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Top 25 Holding companies based in the United Arab Emirates
RevenueBase identified 120 holding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026 and tracks 3,767 professional contacts across them, including 720 with verified work emails. Dubai is the largest hub.
This list covers holding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest holding companies based in the United Arab Emirates
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,230 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2007, Seddiqi Holding is a family-owned and managed company with a unique, diversified portfolio of businesses and brands across numerous sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 298 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mazrui International is a privately-held diversified holding company that operates across numerous industries and asset classes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “DAS Holding is an Abu Dhabi-based international investment holding company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Buhaleeba Holding Group was founded in 1984 and considered to be one of the United Arab Emirates(UAE)’s leading business houses that have left its distinct mark in diversified…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Jagal is an investment holding that manages a diverse portfolio of industrial and infrastructure businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ANH was the brain-child of Abdulla Nasser Huwaileel who foresaw the need for a soundly based local holding company to serve as a vehicle to develop new schemes and to handle all…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Active since the late 60s, Green Coast Enterprises was formally established by Abdulghaffar Hussain in 1977 as a holding company to consolidate his investments and assets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Al Ahlia Group was established in 1979, in Abu Dhabi by the most influential UAE Nationals with a vision to bring Technology and Professionalism in business in UAE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “United Arab Shipping Company Services Ltd.(USL) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UASC, co-owned by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Alpha Dhabi Holding (ADX: ALPHADHABI) is one of the largest and fastest-growing investment holding companies in the MENA region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From its humble beginnings in 1991, Abbasi Group has grown considerably, keeping pace with the amazing growth of the Emirates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ANAX is a holding company at the forefront of driving growth and success across diverse industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hattan is a dynamic and diversified holding company at the forefront of innovation and excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Ayana Holding is an internationally recognized organization with market leading businesses and investments that provide services across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2017 by Abdulla Al Shaibani, Axeed LLC is a Dubai-based holding company built to manage, support, and scale a diverse portfolio of businesses across real estate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Welcome to NG9 Holding, a dynamic union of visionary entities – Nirvana Holding, Gewan Holding, and 9Yards Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Abu Dhabi-based conglomerate investing in a wide range of leading businesses, brands, and asset classes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ghobash Group capitalizes on opportunities within promising industry sectors by either acquiring existing companies or establishing new businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are a holding company that operates dynamic, all well - established entities and primarily growth-oriented businesses which are leading specialists in their own fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Serdal Holding is a holding company established in Abu Dhabi aiming to promote and develop diversified businesses across a range of key sectors at both local and international…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Al khaja Holding is a Group of Company it has multi business companies” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “APEX Investment P.S.C is a diversified investment holding company, with investment across sectors including Commercial Catering, Facilities Management, Contracting and Auxiliary…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At 1707 Capital, we are a strategic holding company overseeing a diverse portfolio of operating businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MBMG was founded in the late 90's when its founder Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Strata was created to consolidate and manage a diversified group of companies operating under its umbrella.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: holding companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names holding companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of holding companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name holding companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Holding companies based in the United Arab Emirates at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Arab Emirates, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Arab Emirates, over 120 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among holding companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates whose own description of what they do matches “holding companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names holding companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among holding companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Arab Emirates are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 720 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Holding companies by metro
- Holding companies in Dubai68
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names holding companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many holding companies are there based in the United Arab Emirates?
RevenueBase identified 120 holding companies headquartered in the United Arab Emirates as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Seddiqi Holding, headquartered in Dubai, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most holding companies?
Dubai leads with 68 headquartered companies, followed by Abu Dhabi (18) and Dhabi (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 720 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 120 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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