Qatar's Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced a digital-services package and an E-Commerce Licence on September 17, 2026. Under Ministerial Decision No. 25 of 2026, the licence enables e-commerce activities to be established and operated online through a website designated for the activity in Qatar, the ministry said. It covers 194 approved business activities and carries an issuance fee of QAR 500. Applications can be submitted electronically. These figures describe the licence's administrative scope and announced fee; they do not show how many applications have been approved, how many businesses have begun operating or how much revenue has been collected from fees.

The ministry presented the online licence as part of a broader digital-services update. Its official website has been relaunched with a revised interface and reorganised access to information and services. The enhanced Qatar Business Map provides research tools for commercial activities and establishments, market data and indicators, and ways to examine how activities are distributed across parts of the country and assess possible locations for a business. The ministry said these tools are intended to support market research and investment decisions. It did not publish definitions for the map's indicators or usage statistics showing how many users rely on the tools, so the release provides no measured evidence of their effects on investment or business outcomes.

An app-based Certificate Service lets business owners, auditors and company representatives instantly issue eight commonly used certificates and extracts, according to the ministry. The statement describes an in-app process that runs from selecting a document through payment and receipt of a digital copy. A Comprehensive Renewal Service lets users review information, complete requirements, submit and track an application, and pay digitally. The ministry did not quantify how much either service shortens processing time or how many people have used it. The number eight refers to the types of certificates available through the service, not the number of transactions completed. The announcement describes the services and their intended convenience, rather than reporting a measured improvement in turnaround or costs.

The ministry also listed other initiatives during 2026: a Company Regulatory Report; a Business Guidance and Establishment Office; banking services integrated through the Single Window Platform; an update to the commercial-activity classification aligned with the Unified GCC Guide; and an AI Agents Factory launched with Microsoft. The factory is intended to develop solutions to improve service efficiency and the beneficiary experience. The statement does not identify a particular AI tool as already deployed or quantify a productivity gain. The concrete business-service details in this announcement are therefore the licence's 194-activity coverage, its QAR 500 fee and eight document types available through the app. They describe administrative rules and service design; assessing any subsequent change in company formation or the economic impact of digitalisation would require separate outcome data.