Sharjah · Free zone
SPC
Sharjah Publishing City
The honest read
What it is actually good at.
Nominally a publishing zone, in practice one of the most flexible authorities in the UAE on activity combinations. It also offers a dual licence giving access to Sharjah mainland, which very few free zones do.
Who is actually based here
Publishers, media businesses, consultancies, e-commerce and a broad mix of service companies attracted by the activity flexibility.
What it costs
Low, comparable to SHAMS, with unusually flexible activity combinations and a dual-licence route into Sharjah mainland.
How banks receive it
Similar to SHAMS — workable but slower than the Dubai zones.
Commonly licensed here
- Emirate
- Sharjah
- Type
- Free zone
- Location
- Sharjah Publishing City
- Established
- 2017
- Licence issuance
- 2–5 days
- Residence visas
- Flexible by package
- Ownership
- 100% foreign
- Premises
- Virtual, desks, offices
Timelines, quotas and package contents are indicative and change without notice. We confirm every one against the current schedule before you commit to anything.
Premises
Where the office actually goes.
SPC licenses from Sharjah Publishing City, and Al Majaz is the nearest district where you would realistically take space — near enough to be practical, and priced on its own terms rather than the zone's.
Sharjah's waterfront commercial and leisure quarter around Khalid Lagoon, with office towers, restaurants and the Al Majaz waterfront development. What SPC itself offers by way of premises: Virtual, desks, offices.
- District
- Al Majaz, Sharjah
- Typical rent
- Value band, materially below comparable Dubai space
- Licence type there
- Mainland
Questions
Sharjah Publishing City — nominally a publishing zone, in practice one of the most flexible UAE authorities on activity combinations.
A route giving access to Sharjah mainland alongside the free zone licence, which very few zones offer. It has its own conditions and costs.
Materially, yes — comparable to SHAMS and well below IFZA or Meydan.