Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
Standalone Dubai Government free zone in the Jumeirah Lakes Towers district for commodities, tech, crypto and finance.
- Authority
- DMCC (Government of Dubai)
- Founded
- 2002
- Focus
- Commodities · Tech · Crypto · Finance
- Reported
- Estimated
- Not published
Benchmark
Companies vs peers
Top signals
- Welcomed 2,300+ new companies in 2025; tech community surpassed 4,000 members.DMCC press release
- Sector ecosystems at end-2025: 3,600+ energy companies and nearly 2,000 across private capital and finance.DMCC FY2025 results press release (14 Apr 2026)
- DMCC Crypto Centre membership passed 750 companies in 2025, with 180 new members.DMCC Annual Report 2025
- DMCC reports a 15% share of Dubai's annual FDI (2024 and 2025); 11% in 2023.DMCC Annual Report 2025
- Indian member companies passed 4,000 in Aug 2026 (4,080, 15%+ of the community); 1,000+ Chinese companies registered.DMCC press release (5 Aug 2026)
Ecosystems
Membership is organised into physical and licensing clusters — the commodity centres DMCC was founded on, plus the tech centres that now drive most new registrations.
Dubai Diamond Exchange
Rough and polished diamond trading floor and tender house inside Almas Tower.
- USD 41.7bndiamond trade through Dubai, 2025
- 103diamond and precious-stone tenders and auctions hosted, 2025
Gold & precious metals
Bullion trading, refining standards (Dubai Good Delivery) and vaulting for the Dubai gold market.
- 15%Dubai's share of global gold trade
- AED 2.97bnof gold financed via Tradeflow, 2025
DMCC Tea Centre
Purpose-built storage, blending, packing and trading facility for multi-origin teas.
- 15,214 tof multi-origin tea handled, 2025
- 43,000 tannual handling capacity
DMCC Coffee Centre
Green-bean storage, roasting and processing hub serving producers and traders.
- 8,200+ tof coffee handled, 2025
- 300+active members, 2025
DMCC Crypto Centre
Licensing and co-working hub for crypto, blockchain and Web3 firms.
- 750+member companies, end-2025
- 180new members joined, 2025
DMCC Gaming Centre
Cluster for game studios, publishers and esports businesses.
- 165member companies, Aug 2026
- +30%membership growth, 12 months to Aug 2026
DMCC AI Centre
Two floors of Uptown Tower for AI firms, alongside the Crypto and Gaming Centres.
- 159member companies, end-2025
- 77new members joined, 2025
DMCC Tradeflow
Digital registry of possession and ownership of commodities in approved UAE storage, used for Islamic finance.
- 296,000Islamic finance transactions registered, 2025
- AED 1.32tnunderlying value of those transactions, 2025
Companies
2020 → 2025Net new companies
2020 → 2025- Welcomed 2,300+ new companies in 2025; tech community surpassed 4,000 members.DMCC press release
- Sector ecosystems at end-2025: 3,600+ energy companies and nearly 2,000 across private capital and finance.DMCC FY2025 results press release (14 Apr 2026)
- DMCC Crypto Centre membership passed 750 companies in 2025, with 180 new members.DMCC Annual Report 2025
- DMCC reports a 15% share of Dubai's annual FDI (2024 and 2025); 11% in 2023.DMCC Annual Report 2025
- Indian member companies passed 4,000 in Aug 2026 (4,080, 15%+ of the community); 1,000+ Chinese companies registered.DMCC press release (5 Aug 2026)
- Tradeflow transaction value AED 1.3tn in 2025, down from a 2023 peak of AED 1.92tn (USD 522bn).DMCC Annual Report 2025
- 87 residential and commercial towers in JLT; 100,000+ people live and work in JLT and Uptown Dubai.DMCC — Business
- Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT) is DMCC's physical district, not a separate authority.DMCC
All sources retrieved 27–28 Aug 2026.
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- DMCC Annual Report 2025
- DMCC FY2025 results press release (14 Apr 2026)
- DMCC — business setup packages
- DMCC — Dubai free zone company setup cost (blog)
- DMCC press release (5 Aug 2026)
- DMCC — Business
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- DMCC Tradeflow
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