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Shops for rent in Liwan: what businesses really pay

Shops in Liwan rent for a median AED 120,000 a year, or AED 244 a sq ft, across 43 single-unit Ejari leases registered 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Half paid between AED 84,500 and AED 172,667. The median unit is 513 sq ft. Dubai-wide: AED 189 a sq ft.

Updated 21 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari commercial leases · Method

Shop rent in Liwan: the numbers

Medians of single-unit Ejari leases, 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Not in these figures: 2 virtual shop Ejaris (licence-only Ejaris, no size); 7 contracts for more than one unit or a whole building.

Rent, AED a yearAED a sq ft a yearSize, sq ftLeases
All single-unit leasesAED 120,00024451343

Finding

Liwan is 30% above the Dubai median for shops, per sq ft.

AED a sq ft a year, all single-unit shop leases

Liwan: AED 244 a sq ft. Dubai: AED 189 a sq ft (53,420 leases).

Homes for rent in Liwan

Shops at a similar rent per sq ft elsewhere

AreaAED a sq ftRent, AED a yearLeases
Umm Suqeim 2239170,500146
Madinat Hind 1240319,221214
Palm Jumeirah240270,104192
Al Barsha 2242219,734182
Al Bada'a24474,9001,015
Motor City246298,374179
Al-Cornich248123,023111
Al Satwa24873,000747

Questions

How much is shop rent in Liwan?

Shops in Liwan rent for a median AED 120,000 a year, or AED 244 a sq ft, across 43 single-unit Ejari leases registered 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026. Half paid between AED 84,500 and AED 172,667. The median unit is 513 sq ft. Dubai-wide: AED 189 a sq ft.

What is the rent per sq ft for a shop in Liwan?

AED 244 a sq ft a year, the median of 43 single-unit shop leases (16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026).

What is the monthly rent of a shop in Liwan?

About AED 10,000 a month, from a median AED 120,000 a year. Most Dubai commercial leases are paid yearly, in cheques.

Are licence-only Ejaris included in the Liwan figures?

No. Counted apart, never in the medians: 2 virtual shop Ejaris (licence-only Ejaris, no size); 7 contracts for more than one unit or a whole building.

How we worked it out, and the limits

Updated 21 Oct 2026. Source: Dubai Land Department Ejari rent contracts, commercial and industrial use, starting 16 Oct 2025–15 Oct 2026 (the last 12 months in the data). Offices, shops, warehouses and showrooms are the Ejari property type. We count one physical unit for each contract: one line, one unit, an Ejari unit (not a virtual unit). Virtual units (flexi desks and licence-only Ejaris, with no size) and contracts for more than one unit or a whole building are counted apart and are never in a median. Annual rent from AED 5,000 to AED 50 million. "New" is a new contract of 6 to 13 months; "renewal" is a renewed contract. AED a sq ft is the annual rent over the Ejari unit size (square metres x 10.7639), from units inside a plausible size range for the type. Every rent is a median: half the leases are above it. A median needs 30 or more leases. Changes on the year are like for like: the same building, type and size band (15%) in both years, named buildings only. DIFC and most free-zone leases are registered outside Ejari, so they are not here.

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