Market Data

Dubai developer market share

Across 2,361 tracked Dubai off-plan projects as of 20 July 2026, Emaar Properties leads with 222 projects (9.4% of the tracked market). The top five developers together hold 26.9% of all tracked supply, in a market with 577 active developer brands UAE-wide.

Looking forward rather than back, Emaar Properties carries the largest live pipeline: 166 Dubai projects still due to hand over.

2,361
Dubai projects tracked
26.9%
Held by the top 5 developers
Emaar Properties
Largest developer (222 projects)
166
Live pipeline, Emaar Properties
Tracked Dubai projects by developerTop 15 developers by number of catalogued off-plan projects in Dubai
Tracked Dubai projects by developerTop 15 developers by number of catalogued off-plan projects in DubaiEmaar Properties: 222 Projects (9.4% share)Emaar Properties222Damac Properties: 165 Projects (7.0% share)Damac Properties165Azizi Developments: 111 Projects (4.7% share)Azizi Developments111Binghatti Developers: 70 Projects (3.0% share)Binghatti Developers70Nakheel: 67 Projects (2.8% share)Nakheel67Ellington: 65 Projects (2.8% share)Ellington65Meraas Holding: 62 Projects (2.6% share)Meraas Holding62Sobha Realty: 58 Projects (2.5% share)Sobha Realty58Samana Developers: 52 Projects (2.2% share)Samana Developers52Aldar Properties PJSC: 52 Projects (2.2% share)Aldar Properties PJSC52Imtiaz Developments: 44 Projects (1.9% share)Imtiaz Developments44Nshama: 37 Projects (1.6% share)Nshama37Object 1: 35 Projects (1.5% share)Object 135Danube Properties: 30 Projects (1.3% share)Danube Properties30Wasl Properties: 23 Projects (1.0% share)Wasl Properties23

Share is of projects tracked in our catalogue, by project count; developers differ widely in units per project.

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CategoryProjectsShare of tracked market
Emaar Properties2229.4% share
Damac Properties1657.0% share
Azizi Developments1114.7% share
Binghatti Developers703.0% share
Nakheel672.8% share
Ellington652.8% share
Meraas Holding622.6% share
Sobha Realty582.5% share
Samana Developers522.2% share
Aldar Properties PJSC522.2% share
Imtiaz Developments441.9% share
Nshama371.6% share
Object 1351.5% share
Danube Properties301.3% share
Wasl Properties231.0% share
Live pipeline by developerProjects with a developer-stated future handover date, same top 15
Live pipeline by developerProjects with a developer-stated future handover date, same top 15Emaar Properties: 166 Projects due to hand over (167 of 222 tracked projects fully sold out)Emaar Properties166Damac Properties: 114 Projects due to hand over (72 of 165 tracked projects fully sold out)Damac Properties114Nakheel: 54 Projects due to hand over (35 of 67 tracked projects fully sold out)Nakheel54Aldar Properties PJSC: 51 Projects due to hand over (14 of 52 tracked projects fully sold out)Aldar Properties PJSC51Azizi Developments: 50 Projects due to hand over (67 of 111 tracked projects fully sold out)Azizi Developments50Sobha Realty: 45 Projects due to hand over (34 of 58 tracked projects fully sold out)Sobha Realty45Ellington: 40 Projects due to hand over (42 of 65 tracked projects fully sold out)Ellington40Meraas Holding: 39 Projects due to hand over (45 of 62 tracked projects fully sold out)Meraas Holding39Imtiaz Developments: 34 Projects due to hand over (30 of 44 tracked projects fully sold out)Imtiaz Developments34Binghatti Developers: 33 Projects due to hand over (49 of 70 tracked projects fully sold out)Binghatti Developers33Samana Developers: 32 Projects due to hand over (35 of 52 tracked projects fully sold out)Samana Developers32Object 1: 27 Projects due to hand over (13 of 35 tracked projects fully sold out)Object 127Nshama: 24 Projects due to hand over (36 of 37 tracked projects fully sold out)Nshama24Wasl Properties: 18 Projects due to hand over (7 of 23 tracked projects fully sold out)Wasl Properties18Danube Properties: 17 Projects due to hand over (22 of 30 tracked projects fully sold out)Danube Properties17
View data as table
CategoryProjects due to hand overSold out / tracked
Emaar Properties166167 of 222 tracked projects fully sold out
Damac Properties11472 of 165 tracked projects fully sold out
Nakheel5435 of 67 tracked projects fully sold out
Aldar Properties PJSC5114 of 52 tracked projects fully sold out
Azizi Developments5067 of 111 tracked projects fully sold out
Sobha Realty4534 of 58 tracked projects fully sold out
Ellington4042 of 65 tracked projects fully sold out
Meraas Holding3945 of 62 tracked projects fully sold out
Imtiaz Developments3430 of 44 tracked projects fully sold out
Binghatti Developers3349 of 70 tracked projects fully sold out
Samana Developers3235 of 52 tracked projects fully sold out
Object 12713 of 35 tracked projects fully sold out
Nshama2436 of 37 tracked projects fully sold out
Wasl Properties187 of 23 tracked projects fully sold out
Danube Properties1722 of 30 tracked projects fully sold out

What sell-out rates do and do not mean

The table above includes how many of each developer's tracked projects are fully sold out. Read it carefully: a high sold-out share reflects demand, but also how much of a developer's catalogue is older stock that has simply had longer to sell. It is a signal to investigate, not a ranking of quality.

Concentration matters for buyers mostly through delivery risk and resale depth: the biggest developers control large shares of entire districts, so their handover schedules move whole communities at once. Cross-reference a developer's pipeline with the handover pipeline report , or browse projects by developer in the off-plan directory.

Methodology and limitations

Counts are by project, not by unit or gross floor area, and cover projects located in Dubai. "Fully sold out" uses the developer-reported availability flag on each project. Developer names are as published; sub-brands of the same group are not merged.

Figures are computed directly from the Luxury Located project catalogue as of 20 July 2026 and refresh as the catalogue is updated. The catalogue is a broad, continuously maintained record of publicly marketed off-plan projects; it is not a register of every project in the emirate, and developer-stated dates, prices and payment plans can change after publication. Where a project does not state a value, it is excluded from that calculation rather than estimated.

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Harcsa, B. (2026). Dubai Developer Market Share. Luxury Located Research. Data as of 20 July 2026. https://luxurylocated.com/market/dubai-developer-market-share

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