29/10/2026
Setting up a company in Sharjah? Shams or SPC Free Zone: both give you 100% ownership and a remote setup in a few days, but they are not built for the same businesses. Here is how to choose 👇
🎬 Shams fits media, content creation, design, marketing and consulting businesses. If you want to start on your own, Shams also issues freelance permits.
📚 SPC fits publishing, printing and businesses whose activities cover several sectors. It offers two packages: Publishing, for print, publishing, media and E-commerce, and Standard, which covers all available activities for trading and manufacturing.
Good to know before you decide:
✅ SPC lets you set up a company with up to 7 shareholders, a branch of an existing company, or a representative office.
✅ SPC is about 20 minutes from Dubai airport.
✅ Choose by your activity, not by the zone's name. The wrong choice can mean changing your license, or moving your company, later.
💬 Send us your activity on WhatsApp. We will tell you which Free Zone fits: Shams, SPC or another one.
👉 https://wa.me/971559678764
📖 Shams guide: https://freezonemarket.ae/set-up/sharjah/sharjah-media-city-free-zone-shams/
📖 SPC guide: https://freezonemarket.ae/set-up/sharjah/sharjah-publishing-city-free-zone-spc/
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