For the Best Start-Up Business of the Year 2009 Award
The business must:

1. Be a legal entity operating in your country.
2. 100% owned and operated by the country citizen.
3. Employ less than 100 people or the sales turnover less than AED 50,000,000.
4. The business should be established a minimum of one year at the time of submitting the awards application.

For the rest of the categories
The business must:

1. Be a legal entity operating in the UAE.
2. 100% owned and operated by UAE national(s).
3. Employ less than 100 people or the sales turnover less than AED 50,000,000.
4. The business should be established a minimum of one year at the time of submitting the awards application.