The Ministry of Economy launched the National Economic Registry, called Growth, as a unified database of commercial licences across the seven emirates.
What the official release says
The ministry said the registry included about 1.5 million active and cancelled licences and was intended to support more proactive government services and access to enterprise information.
Context for readers
A registry can improve access to administrative data, but users should check the data’s status and source before treating a licence record as evidence that a business is currently active.
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