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Abu Dhabi business growth: professional licences up 193 percent in Q1, commercial rise 20 percent

July 13, 2026·Economy Middle East

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Professional licensing growth at this magnitude typically reflects expanded regulatory appetite for knowledge-intensive sectors—consulting, engineering, legal services—sectors that historically correlate with elevated capital expenditure cycles and diversification initiatives across the UAE economy. Commercial licensing expansion at a more measured 20 percent pace suggests sustained but uneven momentum in retail and services, a pattern consistent with post-pandemic normalization in the broader GCC where Abu Dhabi's services sector has become increasingly central to non-oil economic activity. These licensing metrics serve as leading indicators for employment, private-sector wage growth, and consumption patterns that downstream affect bank lending activity and equity market sector compositio

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