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Sharjah offers four kinds of space, and the choice shapes licensing and cost. Inner-city industrial districts offer warehouses and workshops under a mainland licence from the Sharjah Economic Development Department. Al Sajaa Industrial Oasis, about 14 million square feet backed by Sharjah Asset Management Holding, was reported in 2018 to offer freehold and 100-year lease plots, and is not a free zone. Hamriyah Free Zone, established in 1995, and SAIF Zone beside the airport offer free zone plots, warehouses and offices. SAIF Zone lists plots from 2,500 square metres. This is the market behind industrial real estate and rental.
Small firms start with warehouses for rent or workshop spaces. Manufacturers look at industrial zone plots and factory buildings. Traders who need a free zone licence use free zone company setup services. Contractors working across the emirate rent forklifts, cranes, portacabins and open yards instead of buying. Our guide to sourcing industrial suppliers covers vetting.
Ask where your customers are. A mainland licence suits firms selling inside the UAE. A free zone suits re-export and port-linked work, with the free zone authority managing licensing and customs on site. SAIF Zone says Sharjah Customs and immigration services operate within the zone. Sajaa suits firms needing large plots and trucking access near the airport and Hamriyah port. Confirm the permitted activity before you sign a lease: factories need approval from Sharjah Municipality and the environmental authorities, and fit-out needs Civil Defence plan approval.
Check the plot's power and gas connection with the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority, floor load, ceiling height, truck access and whether the unit has Civil Defence compliance. Ask who pays service charges and what the lease says about subletting. A 2025 campaign inspected storage height, sprinkler clearance and exits, so the layout you plan should comply. Post a requirement with your size, activity and area preference.
Sharjah's industry sits in three places. The first is the Sharjah Industrial Area inside the city, a run of numbered districts mostly along the Dubai border. Wikipedia lists 18 of them plus Al Sajaa, and describes workshops, warehouses, scrap yards, auto parts dealers, building materials firms, engineering contractors and the head office of a paint maker.
The second is Al Sajaa, further out near the airport and Al Hamriyah Port. A 2018 Gulf News report described the Al Sajaa Industrial Oasis, about 14 million square feet backed by Sharjah Asset Management Holding, as land for firms leaving the inner-city areas. It is not a free zone. Sajaa is also where the Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) runs a gas and condensate processing complex with a hub for pipelines to the Northern Emirates.
The third is the free zones. Hamriyah Free Zone was set up in 1995, covers about 24 square kilometres according to Wikipedia, has its own deep-water port, and holds an LPG storage terminal with a marine berth. SAIF Zone, beside Sharjah International Airport, lists offices, purpose-built warehouses, plots from 2,500 square metres for custom factories or warehouses, and a jewellery manufacturing park. The Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park, a free zone, sits in University City.
Sharjah has ports on two coasts. Gulftainer lists the Sharjah Container Terminal, the Khorfakkan Commercial Terminal on the east coast, the Sharjah Dry Port and the Sajaa Dry Port among the facilities it manages. Hamriyah's port is described as 14 metres deep. By road, the E311 and E611 connect to Dubai, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah, and the E88 Al Dhaid Road runs across to Fujairah. Many buyers also clear cargo at Jebel Ali in Dubai, so ask your forwarder which gate suits your load.
The Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) licenses businesses and has an industrial-area branch; its page says factories also need approval from Sharjah Municipality and the environmental authorities. Sharjah Municipality handles building permits, product approvals and food control. Sharjah Civil Defence approves plans, issues hazardous materials permits and compliance certificates, and ran a large inspection campaign in the industrial zones in the first half of 2025. The Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) supplies power, water and piped natural gas. Companies inside a free zone deal with that zone's own authority first.
Building materials, paints, engineering workshops, auto parts and general trading dominate the inner industrial districts. Food processing has a foothold in Hamriyah, where a halal processed meat factory was reported in 2017. Gas, condensate and LPG handling drive oilfield and process-equipment demand at Sajaa and Hamriyah. Farming is small, centred on Al Dhaid. Sharjah is not a mining or heavy-steel city, so those buyers look to Abu Dhabi or the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
