Major Update to Qatar’s Industrial Guide Unveiled: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI Qatar) has launched a 2025 update to its Industrial Guide, revising sector classifications, activity restrictions, and administrative procedures. The MOCI Qatar Industrial Guide Update aims to boost transparency, streamline business registration, and support industrial growth under Qatar’s national development plans.
Notably, the update comes with improvements to the MOCI Login portal, enhanced tools for company search, adjustments to Comprehensive Renewal, and refined appointment scheduling processes for business users and investors.
Key Revisions in the 2025 Guide
Updated Industrial Classifications & Activity Restrictions
The refreshed guide defines targeted sectors and associates each sector with specific permissible and restricted industrial activities. This aims to reduce ambiguity about which industrial operations are allowed in various zones.
These changes affect businesses seeking to expand or establish new industrial projects by clarifying where certain activities can operate and under what conditions. For instance, businesses in heavy manufacturing, food processing, or chemical sectors will need to confirm their alignment with permitted zones pre-approval.
Enhanced Digital Services & Login Portal
MOCI’s e-Services platform now includes a Single Window interface that integrates industrial applications, license renewals, and commercial registration processes.
The improved MOCI Login experience supports both Qatari individuals and company signatories. It also allows access via the national authentication portal or smart card, depending on user type.
Company Search & Status Check Tools
Under this update, the ministry has pushed upgrades to the trade name search and company status search tools. Investors and stakeholders can now look up business activity, license status, and registry details via MOCI’s platform and the Single Window portal.
For example, users can access an extract of the commercial register by logging into the Single Window portal and querying their company’s details.
Appointments, Careers & Administrative Support
To improve user service, MOCI has refined its appointment booking system for in-person consultations, document verification, and license handling. Meanwhile, the ministry is also recruiting staff to manage increased administrative demand under the updated industrial system.
The Commercial Registration & Licenses Department remains central to this effort, as it handles licensing, trade agent oversight, and commercial entity regulation.
Comprehensive Renewal Simplified
A key feature of the update is an expanded Comprehensive Renewal service, allowing simultaneous renewal of commercial registration (CR), commercial permits (CP), or both, with validity of up to five years.
This reduces administrative burden by bundling multiple license renewals into one transaction. The Single Window portal now supports this consolidated renewal workflow.
Why the Update Matters & Broader Context
Supporting Industrial Growth
Qatar has invested heavily in industrial development. In 2025 alone, over QR 270 billion has been mobilized in support of over 1,000 factories. The updated industrial guide ensures regulatory structures align more clearly with such scale.
Aligning with National Strategy
The overhaul fits within Qatar’s broader economic diversification and industrial strategy. MOCI aims to create a competitive, transparent environment for private-sector growth and investor confidence.
Reducing Barriers & Bureaucracy
By integrating functions—such as appointment booking, search, and renewal—through a digital Single Window interface, MOCI reduces friction for businesses. This is expected to lower errors, speed approvals, and reduce manual oversight.
Enhancing Transparency & Compliance
With clearer industrial zoning rules and fully searchable business registries, investors and regulatory bodies can better verify compliance. This helps fight shadow or non-compliant operations. The updated guide strengthens oversight.
FAQs
It’s a revised regulatory framework issued by MOCI that redefines industrial sectors, activity restrictions, and administrative procedures (login, company search, renewal) for Qatar’s industrial landscape.
Log into MOCI’s Single Window portal, use the “extract commercial register” or “business activity search” tool, submit your company or trade name, and view the status and license details.
Comprehensive Renewal allows business owners to renew multiple licenses (commercial registration, permits) at once—up to five years validity—through a single online request.
