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Indian, Pakistani businesses top list of new firms joining Dubai Chamber in 2025
In terms of sectoral distribution among new members who joined the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during 2025, the real estate, renting, and business services sector ranked first
- PUBLISHED: Tue 17 Feb 2026, 2:13 PM
Indian and Pakistani businesses topped the list of foreign new companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce last year.
A statement issued on Tuesday revealed that a total of 18,486 new members from India joined the chamber during 2025, a year-on-year growth of 11 per cent. Indian-owned businesses continued to top the list of new foreign companies joining the chamber.
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Pakistan ranked second with 9,138 new companies registered in 2025, an increase of 12 per cent compared to 2024. Egypt followed in third place with 5,043 new Egyptian companies joining the chamber.
The United Kingdom ranked fourth with 2,733 new companies, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 5 per cent, while 2,721 Bangladeshi companies joined the chamber last year, growing by 15 per cent.
Syria ranked sixth with 1,907 new companies joining in 2025. China came in seventh place with 1,583 new companies, registering 7 per cent annual growth, while Jordan ranked eighth with 1,325 new businesses.
Türkiye secured ninth place with 1,308 new companies, while the United States rounded out the top ten with 1,054 new member companies.
With 71,830 new companies joining in 2025, the chamber’s active membership climbed to 292,486 by the end of the year, up from 258,318 in 2024 and representing annual growth of 13.2 per cent.
In terms of sectoral distribution among new members who joined the Dubai Chamber of Commerce during 2025, the real estate, renting, and business services sector ranked first, accounting for 37.6 per cent of new member activity. This is followed by the wholesale and retail trade sector, which accounted for 34.5 per cent. The construction sector came third with a share of 17.2 per cent, while the social and personal services sector ranked fourth at 7.9 per cent, followed by the transport, storage, and communications sector in fifth place with 7.2 per cent of new member activity.
