UAE compliance is genuinely difficult — not because business owners are careless, but because the system demands expertise that most SMEs can't afford to keep in-house.
The average UAE SME juggles documents from 5–10 different government authorities. Each has its own portal, its own deadline, and its own consequences for being late.
Talk to any business owner in Dubai or Abu Dhabi and you'll hear the same story. The trade license expired while they were busy running the business. The MOHRE Establishment Card lapsed and the bank account got restricted three days before payroll. The FTA return was filed a week late because the reminder email went to a shared inbox nobody checks.
None of these are failures of intention. They're failures of infrastructure. UAE compliance is genuinely complex — 45+ authorities, Arabic and English documents, inter-dependent renewal dates — and the tools available to manage it were built for large enterprises or not built at all.
"The UAE is one of the best places in the world to start a business. It should also be one of the easiest places to stay compliant. We're working on that second part."
We built DXBComply to be the compliance layer that sits between a UAE business and the government authorities it answers to. Not a legal firm. Not a PRO service. Not another spreadsheet template. A piece of software that reads your documents, tracks your deadlines, and tells you what to do before things go wrong.
We started with the documents everyone has: trade licenses, Establishment Cards, and visa folios. We added AI extraction so you don't have to type expiry dates by hand. We wrote step-by-step renewal playbooks for DED, DMCC, FTA, MOHRE, and RERA so the knowledge lives in the product, not in one employee's head. And we built it to handle Arabic from day one — because most UAE government documents are issued in Arabic, and most compliance tools simply ignore that.
We're a small team, and DXBComply is still early. We're in the market, signing up founding customers, and shipping fast. We're not trying to be the biggest compliance company in the region — we're trying to be the most useful one for the businesses that need it most.
We believe a sole trader in Al Quoz should have the same compliance visibility as a multinational in DIFC. The only difference should be what they can afford to pay, not what they can afford to miss.
Three things that guide every product decision we make.
A renewal reminder you act on immediately is a product working exactly as designed. Our goal is a dashboard you open once a week and close in 60 seconds because everything is green. The drama happens when the tool fails — good compliance software removes the drama entirely.
The UAE operates in both Arabic and English. Government documents — the ones that actually matter for compliance — are frequently Arabic-only. We built Arabic document extraction from the start, not as a later feature. A compliance tool that can't read an Arabic Establishment Card isn't fit for purpose in this market.
DXBComply is software for tracking and managing compliance. We tell you what's expiring and what to do about it. We are not a law firm, a PRO service, or a government authority. We will never overstate what we can promise, and we will always tell you when you need a professional rather than a platform.
We're early, and we're shipping fast. Here's what's live and available to every customer right now.
All your UAE documents in one view, color-coded by urgency. Green, amber, red — you know your compliance health in one glance.
Secure storage for all your UAE government documents. Upload once, access forever. AI extracts expiry dates and entity details automatically.
Step-by-step guides for every major UAE renewal: DED, DMCC, FTA, MOHRE, RERA. Exact documents, fees, and submission steps.
A timeline view of every upcoming renewal and deadline. See the full year in one view — never be surprised by a bunched deadline month again.
Ask anything about UAE compliance. What documents do I need for a DED renewal? What's the MOHRE fine for a late Establishment Card? Instant answers.
PRO firms and business setup consultants can share a live compliance view with each client via a secure link — no client account required.
If you're running a UAE business and compliance is a pain point, we'd like to talk to you. Founding members get locked-in pricing, direct access to the team, and early access to every new feature we ship.