Amazon opens first warehouse in Abu Dhabi
- 19 de set. de 2025
- 2 min de leitura
Retail giant Amazon has opened its first logistics warehouse in Abu Dhabi, as it aims to win a bigger slice of the UAE’s $9 billion ecommerce market.
Facility located in Kezad
Amazon entered UAE market in 2017
High demand for warehouse space
Launched in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (Adio), the warehouse – which Amazon refers to as a fulfilment centre – will support entrepreneurs and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the emirate who want to target Amazon customers in the Gulf state.
The centre, which is located in Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (Kezad), has a storage capacity of up to 8 million units.
Ronaldo Mouchawar, vice president of Amazon Middle East, Africa and Turkey, said it will provide “local businesses with the tools and infrastructure they need to succeed online and support customers”.
Amazon entered the UAE market in 2017 when it acquired homegrown online retailer Souq.com.
Local rival Noon.com, which was created by a conglomerate led by Mohamed Alabbar, the founder of Emaar, the Dubai developer behind Dubai Mall and Burj Khalifa, launched the same year.
Amazon’s entry into the Abu Dhabi market comes as the UAE’s ecommerce market has grown to about $8 billion in early 2025, having doubled in size since the pandemic in 2020. The market is forecast to be worth around $9 billion by the end of this year.
The growth of the sector has resulted in high demand for warehouse space in the UAE.
Limited inventory has made it a landlord’s market, with rental rates for warehouses growing 22 percent to AED470 per square metre in Abu Dhabi in the second quarter of 2025, according to a report by real estate consultancy company JLL.
Prime locations such as Kezad have seen higher rates of about AED500 per square metre.
By Shane McGinley
September 19, 2025, 2:36 PM
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