Dubai, UAE – The Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of the Dubai Chambers, announced its support and contribution to establishing and expanding the businesses of 1,690 digital startups during 2025.
With an annual growth of 39.7%.
This embodies the Chamber’s role in supporting Dubai’s position as a preferred global destination for the growth of digital companies and entrepreneurial projects.
According to the Chamber, artificial intelligence accounted for about 15% of the specializations of companies supported by the Chamber.
While the share of financial technology «FinTech» reached 12%.
The total share of companies specializing in mobility technology, companies providing software as a service, and companies operating in the e-commerce sector combined reached 20%.
While international companies constituted 75% of the total companies supported by the Chamber during the past year.
The Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy pointed out that His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, launched last October «Dubai Entrepreneurs Headquarters», a platform aimed at unifying and strengthening the system of emerging, small and medium companies in the emirate.
This is a joint initiative between the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism and the Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy.
To serve as an integrated platform to support innovation and enhance the growth of entrepreneurs in Dubai.
According to the Chamber, through the platform «Business in Dubai Support and Attraction», through which «Dubai Digital Economy» provides a package of corporate services in cooperation with a group of partners.
48% of the total companies supported by the Chamber in 2025 benefited from business establishment services.
In addition to opportunities to participate in accelerators and business incubators in Dubai.
31% of the companies supported by the Chamber also benefited from a variety of business support services provided by the platform.
The Chamber noted the launch of the third edition of the «Apply in Dubai Challenge», which witnessed a wide turnout from innovators and digital entrepreneurs.
It attracted more than 5,800 registration applications during its first and second sessions.
To effectively contribute to supporting the development and launch of more than 55 smart applications in the markets.
Events to strengthen partnerships
The Chamber also referred to the activities of the 10th session of the «Expand North Star 2025» exhibition, during October 2025.
Which attracted the participation of more than 2,000 startups and more than 1,200 investors managing assets worth more than $1.1 trillion.
40 companies «unicorns» with a total value of $900 billion also participated in the event.
Over the past year, the Chamber organized 36 events to strengthen partnerships and support sectors of the digital economy.
In addition to 17 introductory tours of global markets to showcase the components of the digital economy in Dubai.
Over the past year, the Chamber also launched eight reports, including an artificial intelligence guide for entrepreneurs.
Which aims to educate entrepreneurs about the artificial intelligence tools and mechanisms they need to launch and expand their projects efficiently and effectively.
