Starting a Computer And CCTV Sales Business in Dubai

No jewellery shop in Deira renews its trade license without a SIRA auditor signing off the camera layout first. Gold souks, money exchanges, hotels, malls and multi-tenant towers all sit inside the same mandatory scope. Fewer than 2,000 providers hold SIRA certification across all security activities in Dubai, and only around 400 of those are cleared for CCTV work. Hikvision, Dahua and Uniview equipment moves through that channel by the pallet. Security systems and equipment trading covers the supply layer feeding it.

MarkNtel Advisors¹ projects the UAE video surveillance market to grow at around 4.35 percent a year through 2028, driven by remote monitoring, facility protection and traffic and parking applications. GM Insights² values the global access control systems segment at USD 18.8 billion in 2025 growing at 7.1 percent a year as biometric and contactless solutions take share, and projects video and imaging surveillance to reach USD 70.5 billion by 2035 on AI analytics, IP cameras, 4K imaging and cloud-based storage, with government and defence the largest end-user segment. Omdia³ forecasts that over 60 percent of network camera and recorder revenue will come from devices with deep-learning analytics onboard by 2027, up from 44 percent in 2023, with video surveillance accounting for around half the global security equipment market. Ken Research⁴ reports electronic security services covering CCTV, access control and intrusion detection gaining traction across the UAE security market as businesses invest in advanced surveillance, with AI and automation integration a notable trend in real-time threat detection.

From CCTV and surveillance equipment traders supplying SIRA-certified integrators to access control and intrusion detection distributors serving commercial fit-out projects, alarm and perimeter equipment suppliers covering warehouses and multi-tenant buildings, and specialty traders handling safes, security doors, scanners and detection equipment, a trade license lets you tap into that demand. Meydan Free Zone issues yours in under 60 minutes via Fawri, through a fully online process.

A SIRA-Regulated Equipment Supply Layer Feeding a USD 70.5 Billion Surveillance Market by 2035

A Dubai-licensed security systems trader supplies a market where global video and imaging surveillance is projected to reach USD 70.5 billion by 2035 and access control stood at USD 18.8 billion in 2025 growing 7.1 percent a year, with UAE video surveillance expanding around 4.35 percent a year through 2028.

Sources: MarkNtel Advisors (2025), GM Insights (2026), Omdia (2024), Ken Research (2026)

Who is this activity for?

• CCTV AND SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT TRADERS: You supply cameras, network video recorders, storage and video management software to SIRA-certified integrators, facilities teams and end clients. You carry approved models because equipment that is not on the approved list cannot pass an audit, and your buyers need compliance documentation alongside the hardware.
• ACCESS CONTROL AND INTRUSION DETECTION DISTRIBUTORS: You distribute biometric readers, card and fob systems, turnstiles, door controllers, motion sensors and intrusion alarm panels to fit-out contractors, developers and building management companies across Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the Northern Emirates.
• SPECIALTY AND PERIMETER SECURITY SUPPLIERS: You supply safes and vaults, security doors and grilles, bollards and barriers, walk-through and baggage scanners, metal detectors and perimeter systems to banks, exchanges, jewellery retail, warehouses, gas stations and event operators working to a defined risk category.

4773.c6 — Security Systems and Equipment Trading

Under this activity, you can run a security systems and equipment trading business supplying physical and electronic security hardware across the emirates. Product range covers CCTV cameras, network video recorders and video management software, storage and display hardware, access control readers, biometric terminals, card systems, door controllers and turnstiles, intrusion alarm panels, motion and glass-break sensors, video door phones and intercoms, safes and vaults, security doors, grilles and shutters, bollards and barriers, walk-through and baggage scanners and metal detectors. Buyers include SIRA-certified installers and integrators, fit-out contractors, facilities and building management companies, developers, retail and hospitality operators and corporate security teams.

This activity covers security systems and equipment trading as a sub-scope of other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores under class 4773, which spans specialised retail of non-food products including precision equipment and other non-food goods not elsewhere classified. It covers the supply of equipment rather than its installation, monitoring or the provision of security services, each of which is licensed separately.

In short: if you are running a CCTV and surveillance equipment trader, an access control and intrusion detection distributor, or a physical and perimeter security supplier, this is your activity.

Third-party approval

‍Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) approval is required before the license is issued. SIRA approval must be secured first, and once obtained, the license is granted before commercial operations begin.

Anti-money laundering compliance

‍This business activity is exempt from AML compliance requirements.

Footnotes

¹ MarkNtel Advisors, "UAE Video Surveillance Market: Growth & Trends", 2025.

² GM Insights, "Electronic Security Market Size, Share & Growth Report, 2035", February 2026.

³ Omdia, "Complexities of Security Market Research", 2024.

⁴ Ken Research, "UAE Security Services Market Size, Trends & Forecast 2030", January 2026.