How to Start a Plant Wholesale Business in Dubai With Meydan Free Zone
November 28, 2025
November 28, 2025
Palm trees framing sunlit drives on Sheikh Zayed Road.
Stylish indoor plants in spotless hotel corners of Downtown Dubai.
Colourful shrubs lining walkways and parks in the Arabian Ranches.
Dubai doesn’t look this lush by accident.
Every plant in Dubai you see is supplied through wholesalers long before it ever reaches a hotel lobby, a gated villa community, or a landscaped boulevard. The UAE’s landscaping market is set to hit $2.84 billion by 2030, indicating how greenery here is purchased like infrastructure, not decor.
Think of it this way: developers don’t wait for gardens to grow; they order plants in bulk. Hotels don’t rely on décor that lasts forever; they refresh indoor plants weekly. And new residential clusters aren’t complete without Dubai’s signature palms, jasmine, and shade trees installed before the first residents move in.
So whether you’re supplying indoor succulents to hotel groups, low-maintenance plants for corporate offices, mood-boosting plants for co-working hubs, or flowering shrubs to landscape contractors, a wholesale plant business license puts you at the centre of an ecosystem that shapes how Dubai looks and feels.
Wholesale of Flowers and Plants - 4620.03
This business activity lets you import, export, and wholesale plants in bulk to other businesses. In simple terms, you’re the link between global plant suppliers and the businesses that need greenery to build, decorate, and maintain Dubai’s greenery. Your client base will consist of florists, contractors, landscapers, hotels, retailers, and developers who rely on plants to serve their projects or sell to their own audiences.
From nurseries abroad to cold-chain facilities in Jebel Ali to the businesses that use greenery across the city, you ensure every plant reaches the right buyers.
Under this business activity, you can import long-lasting decorative plants like peace lilies and philodendrons for offices and hotels; supply florists and supermarkets with potted indoor greens; stock décor retailers with succulents and table plants for home styling; provide jasmine, oleander, and garden roses to landscaping contractors building new living communities; and even deliver shade plants such as palms and frangipani to malls, resorts, and commercial developers.
But there are limits. This business activity doesn’t cover the wholesale of blank CDs/DVDs, radio and TV broadcasting equipment, or office furniture; those fall under different classifications.
This activity lets you supply plants in bulk, build recurring contracts with commercial buyers, and grow through steady B2B orders, without running a retail shop.
Third party Approval:
You’ll need to get approval from Dubai Municipality (DM) before your trade license is issued.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance:
Business activity 4620.03 is exempted from this requirement.
