More than its location, Expo City is building an ecosystem that has never been seen before — curating innovation from PhD to Plc. Here, companies can create a headquarters, a lab, or a showcase, while also growing their entire supply chain and integrating it seamlessly into their corporate structure. With access to local suppliers, regional knowledge, and simplified routes into GCC markets, costs and speed-to-market are significantly reduced.
The choice
Expo City Dubai offers something no other location can: a functioning, globally visible testbed at the heart of Dubai’s future logistics and innovation corridor, embedded in an ecosystem that accelerates ideas from research to global scale.
For partners, the question is simple: do you want to watch the future of urban innovation from the outside — or build it with us, here?
What Partners Gain Here — and Nowhere Else
When companies engage with the Urban Lab at Expo City, they aren’t just leasing space. They are buying into a platform that can’t be replicated elsewhere:
Residency + Testbed - Space comes bundled with access to live city-scale pilots, independent certification, and visibility across government and global audiences.
Anchor Partnership - Long-term positioning in the ecosystem, with naming rights and integration into flagship programmes. Crucially, curated access to the top levels of government in the UAE and Dubai, enabling partners to help shape the rules and systems that will define the region’s future.
Market Entry Accelerator - Expo City is the front door to the GCC market. Pop-up labs, pilot fast-tracking, and curated introductions across ministries, regulators, and corporates mean you’re not waiting years for traction. You prove it here — and then scale into the region.
Innovation-as-a-Service - For firms who don’t need full residency, Expo offers structured access to pilot scouting, expert advisory, regulatory testing, and pathways into IP development and adoption.
This is where the UAE is investing in its next 50 years — a corridor that links aviation, shipping, advanced manufacturing, and digital infrastructure. Expo City sits at the heart of this zone, and as a dedicated freezone city it offers companies all the regulatory and operational advantages of freezone status while adding something no other location can: a living city-scale testbed.
Being located alongside globally renowned centres like Terra and Alif further amplifies this advantage — providing partners with invaluable visibility, credibility, and association with cutting-edge sustainability and innovation.
Expo City is already operational, governed, and hosting residents, businesses, and delegations. It combines the credibility of a functioning city with the agility of a global showcase — giving partners the rare chance to deploy, test, and prove solutions in real-world conditions, with direct pathways into UAE and regional markets.
