Dubai, UAE – A new report issued by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of the Dubai Chambers, revealed that Indian companies continued to lead the list of new foreign companies joining the Chamber’s membership during the year 2025.
With 18,486 new members, an 11% growth compared to the number of Indian companies that joined during the same period in 2024.
Pakistan ranked second, with 9,138 new companies in 2025, an annual increase of 12%.
While Egypt ranked third on the list of nationalities of companies joining the Chamber’s membership.
The number of new Egyptian companies registered as members of the Chamber last year reached 5,043 companies.
The UK ranked fourth with 2,733 new companies, an annual growth of 5%.
Bangladesh came in fifth place, with 2,721 new companies from Bangladesh joining the Chamber last year, a 15% year-on-year growth.
Syria came in sixth place with 1,907 new companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.
Chinese companies ranked seventh with 1,583 new companies joining, a growth of 7% year-on-year.
Jordan came in eighth place with 1,325 new companies.
Türkiye ranked ninth with 1,308 new companies.
While the United States of America came in tenth place with the addition of 1,054 new companies.
With 71,830 new companies joining the Chamber’s membership during 2025, the total number of Chamber members increased to 292,486 active companies by the end of 2025 compared to 258,318 companies in 2024, a growth of 13.2%.
In terms of the sectoral distribution of new companies joining the Dubai Chamber of Commerce membership during 2025, the real estate sector, leasing sector, and business services accounted for 37.6% of the activities of new members.
The wholesale and retail trade sector followed with a share of 34.5%, while the construction sector came in third place with 17.2%.
The social and personal services sector came in fourth place with 7.9%, followed by the transportation, storage and communications sector with 7.2%.
