Start an Oil Change Business in Dubai: Guide & Requirements

Oil changes in Dubai aren’t just a service. They're the inevitable infrastructure for every car that keeps moving. Engines hum, tyres grip, dashboards flicker warnings, and somewhere beneath the hood there’s oil that’s long overdue for a swap.

From daily commuter mileage to SUVs rolling in after desert trips, oil change businesses meet a demand that keeps Dubai’s cars calibrated, protected, and always primed for the next fast lane.

Dubai is the emirate that has 3.5 million registered vehicles alone, with a UAE automotive service centre market valued at $7 billion in 2024. All supported by a rising population of over 11 million, expanding vehicle fleets, and a culture built around mobility.

Whether you're setting up a pit-stop oil-change bay, servicing high-heat highway mileage, or managing pre-planned oil-swap cycles for fleet engines, an oil change business in Dubai is a market that runs on repeat demand. If oil cycles are your blueprint, this one’s built for your business.‍

Auto Oil Change - 4520.88

This business activity covers oil change services offered as a paid vehicle maintenance business. In simple terms, it allows you to operate a service bay or workshop where vehicles get their engine oil drained and replaced, filters changed, and basic post-service oil checks done.

You can provide oil change services for cars, SUVs, light commercial vehicles, and small trucks, including replacing engine oil filters, topping up essential fluids during post–oil-change checks, maintaining service records, and running express oil-change bays or standard stations built for quick turnaround.

This business activity is ideal for founders building oil-change service points powered by repeat mileage needs and predictable return demand.

That could mean offering 15-minute oil-drain lanes for parents in school pickup traffic, offering verified oil-swap capsules for off-road adventure tour jeeps, offering documented oil-change slips for tourism SUV rentals that refresh after every 5,000-km heat cycle, express oil-change kiosks at petrol stations for drivers who swap oil while refuelling, or running quick oil top-ups for delivery riders fulfilling orders across Dubai in the city heat.

But remember, with this business activity, you can’t engage in the retreading and rebuilding of tyres. ‍

Third-Party Approval:

No third-party approval is required for this activity.

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance:

Business activity 4520.88 is exempt from this requirement.