Through the UAE’s National Economic register (NER), businesses can view online their business licence details which the government has on record and get instant information about existing companies and business activities in the UAE.
National Economic Register (NER) is an integrated platform between the federal and local entities and one of government accelerators initiatives launched during the UAE Government Annual Meetings held in September 2017. NER serves government policies aimed at enhancing the capabilities and enablers of the knowledge-based economy and the integration and sharing of government data at the national level. It enables government entities, businessmen, researchers and customers to get instant, accurate and comprehensive information about existing economic licences, data, statistics, activities and reports.
Through NER, one may inquire about a business licence by entering a business name, a licence number or the Economic register number (CBLS) . One may also inquire about a business activity or generate reports on:
NER aims to:
Being responsible for the eServices index, Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) handles system integration of NER in coordination with Ministry of Economy and the local business licensing authorities across the UAE.
Additionally, TRA is mandated to take the challenge of decreasing the time needed for exchange of information between local and national registers and increase the numbers of NER’s users to 55 per cent within a period of 100 days since the launch of the initiative in February 2018.
List of business licensing authorities in the UAE
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