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Dubai Production City Company Setup Guide

Published 26 Jul 2026 · 1 min read

Dubai Production City (formerly International Media Production Zone) is a TECOM free zone built for printing, publishing, advertising production and broader media-manufacturing businesses — the physical-production side of the media industry, complementing the more content-and-broadcast-focused Dubai Media City.

What Dubai Production City is built for

Dubai Production City licenses printing, packaging, publishing production, advertising production and related media-manufacturing activities, with warehouse and production-facility space for businesses that physically print or manufacture media products, alongside standard offices for supporting service businesses in the same sector.

Costs and what drives them

Costs scale with whether you need physical printing or production facility space versus a standard office for a media-adjacent service business — the two are meaningfully different budgets. Model a standard office case with this site's Business Setup Cost Calculator and confirm production-facility pricing directly.

Is Dubai Production City the right fit?

If your business genuinely involves printing, packaging or physical media production, Dubai Production City's facilities are built specifically for that need. For content creation, broadcasting or general media consulting without a physical production component, Dubai Media City or a lower-cost option like SHAMS may fit better — see this site's Free Zone vs Mainland Tool for the comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dubai Production City the same as Dubai Media City?

No — they are separate TECOM free zones. Dubai Production City focuses on the physical production side (printing, packaging, advertising production), while Dubai Media City focuses more on broadcasting, publishing and content-creation businesses.

Do I need printing equipment to license in Dubai Production City?

Not necessarily — standard offices are available for service businesses supporting the media-production sector, alongside dedicated facility space for businesses that do physically print or manufacture media products.

Can an advertising agency without physical production license here?

Yes, though a pure creative or strategy-focused advertising agency without a production component may find Dubai Media City or a general free zone equally suitable and potentially more cost-effective.

What was Dubai Production City called before?

It was previously known as International Media Production Zone (IMPZ) before rebranding to Dubai Production City as part of Dubai's wider TECOM free zone naming structure.

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