{"version":"1","article":{"id":"qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","slug":"qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=en","title":"Qatar brings company registration for four economic zones under one body","summary":"Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched Companies House to unify company-registration and licensing functions across four economic zones. Its remit includes public registers, tax and immigration services, and specified compliance checks.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T23:57:14+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-14","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar","url":"https://www.moci.gov.qa/en/news/552","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-09-15"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/qatar-companies-house-economic-zones-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the launch of Companies House on 14 September. The body is responsible for company registration and licensing and for maintaining the public registers of the Qatar Financial Centre, Qatar Free Zones Authority, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Media City Qatar.","The ministry said the new body will also provide tax and immigration services to registered companies and verify compliance with labour standards and data-protection requirements. The announcement sets out a plan to bring the four zones’ functions under one organisation but does not specify a transition timetable or how existing registers will be transferred."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched Companies House to unify company-registration and licensing functions across four economic zones. Its remit includes public registers, tax and immigration services, and specified compliance checks.\n\nQatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the launch of Companies House on 14 September. The body is responsible for company registration and licensing and for maintaining the public registers of the Qatar Financial Centre, Qatar Free Zones Authority, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Media City Qatar.\n\nThe ministry said the new body will also provide tax and immigration services to registered companies and verify compliance with labour standards and data-protection requirements. The announcement sets out a plan to bring the four zones’ functions under one organisation but does not specify a transition timetable or how existing registers will be transferred.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"business","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/business-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic industrial workshop with machinery, a warehouse and a crane.","language":"en"}}}