- The name should not contradict the activity.
- The business activity should be reflected in the business name; for example, you cannot have (A B C) as a trade name for consultancy licence, it should be (A B C Consultancy or similar).
- The name should not be reserved if it is protected/has copyright against it.
- UAE, Emirates, City’s names, Districts, and Airports Codes of UAE are Restricted.
- The trade name cannot start with "International" "Middle East" "Global" ... Nor can it be translated.
- The name should not have obscene or indecent words and should not be offending to the general public even if it is a person’s name.
- The name should not include Allah's name nor «God» or His divine attributes neither in Arabic nor in English; i.e. AL QADER, AL ALEEM, AL RAZZAQ…etc.
- Family names, tribes' names and other persons' names should not be used as a trade name unless first name is included and must be a name of one of the proposed shareholders. Individual first names of Arabic origin can be used if the name belongs to one of the proposed shareholders. Family names would be used only if the first name...