The Dubai Financial Market has successfully boosted its investment appeal by adding 86,474 new accounts throughout 2025, thanks to a variety of investment options, strong corporate gains, and the attraction of new investor segments. Brokerage firms in the Dubai market established 86,474 new investor accounts from January 1 to December 31, in contrast to 108,608 accounts added during 2024.
According to a report based on Dubai Financial Market data, the distribution of new accounts was as follows: 6,889 in January, 6,846 in February, 5,923 in March, 7,384 in April, 10,745 in May, 6,589 in June, 7,542 in July, 6,475 in August, 9,441 in September, 6,853 in October, 7,265 in November, and 4,522 in December.
Among the new investor accounts opened, “PHM Capital Financial Services” led with 34,976 accounts, followed by “Emirates NBD Securities” with approximately 12,326 accounts, “Al Ramz Capital” with 11,765 accounts, “Abu Dhabi Islamic Securities” with 8,109 accounts, “International Securities” with 5,966 accounts, and “Mashreq Securities” with 4,707 accounts, while “First Abu Dhabi Securities” accounted for 3,645 accounts.
In addition, the 27 brokerage firms operating in the Dubai Financial Market executed around 6.7 million transactions throughout 2025, covering about 130 billion shares with a total value exceeding 348.6 billion dirhams.