The efficiency marks Sharjah because the UAE’s fastest-growing emirate for FDI, with 74 new tasks launched (up 57 per cent year-on-year) and a pair of,578 new jobs created, a forty five per cent rise from H1 2024.
Progress was concentrated in client merchandise, meals and beverage, enterprise providers, and industrial tools — sectors central to Sharjah’s sustainable financial diversification technique.
Sharjah financial system booming
Officers famous that the influx of world capital is straight increasing the emirate’s mission pipeline, strengthening industries, and boosting long-term investor confidence.
Abdallah Sultan Al Owais, Chairman of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), mentioned the distinctive outcomes reinforce the emirate’s place as a protected and enticing vacation spot for traders, due to the imaginative and prescient of Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah.
Ahmed Obaid Al Qaseer, CEO of the Sharjah Funding and Improvement Authority (Shurooq), added: “With 361 per cent development in capital investments and 57 per cent in new tasks through the first half of 2025, these achievements transcend numbers; they imply extra jobs, stronger industries, and sustainable worth for our communities.”
Hamad Ali Abdalla Al Mahmoud, Chairman of the Sharjah Financial Improvement Division (SEDD), mentioned the expansion demonstrates the emirate’s capacity to ship “sustainable leaps” throughout its enterprise sectors according to Sharjah’s long-term imaginative and prescient.
Hussain Al Mahmoudi, CEO of the Sharjah Analysis, Expertise and Innovation Park (SRTIP), famous that Sharjah continues to draw high-value funding in know-how and analysis, bridging information with trade to create impactful tasks.
Dr Abdelaziz Saeed Almheiri, Chairman of the Healthcare Metropolis Authority (SHCC), added that FDI inflows are boosting healthcare, prescription drugs, and AI integration in medical fields.
In tradition and creativity, Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri, CEO of the emirate’s E book Authority, highlighted publishing and artistic industries as important pillars of a sustainable, knowledge-driven financial system.
Excessive-growth sectors
- Shopper merchandise: +53 per cent in tasks, +188 per cent in capital funding
- Meals and beverage: +112 per cent in tasks, +25 per cent in employment
- Enterprise providers: +500 per cent in capital funding, +1100 per cent in job creation
- Industrial tools: +100 per cent in tasks, +45 per cent in capital expenditure
Officers from free zones together with Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA), Airport Worldwide Free Zone (SAIF Zone), and Media Metropolis (Shams) emphasised their function in enhancing competitiveness, empowering entrepreneurs, and positioning Sharjah on the worldwide funding map.
Sara Abdelaziz Al Nuaimi, CEO of the Entrepreneurship Centre (Sheraa), mentioned: “Each improve in Sharjah’s financial development charges is a direct sign of broader horizons opening up for entrepreneurs. At Sheraa, we see this development as a mirrored image of the emirate’s imaginative and prescient to remodel its financial system right into a platform for information manufacturing and high quality alternatives.”
The emirate’s built-in ecosystem — combining infrastructure, versatile regulation, and human-centred growth — continues to ship sustainable development. With record-breaking FDI in H1 2025, the emirate is reinforcing its fame as a aggressive, trusted, and globally linked funding hub.