles) | 1,000 USD | DIFC SPV annual licence | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) | 300 USD | ADGM data protection | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF)](https://assets.adgm.com/download/assets/Schedule+of+Fees+2025.pdf/6f25a452823d11ef808c3e0446867bce) | 300 USD | ADGM data protection fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 2026-10-24 |
| [ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF)](https://assets.adgm.com/download/assets/Schedule+of+Fees+2025.pdf/6f25a452823d11ef808c3e0446867bce) | 200 USD | ADGM commercial licence fee (incorporation, all entity types) | 2026-10-24 |
| [DIFC special purpose vehicles](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/special-purpose-vehicles) | 100 USD | DIFC SPV incorporation | 2026-10-24 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (14)

- [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.adgm.com/operating-in-adgm/auditors/registration-fees), read 2026-10-24: "Auditor CategoryRegistration FeesAll Audit FirmsPer Audit Principal$3,000$750"
- [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-announces-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](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/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](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-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)](https://assets.adgm.com/download/assets/Schedule+of+Fees+2025.pdf/6f25a452823d11ef808c3e0446867bce), read 2026-10-24: "Data Protection fee $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300"
- [ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF)](https://assets.adgm.com/download/assets/Schedule+of+Fees+2025.pdf/6f25a452823d11ef808c3e0446867bce), read 2026-10-24: "Commercial Licence fee $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200"
- [DIFC special purpose vehicles](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/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

- [ADGM Tech Startup licence](https://www.adgm.com/business-areas/tech-startup), read 2026-10-03: every candidate on the page was refused
- [DIFC Registrar of Companies handbooks and fees](https://www.difc.com/business/handbook-fees), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DIFC operating handbooks and fees](https://www.difc.com/business/operating-handbook-fees), read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DIFC Registrar of Companies](https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners/registrar-of-companies), read 2026-10-24: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [DIFC family businesses](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/family-businesses), read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ADGM registration and incorporation](https://www.adgm.com/registration-authority/registration-and-incorporation), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM setting-up FAQs](https://www.adgm.com/faqs/setting-up), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ADGM Rulebook: Commercial Licensing Regulations (Fees) Rules](https://en.adgm.thomsonreuters.com/rulebook/schedule-fees-4), 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

## Sources

- [DIFC special purpose vehicles](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/special-purpose-vehicles) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC Innovation Licence](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/innovation-licence) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM: commercial licence fees reduced from January 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-reduces-commercial-licence-fees-from-january-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM: fee revision for commercial licences starting 2025](https://www.adgm.com/media/announcements/adgm-announces-fee-revision-for-commercial--licences-starting-2025) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM auditor registration fees](https://www.adgm.com/operating-in-adgm/auditors/registration-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Tech Startup licence](https://www.adgm.com/business-areas/tech-startup) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC Registrar of Companies handbooks and fees](https://www.difc.com/business/handbook-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC operating handbooks and fees](https://www.difc.com/business/operating-handbook-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC Registrar of Companies](https://www.difc.com/business/registrars-and-commissioners/registrar-of-companies) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DIFC family businesses](https://www.difc.com/business/establish-a-business/family-businesses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM registration and incorporation](https://www.adgm.com/registration-authority/registration-and-incorporation) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM setting-up FAQs](https://www.adgm.com/faqs/setting-up) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Registration Authority Overview of Fees 2025 (PDF)](https://assets.adgm.com/download/assets/Schedule+of+Fees+2025.pdf/6f25a452823d11ef808c3e0446867bce) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ADGM Rulebook: Commercial Licensing Regulations (Fees) Rules](https://en.adgm.thomsonreuters.com/rulebook/schedule-fees-4) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- 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.

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