971Consulting

Build. Manage. Scale.Your business in the UAE.

End-to-end consulting across finance, technology, and business growth — from company formation to data and AI.

+971 · Operating across the UAE & GCC
What we do

Six disciplines. One growth partner.

Most businesses stitch together a dozen vendors. We bring finance, technology, and strategy under one roof — so nothing falls between the gaps.

01 — Setup

Business setup

UAE company formation, licensing, and free zone or mainland structuring — done right the first time.

02 — Finance

Finance & accounting

Bookkeeping, AP/AR, reporting, VAT and corporate tax filing kept fully compliant.

03 — Strategy

Financial strategy

Budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling that turns numbers into decisions.

04 — Build

Technology solutions

Web, mobile, and custom software — plus the integrations that connect your stack.

05 — Data

Data & AI

Analytics, live dashboards, automation, and AI-driven insight you can act on.

06 — Grow

E-commerce & marketing

Store setup, SEO, and digital marketing engineered for measurable growth.

Why 971

The advantages that compound.

A

One accountable partner

Finance, tech, and strategy from a single team. Fewer handoffs, fewer surprises, one point of accountability.

B

Built for the UAE & GCC

Local regulation, free zones, VAT and corporate tax are our home ground — not a learning curve on your time.

C

Finance meets engineering

The rare team that closes your books and ships your software. The numbers and the systems finally speak.

D

Execution, not slideware

We don't hand you a deck and leave. We implement, integrate, and stay until it works in production.

Industries

Who we work with across the region.

E-commerce & retail Technology & SaaS Professional services Real estate Hospitality & F&B Healthcare Logistics & trade Manufacturing Funded startups
200+
Businesses launched & supported
7
GCC markets served
6
Disciplines under one roof
48h
Avg. consultation turnaround
Selected work

Outcomes, measured.

E-commerce

From storefront to scale

Rebuilt a regional retailer's commerce stack and SEO foundation, then automated fulfilment reporting.

3.1×
online revenue
−41%
ops cost
Company formation

Mainland launch in days

Structured licensing, banking, and VAT registration for a funded startup entering the UAE market.

9 days
to trading
100%
compliant
Data & AI

Decisions on a dashboard

Unified finance and operations data into one live dashboard with AI-flagged anomalies for an SME group.

12→1
reports merged
Daily
visibility
In their words

Trusted by founders and operators.

"They set up the company, closed our books, and built the platform we run on. One team, no finger-pointing."

Omar A.Founder, retail group · Dubai

"Corporate tax and VAT used to keep me up at night. Now it's simply handled. That alone paid for itself."

Priya N.MD, services firm · Abu Dhabi

"The dashboard they built changed how we make decisions. We see the business clearly for the first time."

Khalid R.COO, logistics · Sharjah

Let's map your next move.

A focused consultation. Clear next steps. No obligation.

Services

Everything it takes to launch, run, and grow.

Six connected disciplines. Engage one, or let us run them as a system — the way a real growth partner should.

01 — Business setup

Start on solid ground

The right structure from day one — chosen for how you'll actually operate, bank, and grow.

  • UAE company formation
  • Licensing & registration
  • Free zone vs. mainland structuring
  • Banking & PRO support
02 — Finance & accounting

Books you can trust

Clean, compliant, current. Accounting that holds up to investors, auditors, and the FTA.

  • Bookkeeping
  • Accounts payable / receivable
  • Financial reporting
  • VAT filing (UAE)
  • Corporate tax filing
03 — Financial strategy

Numbers that guide decisions

Move from recording the past to planning the future with models built around your business.

  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Financial modelling
  • Business analysis
04 — Technology solutions

Software that ships

Products and platforms engineered to scale — built by a team that understands your unit economics.

  • Web development
  • Mobile app development
  • Custom software
  • System integration
05 — Data & AI

See the whole business

Turn scattered data into live answers — with automation and AI that surface what needs attention.

  • Data analytics
  • Dashboards (Power BI–style)
  • Process automation
  • AI-driven insights
06 — E-commerce & marketing

Demand, then growth

Launch the store, win the search results, and compound the traffic into revenue.

  • E-commerce setup
  • SEO optimisation
  • Digital marketing
  • Growth consulting

Not sure where to start?

Tell us where you are. We'll tell you the shortest path to where you want to be.

About

We make building a business in the UAE feel simple.

971 Consulting exists to remove the friction between an idea and a working, scaling business in the UAE and GCC.

Mission

Simplify and scale business across the region.

Founders shouldn't need a finance firm, a dev shop, an accountant, and a setup agent who never speak to each other. We replaced that with one team that owns the outcome — fluent in regulation, accounting, and engineering at once.

Vision

The region's leading business growth partner.

A future where any ambitious company — local or arriving — can build, manage, and scale in the GCC with clarity and confidence, supported by a partner that does the hard parts well.

Core values

What we hold ourselves to.

01

Clarity

We make the complex understandable. If you can't see it clearly, we haven't finished.

02

Performance

We measure ourselves in your outcomes — revenue, compliance, time saved.

03

Trust

Discretion, accuracy, and follow-through. We earn it every engagement.

04

Execution

Strategy is cheap. We're judged on what actually ships and works.

Build with a team that owns the outcome.

Case studies

Problems solved. Results shown.

A look at how finance, technology, and strategy come together when one team owns the whole problem.

E-commerce · Retail group, Dubai

3.1× online revenue in two quarters

Problem. A profitable offline retailer had a slow store, no analytics, and manual fulfilment reporting capping its online growth.

Solution. We rebuilt the commerce platform, laid an SEO foundation, and automated fulfilment and revenue reporting into one dashboard.

Outcome. Faster site, organic traffic compounding monthly, and a team that finally sees its numbers daily.

3.1×
online revenue
−41%
ops cost
+180%
organic traffic
Company formation · Funded startup

Trading in the UAE in nine days

Problem. An overseas startup needed to enter the UAE fast, without choosing the wrong structure or stalling on banking and tax.

Solution. We selected the right mainland structure, ran licensing end to end, and handled banking, VAT, and corporate tax registration in parallel.

Outcome. Fully compliant and trading in nine working days, with finance running from day one.

9 days
to trading
100%
compliant
0
rework
Data & AI · SME group, Sharjah

Twelve reports became one live view

Problem. Leadership flew blind between month-ends, reconciling a dozen spreadsheets across finance and operations.

Solution. We unified the data sources into one live dashboard with automated refresh and AI-flagged anomalies.

Outcome. Daily visibility, faster decisions, and issues caught before they reached the bottom line.

12→1
reports merged
Daily
visibility
~30h
saved / month

Your case study starts with a conversation.

Insights

Clear thinking on building in the UAE.

Practical guides on tax, setup, finance, and growth for companies operating across the GCC.

Tax

The UAE Corporate Tax guide for 2026

Who pays, what's exempt, free zone treatment, and how to stay compliant without overpaying.

Read guide →
Setup

Starting a business in the UAE

Free zone vs. mainland, costs, timelines, and the structure decisions that are hard to undo.

Read guide →
Finance

Accounting best practices for SMEs

The bookkeeping habits and controls that keep you audit-ready and investor-ready year round.

Read guide →
AI

AI for business growth

Where automation and AI genuinely move the needle for SMEs — and where they don't yet.

Read guide →
E-commerce

E-commerce scaling strategies

From first sale to repeatable growth: the SEO, ops, and analytics that compound.

Read guide →
VAT

UAE VAT filing without the stress

Registration thresholds, deadlines, and the records that make filing a non-event.

Read guide →

Have a question behind the question?

Bring it to a consultation and get an answer specific to your business.

Contact

Let's build something that scales.

Tell us where you are and what you're trying to do. We'll come back within 48 hours with clear next steps.

We reply within 48 hours. Your details stay private.

Email
hello@971consulting.ae
Phone
+971 4 000 0000
Office
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Hours
Sun–Thu · 9:00–18:00 GST