Dubai area rankings

Dubai areas by registered rent contracts

The areas on our Dubai pages, ranked by registered rent contracts, from Dubai Land Department open data (data to September 2026). Areas without a valid value follow the ranking with the reason.

Data to 23 Oct 2026

International City ranks first by registered rent contracts with 36,626 in the 12 months to September 2026. Source: Dubai open data via data.dubai, as of 23 Oct 2026, calculated by Zolia.

Rent contracts (12 months)

Rank	Area	Rent contracts (12 months)
1	International City	36,626
2	Jumeirah Village Circle	31,040
3	Al Furjan	27,362
4	Dubai Marina	19,491
5	Business Bay	18,805
6	Dubai Silicon Oasis	17,451
7	Arjan	14,074
8	Al Barsha First	14,035
9	Dubai Land Residence Complex	11,737
10	Mirdif	11,468
11	Dubai Sports City	10,361
12	Downtown Dubai	9,834
13	Jumeirah Lakes Towers	9,756
14	Al Jadaf	9,032
15	Dubai South	8,923
16	Dubai Investment Park	7,791
17	Me'Aisem First	7,758
18	Dubai Hills Estate	7,677
19	Al Qusais Industrial Fifth	7,439
20	Al Yelayiss 2	6,308
21	Dubai Creek Harbour	6,099
22	Al Thanyah First	6,038
23	Al Satwa	5,900
24	Madinat Hind 4	5,625
25	Wadi Al Safa 2	5,097
26	Jabal Ali Industrial First	5,008
27	Hor Al Anz	4,800
28	Al Hebiah Third	4,352
29	Trade Center First	4,340
30	Al Thanyah Third	4,318
31	Majan	4,312
32	Palm Jumeirah	4,283
33	Al Bada	4,040
34	Jumeirah Village Triangle	3,542
35	Nad Al Hamar	3,459
36	Abu Hail	3,041
37	Al Hebiah Fifth	3,011
38	Jumeirah First	2,842
39	Trade Center Second	2,620
40	Al Thanayah Fourth	2,575
41	Nad Al Shiba First	2,480
42	Al Goze Fourth	2,479
43	Al Wasl	2,233
44	Motor City	2,097
45	Al Hebiah Second	2,085
46	Saih Shuaib 2	2,076
47	Madinat Dubai Almelaheyah	1,945
48	Al Barsha South Second	1,595
49	Al Yelayiss 1	1,578
50	Al Hebiah Sixth	1,322
51	Arabian Ranches	1,267
52	Al Ttay	1,189
53	Um Suqaim Third	1,120
54	Zaabeel Second	1,097
55	Al Rashidiya	1,088
56	Jabal Ali Industrial Second	970
57	Al Yufrah 1	874
58	Al Kheeran	788
59	Jumeirah Second	787
60	Al Safouh First	768
61	Um Suqaim First	705
62	Al Kifaf	647
63	Al Safouh Second	571
64	Muhaisanah First	396
65	Saih Shuaib 3	269
66	Saih Shuaib 1	260
67	Al Waheda	231
68	Al Rowaiyah First	230
69	Al Warsan Third	171
70	Al Khawaneej First	154
71	Saih Shuaib 4	128
72	Zaabeel First	127
73	Bukadra	106
74	Ghadeer Al tair	88
75	Ras Al Khor Industrial First	83
76	Wadi Al Safa 4	55
77	Al Twar Fourth	54
78	Dubai Islands	6
Not ranked: 5 areas without a valid value
	Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City	parts lie in larger DLD areas (Al Merkadh, Wadi Al Safa 3, Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid)
	Al Yelayiss 5	under 3 rent contracts
	Palm Jabal Ali	under 3 rent contracts
	Me'Aisem Second	under 3 rent contracts
	World Islands	under 3 rent contracts

Areas without a valid value follow the ranking with the reason, never with a number. “Under 3”: fewer than 3 registered records, so no figure is shown (no figures from single transactions). Gross yield needs enough ready apartment sales and apartment rent contracts in the same months.

A ranking of registered figures only, not a recommendation to buy, sell or invest.

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Source: Dubai Land Department, open data via data.dubai (as of 23 Oct 2026). Prepared by Zolia; not an official product of the Dubai Land Department.

Open data portal: data.dubai · Licence: Dubai Open Data Licence

Source: Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai
Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae
Source: Dubai Municipality (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai
Source: Knowledge and Human Development Authority (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai