Healthcare property
Clinics for sale in Dubai: how buying and selling works
For buyers and sellers of dental clinics, polyclinics and medical centres. The process, the preparation, the confidentiality, and why no listing appears here without a permit.
Licensed clinics and polyclinics in Dubai change hands on a dual track: the premises or lease through the DLD, the licence and business through the DHA (Sheryan) and the DET. Valuations are commonly expressed as a multiple of EBITDA (typically 3 to 5 times for established polyclinics) or of revenue for small practices; every deal is different. A seller typically needs 4 to 8 weeks to reach a signed letter of intent; a buyer typically 30 to 60 days to complete. No listing is published on this site without a RERA permit. Last reviewed 22 October 2026.
How does buying a clinic in Dubai work?
- Brief and qualification. Specialty, size, area, owned or leased premises, budget, and who the medical director will be. Proof of funds.
- NDA and written brief. For each opportunity that fits, you sign the seller's NDA and receive an information memorandum: history, licence category, services, team, three years' financials, lease or title, equipment list, insurance panels.
- Site visit and management meeting. Out of hours where the seller requires it.
- Offer and letter of intent. Price split between property (or lease) and business; payment structure; staff retention; conditions precedent (DHA eligibility, lease assignment, clean DD).
- Due diligence, around 30 days. The 30-point checklist. A formal confirmation of receipt of DD materials marks the end of this phase and starts the approvals.
- Approvals. DLD transfer or lease assignment; DHA initial approval and licence-holder amendment; DET memorandum and trade-licence amendment. Concurrent, not sequential.
- Closing and handover. Escrow release against both tracks completing; then the first 30 days of integration.
How does selling a clinic work?
- Pre-audit, weeks 1 to 2. The seller preparation checklist below, done before anyone sees the clinic.
- Valuation, week 3. Business on normalised EBITDA (typically 3 to 5 times for established polyclinics) or revenue for small practices; property separately on DLD comparables.
- Confidential marketing, week 4. Information memorandum to pre-qualified buyers under NDA. No staff announcement, no public listing.
- Negotiation, weeks 5 to 6. Letter of intent, structure, contingencies.
- Buyer DD and dual-track closing, weeks 6 to 8 and beyond. The DLD and DHA closings run in parallel; escrow releases when both are done.
Seller preparation checklist
- Original title deed from the DLD with an encumbrance certificate, or the lease with a landlord NOC to assign.
- DET trade licence and DHA facility licence, each with at least six months' validity; practitioner permits for every clinician.
- Three consecutive years of audited profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow; 24 months of bank statements reconciling to revenue.
- DHA Sheryan good-standing report: no open violations, inspections up to date, accreditation current.
- Certified end-of-service benefit (gratuity) statement for every employee.
- Calibration and maintenance certificates for every medical device, imaging unit and laboratory instrument; FANR licence for radiology.
- Insurance panel agreements and the last twelve months of claims ageing.
- NABIDH connection status and the electronic medical records contract.
- Supplier, laboratory and consumables contracts; the DEWA and chiller accounts.
- A clean narrative: why you are selling, what the buyer must keep, what they could change.
Buyer qualification
- Proof of funds for the price plus costs: 4% DLD on the property component, 5% VAT on the business component, trustee fees, brokerage, working capital.
- A DHA-eligible medical director named, or a credible plan to appoint one before approvals.
- A company structure or a plan: mainland LLC for DHA-licensed clinics; a free-zone entity for DHCC.
- A specialty-matched brief. A general dentist buying an aesthetic medical centre is a licence question before it is a price question.
- Time: 30 to 60 days to complete, and attention during the first 30 days after.
Confidentiality and the NDA
Every brief goes out under the seller's NDA. Staff are told at the town hall after closing, not before; patients are told by the new owner's communication campaign; insurers are notified formally after the licence amendment. A clinic that becomes known to be for sale loses the people who make it worth buying. That is why there is no gallery of clinics on this page.
Current opportunities
Enquiries are handled confidentially and in writing. Dubaiesque does not publish a clinic listing without a RERA Trakheesi permit number entered by Dr Deepak Songra, the Provident brokerage name and ORN 1933, and his BRN 84122, and never publishes a clinic that is not genuinely for sale. If you are a qualified buyer, tell me your brief and I will say, honestly, whether there is anything that fits. If you are a seller, the first conversation is just that.
Questions people ask
Where can I see clinics for sale in Dubai?
Most do not appear anywhere public, because a visible sale unsettles staff, patients and insurers. Marketplaces list some; the better opportunities move through broker networks under NDA. Tell me what you are looking for and I share written briefs after an NDA.
What does a seller need to prepare?
Title deed or lease with landlord NOC, DET trade licence and DHA facility licence with at least six months' validity, practitioner permits, three years' audited accounts reconciled to bank statements, a Sheryan good-standing report, a certified gratuity (EOSB) statement, equipment calibration certificates, insurance panel agreements and the lease. The checklist below is the full list.
How do you qualify a buyer?
Proof of funds (liquid capital of around 30% of the target value is a sensible rule), a named DHA-eligible medical director or a plan to appoint one, a company structure or a plan for one, and a clear brief: specialty, size, area, premises owned or leased. I do not introduce unqualified buyers to sellers.
What is in the NDA?
The seller's identity and the information memorandum, the financials, staff and patient data (anonymised where possible), and a non-solicitation of staff and patients. Signed before any brief is shared. The NDA is between you and the seller; I am named as the intermediary.
Who pays the brokerage?
2% of transaction value plus VAT, minimum by agreement, paid by the party named in the written mandate, confirmed before any work starts. Fees are never deducted from escrow without both parties' written instruction.
What is the minimum size you handle?
Single-chair dental practices upward. Small practices are usually valued on revenue and move faster; polyclinics on EBITDA and take longer. Every deal is different.
Figures are indicative, dated and sourced where shown; they are not advice and not a guarantee. Dubaiesque is a broker, not a tax, legal, immigration or financial adviser. Take independent advice before you commit.
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