Al Ain's economy, with the source behind every number.
Al Ain gets covered from Abu Dhabi, in passing, or not at all. We cover it directly — daily news, a weekly brief, and data nobody has put side by side before. Every figure names where it came from and when it was checked.
The Department of Economic Development put the figure at 11 and left it there — no parties, no scope, no values. That count is the organiser's own, and we could not establish whether it is the complete picture.
The opening is now 1 July 2027 and the headcount 300 by 2030. The number has held; the schedule has not. And the 100 Emirati jobs reported alongside it are one third of that 300, not a separate pledge.
Construction and building698 new licences — the only sector with a published count.
+178%
Professional, scientific and technicalGrowth rate only. No count published.
+263%
Financial and insuranceGrowth rate only. No count published.
+125%
Information and communication technologyGrowth rate only. No count published.
+83%
ManufacturingGrowth rate only. No count published.
+10%
Growth against the same period a year earlier. Only construction has a published count — the rest are rates, and a rate without a base cannot be turned into a number of businesses.
