As your business grows, your licence has to keep up. Here is how UAE company amendments work, adding activities, changing your name, updating capital, and what each one costs.
Your trade licence is not fixed for life. As your business evolves, you may need to add a new activity, change your trade name, bring in capital, or update your Memorandum of Association. In the UAE, each of these is a formal amendment with the licensing authority, and doing it correctly keeps you compliant and avoids fines for operating outside your licensed scope.
Common company amendments
- Adding or removing a business activity
- Changing the trade name
- Increasing or decreasing share capital
- Changing the legal form or licence category
- Amending the MOA or AOA
- Updating managers, signatories, or the registered address
How to add an activity to your trade licence
Adding an activity is one of the most common amendments. We confirm the activity is permitted under your licence type and jurisdiction, draft the resolution, update the MOA where needed, and process the change with the authority so your licence legally covers what you actually do. Operating outside your listed activities risks fines, so keep the licence current as you expand.
What do amendments cost?
Costs depend on the amendment and the authority. Adding an activity typically starts from around AED 1,500 including our fee, plus government and activity fees that vary by emirate and free zone. Trade name changes, capital changes, and MOA amendments each have their own fees. We publish an indicative breakdown and confirm an exact quote for your licence.
Do I need to amend my MOA?
Changes to share capital, legal form, or shareholders require an amended and notarised Memorandum of Association. If you are changing ownership specifically, that is handled as a share transfer, which has its own process and approvals.
Whatever you need to change, we prepare the resolutions, notarisation, and approvals so it goes through cleanly. Tell us what you want to amend and we will confirm the process and a fixed quote in AED.
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