Serviced offices in the United Arab Emirates are lockable, furnished rooms inside managed buildings, let on a monthly agreement instead of a multi-year commercial lease. Wezoo lists 39 addresses across five emirates, from a single-person room in Ajman to a 129 square metre suite on Al Maryah Island. This page sets out what is in those rooms, where they are, what the operators list as a starting price, how much space a team of a given size actually needs, who may rent one, and how to send a request.
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What you get with serviced offices in the United Arab Emirates — and what you do not
Every one of the 39 addresses is listed as a serviced office, not a shell. That is the single most useful fact about the UAE supply: there is no mixed set here of fitted and unfitted floors. The room arrives with desks, chairs and lighting in place, the operator runs reception, cleaning, internet and utilities, and the monthly figure covers them. In 39 of the listings the minimum term is one month.
What sits inside the room varies by building, and the listings say so one by one. Most addresses list both external offices (rooms on the window line) and internal ones without a window; One Central and Hub71 list neither label and instead run from a three-person room up to a fifty-person suite in the same building.
Shared, not dedicated, is the rule for everything outside the four walls. Breakout space is listed at most of the 39 addresses; catering at most of them too; a lounge at a smaller group including CommerCity, JAFZA One Tower A and the Chamber of Commerce Building in Ajman. A coffee and tea bar is listed at two addresses only, CommerCity and ADGM Al Maqam Tower; a restaurant in the building at one, ADGM Al Maqam Tower. Where a listing does not carry a feature, assume it is not there and ask.
Three things are plainly not included. Meeting rooms are a shared facility and usually a separate line on the bill rather than an allowance you can count on. Parking is listed at roughly half the addresses and at the rest only as nearby public parking. And a serviced office is not, by itself, a trade licence: the operator supplies the space and the tenancy paperwork, and the licensing and visa route runs through the relevant free zone or the Department of Economic Development, which is also where the conditions sit. Several of the buildings below sit inside a free zone of their own: ADGM on Al Maryah Island, DAFZA at the airport and JAFZA at Jebel Ali, and each publishes its own licence conditions. If your licence depends on a specific free zone, say which one in your request, because several of the buildings below are inside one.
Where serviced offices is available in the United Arab Emirates — the cities and how many buildings in each
The supply is concentrated, and heavily. Dubai carries roughly two thirds of it and Abu Dhabi most of the rest; the three northern emirates on the list have one or two addresses each, which is worth knowing before you build a shortlist around them.
- Dubai: 24 serviced office addresses: browse Dubai →
- Abu Dhabi: 11 serviced office addresses: browse Abu Dhabi →
- Sharjah: 2 serviced office addresses: browse Sharjah →
- Ajman: 1 serviced office address: browse Ajman →
- Ras Al Khaimah: 1 serviced office address: browse Ras Al Khaimah →
Inside Dubai the addresses cluster in four recognisable places rather than spreading evenly: the Sheikh Zayed Road corridor and Downtown (Dubai World Trade Centre C1, Sheikh Rashid Tower, Boulevard Plaza Tower 1), the free zones at the airport and Jebel Ali (Dubai Airport Freezone, JAFZA One Tower A, CommerCity), the Marina and Media City side, and Business Bay. In Abu Dhabi the split is between Al Maryah Island, where ADGM sits, and the industrial and business parks inland. The two Sharjah addresses are both in Al Nahda; Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah each have a single tower.
Alongside the offices, the same country page carries virtual offices in the United Arab Emirates, useful if what you actually need is a business address rather than a room.
What serviced offices costs in the United Arab Emirates
Operators publish a starting price per office, per month, in dirhams. Across the UAE listings the lowest is AED 839 per month, at DAMAC Smart Heights in Dubai, and the highest is AED 116,480 per month, for the fifty-person suite at One Central. Every price on this page is quoted in AED because every one of the 39 buildings prices in AED.
Two things to understand about that number before you compare anything. First, a starting price is a floor: it is the cheapest room in that building at the cheapest term the operator will write, and the term the figure belongs to is not published with it. Treat it as the point at which a conversation starts, not as a quote. Second, one of the 39 addresses, Hub71 in Abu Dhabi, carries no starting price at all. That is the shape of the product rather than a gap in the data: the operator quotes against your team size and term after you enquire.
Where the price does tell you something is in the ranking of places. The three northern emirates are the cheap end: Ajman from AED 929, Ras Al Khaimah from AED 1,089, Sharjah from AED 1,598. Abu Dhabi runs from AED 2,277 in the inland parks to AED 15,387 on Al Maryah Island, which is the widest spread of any emirate on the list. Dubai starts lower than Abu Dhabi and ends higher. Asking for the same room on a longer term is the usual way the number moves.
How much space you need: team size, desks and floor area
The listings give two figures per office: a maximum number of occupants and a floor area in square metres. Read the occupant figure as a ceiling. An office listed for eight holds up to eight, so a team of eight needs an office listed for eight or more, not one listed for six.
Against the UAE supply that works out roughly like this. A sole trader or a pair: rooms listed from one to two occupants exist at DAMAC Smart Heights, the Chamber of Commerce Building in Ajman, Julphar Tower in Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai World Trade Centre C1, Boulevard Plaza Tower 1 and JAFZA One Tower A, with floor areas listed from one to six square metres. A team of three to six is the best-served size in the country: it is listed at nearly every one of the 39 addresses.
For seven to twelve the field narrows to the larger towers: Dubai Airport Freezone and Boulevard Plaza Tower 1 list up to fourteen, Media City and Metal Park Kezad up to eleven and twelve. Above twenty people there are three addresses in the whole country: One Central and Hub71, both listed to fifty, and Standard Chartered Tower in Dubai, listed to thirty-five.
On floor area, the largest rooms listed in the country are the 129 square metre suites at One Central and Hub71; the next tier is around 44 to 47 square metres at Boulevard Plaza Tower 1 and CommerCity. There is no statutory minimum floor area per person in the UAE that we can point you to, so do not treat these numbers as a compliance test; they are what the operator has measured. If a specific free zone or your own HSE policy sets a figure, check it against the room before you sign.
Who can rent serviced offices — individuals, startups and established companies
Individuals can. A serviced office is let on a monthly agreement with the operator, not a commercial lease registered against a company, so a sole trader or freelancer with a licence can take a one-person room at DAMAC Smart Heights, Julphar Tower or the Ajman Chamber of Commerce Building as readily as a company can. The operator will ask who the tenant is and what the licence covers.
Startups and growing teams are the obvious fit, and the UAE supply is built for them: three-to-six-person rooms at nearly every address, one-month minimum terms, and buildings where you can move up a size without changing postcode. Hub71 in Abu Dhabi is the clearest example of a startup-facing address in the set, inside the ADGM cluster on Al Maryah Island.
Established companies use these rooms in two ways: as a first UAE presence while a longer-term decision waits, and as an overflow or project floor next to an existing headquarters. The ADGM and DIFC-adjacent addresses exist largely for the first case.
And the honest negative. This is the wrong product if you need a bare shell to fit out to your own brand, a tenancy registered in your own name for a specific licensing route that requires it, or a lease long enough to amortise your own fit-out. Those are the whole-floor commercial market, not this one. It is also the wrong product if all you need is a registered address and post handling. That is a virtual office, and it costs a fraction of a room.
16 serviced office addresses in the United Arab Emirates
These are 16 of the 39 addresses, chosen to cover all five emirates and the full range of room sizes. Every figure comes from the operator listing.
1. Dubai World Trade Centre C1 — Dubai
On Sheikh Zayed Road at the Trade Centre, which is as central as the Dubai set gets. The listing runs from a one-person room of six square metres up to nine people at thirty, and it is one of the few addresses here that lists public transport, public parking and its own parking together. Breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access are listed.
10 individual offices listed, from AED 2,149 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 9 people, floor area 6 to 30 square metres.
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2. One Central — Dubai
The eighth and ninth floors of The Offices 4 at One Central, inside the World Trade Centre district. This is the widest single range in the country: three people at seven square metres at one end, fifty at 129 at the other, in the same building. Only five offices are listed, so the supply here is large rooms rather than many of them. Public transport and public parking are listed; nothing else is.
5 individual offices listed, from AED 7,080 per month. Stated capacity 3 to 50 people, floor area 7 to 129 square metres.
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3. Boulevard Plaza Tower 1 — Dubai
Downtown, at Boulevard Plaza. Twelve offices spanning one to fourteen occupants and five to forty-four square metres, the second-widest spread in Dubai after One Central, and the broadest at the small end. Public transport, public parking, breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access are listed; dedicated parking is not.
12 individual offices listed, from AED 2,335 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 14 people, floor area 5 to 44 square metres.
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4. Sheikh Rashid Tower — Dubai
The eighth floor of Sheikh Rashid Tower on Sheikh Zayed Road, run by HQ. Twenty offices from two to eleven people, seven to thirty-four square metres. The feature list is short by Dubai standards: public transport, public parking and catering, with no lounge or breakout space listed.
20 individual offices listed, from AED 3,058 per month. Stated capacity 2 to 11 people, floor area 7 to 34 square metres.
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5. CommerCity — Dubai
In Umm Ramool at Dubai CommerCity, the e-commerce free zone next to the airport, run by Spaces. With 42 offices listed this is the deepest single address in the country, with more rooms than any other UAE building, from two to fifteen people and eight to forty-seven square metres. It is also one of only two addresses that list a coffee and tea bar, alongside parking, breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access.
42 individual offices listed, from AED 2,898 per month. Stated capacity 2 to 15 people, floor area 8 to 47 square metres.
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6. Dubai Airport Freezone — Dubai
The fifth floor of the 8W building inside Dubai Airport Free Zone. Twenty-seven offices from two to fourteen people and seven to forty-five square metres, which makes it one of the two Dubai addresses that can take a team of fourteen. Public transport, public parking, breakout space and catering are listed. Worth a look if your licence sits in DAFZA.
27 individual offices listed, from AED 2,478 per month. Stated capacity 2 to 14 people, floor area 7 to 45 square metres.
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7. JAFZA One Tower A — Dubai
JAFZA One, in the Jebel Ali Free Zone at the other end of the city from the airport. Twenty-one offices, one to nine people, three to twenty-eight square metres. The three square metre room is among the smallest listed anywhere in the UAE. Parking, breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access are listed; public transport is not.
21 individual offices listed, from AED 3,149 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 9 people, floor area 3 to 28 square metres.
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8. Media City — Dubai
The Spaces address in Dubai Media City, on the Marina side of the city. Twenty offices from one to twelve people and six to thirty-six square metres. Public transport, public parking, breakout space and catering are listed.
20 individual offices listed, from AED 2,745 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 12 people, floor area 6 to 36 square metres.
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9. DAMAC Smart Heights — Dubai
In Business Bay, and the cheapest entry point in the country: the lowest starting price of all 39 addresses, for a room listed at one square metre and one occupant. The ten offices here run up to nine people at twenty-eight square metres. Parking, breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access are listed.
10 individual offices listed, from AED 839 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 9 people, floor area 1 to 28 square metres.
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10. ADGM AL Maqam Tower — Abu Dhabi
Regus at ADGM Square on Al Maryah Island, inside Abu Dhabi Global Market. The most expensive starting price in Abu Dhabi, and the feature list explains part of it: parking and public parking, breakout space, catering, a coffee and tea bar, a lounge, a restaurant in the building and wheelchair access, the longest list of any UAE address here. Fourteen offices, three to eight people, eleven to twenty-six square metres.
14 individual offices listed, from AED 15,387 per month. Stated capacity 3 to 8 people, floor area 11 to 26 square metres.
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11. Hub71 — Abu Dhabi
Al Khatem Tower at ADGM Square, also on Al Maryah Island, run by WeWork and the home of the Hub71 startup cluster. Five offices spanning three to fifty people and seven to 129 square metres, the same wide shape as One Central. This is the one address in the UAE set with no published starting price: the operator quotes after you enquire. Public parking is listed.
5 individual offices listed, pricing on request. Stated capacity 3 to 50 people, floor area 7 to 129 square metres.
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12. Cubes Park B1 — Abu Dhabi
The first floor of the B1 building at Cubes Park, inland from the island. Nineteen offices, three to nine people, eleven to twenty-eight square metres, with parking and public parking, breakout space, catering and wheelchair access listed.
19 individual offices listed, from AED 3,117 per month. Stated capacity 3 to 9 people, floor area 11 to 28 square metres.
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13. Metal Park Kezad — Abu Dhabi
In KEZAD, the Khalifa Economic Zone south of the city, and the cheapest Abu Dhabi address on the list. Seventeen offices from three to eleven people and nine to thirty-four square metres. The feature list is deliberately short, breakout space and catering only, which is what you would expect from an industrial-zone address.
17 individual offices listed, from AED 2,277 per month. Stated capacity 3 to 11 people, floor area 9 to 34 square metres.
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14. Sahara Healthcare City — Sharjah
On Al Nahda street in Al Nahda 1, one of the two Sharjah addresses. Eighteen offices, two to seven people, eight to twenty-two square metres, with public parking, breakout space and catering listed. The smallest rooms in the emirate and a starting price well below either Dubai or Abu Dhabi.
18 individual offices listed, from AED 1,598 per month. Stated capacity 2 to 7 people, floor area 8 to 22 square metres.
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15. Chamber of Commerce Building — Ajman
Level 12 of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce building, and the only serviced office address in the emirate. Twelve offices from one to six people and two to twenty square metres, which makes it the cheapest small-room address in the country after DAMAC Smart Heights. Parking and public parking, breakout space, catering, a lounge and wheelchair access are listed.
12 individual offices listed, from AED 929 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 6 people, floor area 2 to 20 square metres.
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16. Julphar Tower — Ras Al Khaimah
Level 42 of Julphar Tower, the single serviced office address in Ras Al Khaimah. Thirteen offices from one to seven people and three to twenty-three square metres. Public parking, breakout space, catering and wheelchair access are listed. The northern emirates are the low end of the national price range and this is the clearest example.
13 individual offices listed, from AED 1,089 per month. Stated capacity 1 to 7 people, floor area 3 to 23 square metres.
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How to request serviced offices on Wezoo
A serviced office is requested, not booked. There is no instant checkout for a room you will hold for months, because the operator has to match a specific office to your team size and term and then quote.
The route is short. Pick the emirate from the list above and open its page, or go straight to a building from the sixteen on this page. On the building page, choose the office that fits your team, remembering that the occupant figure is a ceiling, and send the request. Say how many people, when you want to move in, how long you expect to stay, and whether your licence is tied to a particular free zone. That last line saves a round of email more often than anything else in the UAE.
The operator replies with a quote against your term. Starting prices on this page are floors, so expect the number to move with the length of the agreement and the room you pick. Nothing is committed until you sign with the operator.
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Frequently asked questions
How many serviced offices are there in the United Arab Emirates?
Wezoo lists 39 serviced office addresses in the UAE: 24 in Dubai, 11 in Abu Dhabi, two in Sharjah, one in Ajman and one in Ras Al Khaimah.
How much does a serviced office cost in the United Arab Emirates?
Published starting prices run from AED 839 per month at DAMAC Smart Heights in Dubai to AED 116,480 per month for a fifty-person suite at One Central. A starting price is a floor for the cheapest room in that building, and the term it belongs to is not published, so treat it as the start of a quote rather than the quote itself.
Can I rent a serviced office in Dubai as an individual?
Yes. A serviced office is let on a monthly agreement with the operator rather than a registered commercial lease, and one-person rooms are listed at DAMAC Smart Heights in Dubai, Julphar Tower in Ras Al Khaimah and the Chamber of Commerce Building in Ajman, among others. The operator will ask what your licence covers.
What is the shortest term for a serviced office in the UAE?
One month at 39 of the UAE listings, which is the minimum term the operators publish. Longer terms are usually where the starting price moves in your favour.
Does a serviced office come with a trade licence or visas?
No. The operator provides the room and the tenancy paperwork; the licence and any visa quota run through the relevant free zone authority or the Department of Economic Development, and the conditions sit with them. If your licence is tied to a specific free zone, say so in your request, because several of these buildings sit inside one.
How much office space does a team of six need?
Offices listed for six or more occupants are available at nearly every UAE address, typically in the nine to thirty square metre range. The occupant figure is a ceiling, so a team of six needs a room listed for six or more.
