Meem sets up your 100% foreign ownership company in Qatar. We match the structure to your activity, then handle the paperwork. The work covers the commercial registration, trade license, establishment card, bank account and residency steps.
Share your activity, your owners, and where your company is registered. We will confirm your route to 100% ownership.
100% Ownership
Qatar’s Foreign Investment Law (Law No. 1 of 2019) lets foreign investors own 100% of a company in most activities, so you no longer need a Qatari partner for the majority of sectors. Meem screens your activity, confirms that 100% ownership applies, and sets up the company from the trade name to the bank account. Qatar’s investment promotion agency confirms the 100% rule and the sectors it excludes on its foreign ownership page.
In short: Meem handles the route to a 100% foreign-owned company in Qatar, from the activity and ownership screen to the structure, the commercial registration and trade license, the establishment card and the bank account.
Three structures cover almost every foreign-owned setup in Qatar. The activity and the market you sell to decide which one fits.
Best for trading with local customers and government clients. Most activities allow 100% foreign ownership on the mainland.
For a foreign parent company that already trades abroad and needs a Qatar presence, often tied to a government or public contract.
For export, logistics, manufacturing, financial or professional services. These zones offer 100% ownership with their own regulators.
Meem runs the full sequence so your file stays in order and nothing is filed twice.
We match your activity to the current rules and confirm that 100% foreign ownership applies.
We reserve the trade name and draft the articles of association for your chosen structure.
We file the commercial registration and trade license through MOCI and the Single Window.
We open the establishment card and complete the immigration and labour steps for your company.
We prepare and support the corporate bank account application for your 100%-owned company.
We finish the residency and visa steps, then hand over your documents and records.
Send your activity and owners. Meem confirms whether 100% ownership applies, then maps the structure, documents and steps.
Send these items and Meem can confirm your route and begin the setup.
If you already run a Qatar company with a Qatari partner, you can move it to 100% foreign ownership when the activity qualifies. Meem checks the activity first, then manages the change through MOCI.
Meem handles the transfer, the amended records and the government follow-up. For the wider rules on foreign investment, see our guide to 100% foreign ownership in Qatar.
The 100% rule does not apply to every sector. Under Law No. 1 of 2019, these areas stay outside it.
The Council of Ministers can add sectors to this list. If your activity sits in one of these areas, Meem tells you at the screening stage and maps the alternatives, such as a free zone, QFC, or a joint structure. You learn the position before you commit to a structure.
Three steps take you from your activity to a registered, 100%-owned company in Qatar.
Tell us the activity, the owners and the structure you prefer. We confirm the route and the documents.
Meem reserves the trade name, drafts the articles of association, and files with MOCI and the Single Window.
We complete the establishment card, immigration, the bank account and visas, then hand over your records.
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We check your activity against the current rules before you commit, so you know that 100% ownership applies before we file.
Your registration, license, establishment card and visas move together, with one point of contact from start to finish.
Once you are trading, Meem keeps your renewals, visas and government follow-up on schedule.
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These are the questions foreign investors ask most before they set up a 100%-owned company in Qatar with Meem.
Yes, in most activities. Qatar Foreign Investment Law (Law No. 1 of 2019) allows 100% foreign ownership and removed the old requirement for a Qatari partner holding 51%. A few sectors stay outside the rule, so Meem checks the activity first.
Most commercial, industrial and service activities qualify. The main exclusions are banking, insurance, the exploitation of natural resources and commercial agencies. Meem confirms your specific activity at the screening stage.
For most activities today, no. Since Law No. 1 of 2019, a foreign investor can own 100% of a mainland company in the sectors the law opens. Where an activity is restricted, Meem explains the ownership options that remain.
A mainland LLC (WLL), a branch or representative office of a foreign parent, and a company in a free zone or the Qatar Financial Centre. The activity and your customers decide which one fits.
Yes. Invest Qatar lists the ability to repatriate profits and protections against expropriation among the incentives for foreign investors under the law.
Yes, when the activity qualifies. Meem checks eligibility, prepares the amended articles and partner resolutions, and files the share transfer and updated records with MOCI.
It depends on the activity and whether it needs another authority approval. Meem confirms the expected steps after the ownership and activity screen, so you know the sequence before we file.
Your planned activity, the owners and their shareholding, passport copies, parent company documents if applicable, and your preferred structure. Send these and Meem confirms the route.
Share your planned activity and owners. Meem confirms whether 100% foreign ownership applies, then sets out the structure, documents and steps to register your company.
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