What is the rental yield for studio apartments in Business Bay?

As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Business Bay returns 6.8% gross on studio apartments, -1.1 pts against the Dubai median of 7.9%, across 57 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (3,507 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.

What do apartments in Business Bay rent for per square foot?

The median is 131 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

Are rents in Business Bay rising?

The median building moved -8.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 57 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.

Which building in Business Bay yields most?

Court, at 9.9% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.

How many buildings in Business Bay does this record cover?

57. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

Studio apartments for rent · DLD + Ejari data to 12 Oct 2026

Business Bay

57 buildings · 3,507 contracts in 12 months

Last 12 months of rental activity across 57 eligible buildings.

As of 2026-10-12, Business Bay's median gross yield for studio apartments is 6.8% across 57 buildings (DLD + Ejari).

Studio apartments · typical rent a year

69,000AEDa year

AED 131/sqft a year · -8.4% on a year

Contracts, 12 months: 3,507

Leaders

Highest yield: Court· 9.9%
Lowest AED/yr/sqft: Safeer Tower 2· 98
Most traded: Prive by DAMAC (A)· 327

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Safeer Tower 2	6.3%-0.5 pts	AED 47,093	98	35	-12.8%
Ontario Tower	7.2%+0.3 pts	AED 48,000	119	14	-15.8%
Capital Bay B	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 50,000	104	44	-16.4%
Century	5.7%-1.1 pts	AED 50,000	123	33	under 5 sales in a year
Avanti Tower	under 3 sales	AED 50,000	106	29	-16.7%
Bayz Tower	6.7%-0.2 pts	AED 51,000	123	112	-15.0%
Elite Business Bay Residence	7.5%+0.6 pts	AED 54,000	110	180	-10.0%
Executive Bay-ARent from the wider project	7.6%+0.8 pts	AED 55,000	122	24	-8.3%
Water'S Edge	6.5%-0.3 pts	AED 55,000	135	27	-21.4%
Bays Edge	6.2%-0.6 pts	AED 55,000	129	15	-15.4%
Damac Maison The Vogue	7.1%+0.2 pts	AED 55,451	127	32	-16.0%
The Scala TowerRent from the wider project	6.2%-0.6 pts	AED 55,500	118	10	-11.2%
Capital Bay A	7.6%+0.8 pts	AED 56,000	102	53	-6.7%
Safeer Tower 1	8.7%+1.8 pts	AED 56,800	128	42	+3.3%
Majestine	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 59,000	120	135	-9.2%
Park Central	9.2%+2.4 pts	AED 60,000	143	13	+15.4%
Ag Tower	7.5%+0.6 pts	AED 60,000	117	105	-4.8%
The Cosmopolitan	7.3%+0.5 pts	AED 60,000	127	89	-7.7%
Aykon City (2) -Tower CRent from the wider project	7.1%+0.3 pts	AED 60,000	139	67	-7.7%
MeranoRent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 60,000	168	43	0.0%
Hamilton Residency	under 3 sales	AED 60,000	114	5	0.0%
Regalia By Deyaar	7.4%+0.6 pts	AED 62,500	140	12	no prior year
Royal Regency	4.4%-2.4 pts	AED 62,500	128	6	no prior year
CourtRent from the wider project	9.9%+3.1 pts	AED 65,000	139	42	-7.1%
Peninsula Two	5.8%-1.0 pts	AED 65,000	154	46	no prior year
15 Northside - Tower 1Rent from the wider project	6.7%-0.2 pts	AED 68,000	174	55	-9.3%
Sol Bay	6.0%-0.9 pts	AED 68,000	131	31	+1.5%
Prive by DAMAC (A)Rent from the wider project	7.0%+0.1 pts	AED 69,000	159	327	-8.0%
Prive by DAMAC (B)Rent from the wider project	6.9%+0.1 pts	AED 69,000	159	327	-8.0%
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business Bay	7.6%+0.8 pts	AED 70,000	140	40	-4.1%
MAG 318	6.7%-0.2 pts	AED 70,000	159	160	-9.4%
West WharfRent from the wider project	7.0%+0.2 pts	AED 71,000	118	12	-6.6%
The Paragon by IGO	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 71,500	167	42	-7.7%
Urban Oasis	6.6%-0.2 pts	AED 72,000	155	23	-10.0%
Luxury Family Residence II	7.3%+0.5 pts	AED 73,500	169	50	-2.0%
The Sterling East House	6.8%+0.0 pts	AED 75,000	154	14	-6.3%
J One - 1Rent from the wider project	6.8%+0.0 pts	AED 75,000	140	12	-6.3%
Binghatti Canal	6.7%-0.2 pts	AED 75,000	166	28	-7.4%
Marquise Square Tower	6.5%-0.4 pts	AED 75,000	131	85	-6.3%
Peninsula Three	6.3%-0.6 pts	AED 75,000	175	112	no prior year
The Sterling West House	6.0%-0.8 pts	AED 75,000	174	7	-4.3%
Ahad Residences	6.4%-0.4 pts	AED 76,500	171	32	-11.1%
Bay Square - 11Rent from the wider project	7.3%+0.5 pts	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 09Rent from the wider project	7.3%+0.5 pts	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 10Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 03Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 06Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 07Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 08Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Bay Square - 02Rent from the wider project	pooled rent, not per building	AED 76,930	114	54	-8.4%
Peninsula One	6.5%-0.4 pts	AED 80,000	199	114	+6.7%
Peninsula Four	6.3%-0.5 pts	AED 81,000	164	25	no prior year
Upside Living	5.5%-1.4 pts	AED 82,500	176	209	-16.7%
Peninsula Five - 3Rent from the wider project	5.7%-1.1 pts	AED 85,000	165	41	0.0%
Trillionaire Residences by Binghatti	7.2%+0.4 pts	AED 89,759	160	83	+12.2%
SLS Dubai Hotel & Residences	6.3%-0.6 pts	AED 90,000	138	29	-10.0%

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Yield deltas are vs the Business Bay median (6.8%).

Developments compared

What a unit rents for in each Business Bay development, pooled across its towers. Pick a bedroom type to compare like with like.

Development	Rent a year	Price	AED/sqft	Gross yield
15 Northside2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 68,00055 contracts	AED 1.02M12 sales	2,715	6.7%
Aykon City 32 towers	—none	AED 1.02M4 sales	2,286	—
Bay Square11 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 76,93054 contracts	AED 1.05M11 sales	1,552	7.3%
Binghatti Aquarise5 towers	—none	AED 1.19M165 sales	2,591	—
Binghatti Skyrise3 towers	—none	AED 1.30M229 sales	2,921	—
DAMAC Towers by Paramount4 towers	—none	AED 809,00023 sales	1,626	—
J One2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 75,00012 contracts	AED 1.10M7 sales	1,806	6.8%
Peninsula Five3 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 85,00041 contracts	AED 1.48M6 sales	2,781	5.7%
Prive by DAMAC2 towers · rent filed for the project	AED 69,000327 contracts	AED 990,00073 sales	2,367	7.0%
Royal Regency Suites2 towers	—none	AED 1.37M8 sales	2,481	—
The Atria2 towers	—none	—1 sale, too few	—	—
All of Business Bayevery building, in a project or not	AED 65,0002,815 contracts	AED 1.13M1,540 sales	2,500	5.8%

Medians of registered sales and new Ejari leases in the 12 months to 12 Oct 2026, pooled across each development’s towers at studio. A median needs 3 rows; a dash with a count means fewer.

Latest in Business Bay, studio

Latest new leases

Century12 Oct 2026 · Studio · 396 sqftAED 45,000 /yr114/sqft
Majestine12 Oct 2026 · Studio · 456 sqftAED 50,000 /yr110/sqft
Damac Maison The Vogue12 Oct 2026 · Studio · 491 sqftAED 55,000 /yr112/sqft
Prive by DAMACFiled for the development · 11 Oct 2026 · Studio · 414 sqftAED 61,371 /yr148/sqft
Majestine11 Oct 2026 · Studio · 456 sqftAED 57,000 /yr125/sqft
Peninsula Two11 Oct 2026 · Studio · 389 sqftAED 88,000 /yr226/sqft
Elite Business Bay Residence11 Oct 2026 · Studio · 478 sqftAED 55,000 /yr115/sqft
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business Bay11 Oct 2026 · Studio · 518 sqftAED 63,000 /yr122/sqft

Latest sales

Peninsula One12 Oct 2026 · Studio · 429 sqftAED 1.19M2,777/sqft
Binghatti Skyrise - TOWER A12 Oct 2026 · Studio · 425 sqft · off-planAED 1.00M2,350/sqft
Upside Living9 Oct 2026 · Studio · 471 sqftAED 1.25M2,656/sqft
Court9 Oct 2026 · Studio · 471 sqftAED 606,4601,288/sqft
Peninsula Two8 Oct 2026 · Studio · 408 sqftAED 1.02M2,504/sqft
Peninsula Three8 Oct 2026 · Studio · 422 sqftAED 1.20M2,847/sqft
Bayz Tower8 Oct 2026 · Studio · 407 sqftAED 720,0001,767/sqft
Peninsula One8 Oct 2026 · Studio · 437 sqftAED 1.05M2,400/sqft

Rents by bedroom type in Business Bay

Medians across the buildings above. Open a type to rank those buildings on their own.

Type	Median rent	Gross yield	12-month change	Rentals
Studio	AED 69,000	131	6.8%+0.0 pts	-8.4%	3,507
1 bed	AED 96,500	106	6.6%-0.2 pts	-4.2%	5,848
2 bed	AED 140,000	105	6.3%-0.5 pts	-4.1%	2,638
3 bed	AED 200,000	104	6.5%-0.3 pts	-5.8%	655
4+ bed	AED 330,000	103	6.0%-0.9 pts	-2.9%	50

Yield deltas are vs the Business Bay median (6.8%).

What is coming, and what is movingStudios face the most new supply: 4,324 planned against 4,198 let today

Type	Planned 2026–28 against homes let	Rents fell in
Studio	103% · 4,324	51% of 35 · over half	81% of 31 · over half
1 bed	61% · 4,672	52% of 58 · over half	81% of 43 · over half
2 bed	40% · 1,930	41% of 29	76% of 38 · over half
3 bed	41% · 569	–	73% of 11 · over half

DLD project register as of 6 Jul 2026 · a planned date is not a delivery forecast

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How these are counted

11,591 apartments are planned in Business Bay from 2026 to 2028, equal to 64% of the 18,176 homes let there today.

Ready prices per sqft fell in 50% of 131 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) in Business Bay with sales in both years; the typical one moved −0.1%.

The pooled median moved +5.4%: 5.5 points more than the typical building, because different buildings traded in each year.

New-lease rents fell in 79% of 124 buildings (counted once per bedroom type) with leases in both years; the typical one moved −5.6%.

Planned completions are apartment units in projects the Land Department register lists as neither complete nor cancelled, by the year of the registered completion date. Projects already past that date and projects without one are counted separately, not spread over future years. Leases are every registered new and renewed apartment lease in the area in the last 12 months. A planned date is not a delivery forecast.

Each building counts once per bedroom type when it has at least five ready sales (or five new leases) in both the last 12 months and the 12 before. Its change is its own median price per sqft (or annual rent) now against then, so the mix of buildings that happened to trade cannot move it. Off-plan sales are left out.

Sales and leases to 12 Oct 2026. Neither figure is a forecast, a vacancy rate or a price index. Methodology

Rents from every lease, yields building by buildingNew-lease rents −8.5% per sq ft on a year; studio homes yield 6.8% gross at the median building

New-lease rents, month by month

Median rent of new leases, AED per sq ft per year

All bedroom types; months with fewer than 20 new leases are left off. Source: Ejari.

Gross yield, building by building

Axis: gross yield, % of price

Median building

Studio6.8% (5.9–7.6)
1 bed6.6% (5.7–7.4)
2 bed6.3% (5.2–7.5)
3 bed6.5% (4.6–7.6)

Dot: the median building. Line: 10th to 90th percentile. Gross: before service charge, vacancy and fees. Sources: DLD, Ejari.

Rents in Business Bay, month by month · all apartmentsMonthly median rent per sqft

AED/yr/sqft, rolling 3-month median

Median rent per sqft per year across every registered new rental contract in Business Bay, as a rolling 3-month median. The band along the bottom is monthly volume.

The records behind these figures

The latest registered sales and rental contracts in Business Bay, as filed. Off-plan sales are flagged.

Latest registered sales

Date	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Price, AED
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	1 bed	712	AED 1.24M	1,736
12 Oct 2026	Amna Tower	1 bed	872	AED 1.75M	2,006
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Three	1 bed	639	AED 1.80M	2,816
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Five - 3	1 bed	816	AED 2.05M	2,513
12 Oct 2026	The Paragon by IGO	1 bed	655	AED 1.05M	1,601

Latest registered rental contracts

Starts	Building	Type	Size, sqft	Rent, AED/yr
12 Oct 2026	Peninsula Two	2 bed	920	AED 140,000	152
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	3 bed	1,816	AED 200,000	110
12 Oct 2026	Regalia By Deyaar	1 bed	733	AED 78,000	106
12 Oct 2026	Elite Business Bay Residence	2 bed	1,309	AED 130,000	99
12 Oct 2026	Vyb	2 bed	918	AED 110,000	120

New contracts only, so a renewal capped by RERA is not read as the market rate. Sales exclude the outliers the methodology names. A size or a per-square-foot figure the recorded area cannot support is left blank rather than guessed.

About the Business Bay figures

This record covers the 57 Business Bay buildings with enough registered Ejari contracts for a median to mean anything; 6 more have recorded activity but too little to report. Gross yields inside the area run from 4.4% to 9.9%, so the 6.8% median says much less about any one building than the building table does. The Dubai median for comparison is 7.9%, over the same 12-month window of Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.

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Compare towers within a project

Projects with at least two buildings that meet this record’s publication criteria. Each comparison uses the same locality and sale or rental evidence as this page.

15 Northside · 2 towers
Al Habtoor City · 3 towers
Bay Square · 11 towers
DAMAC Towers by Paramount · 4 towers
J One · 2 towers
Peninsula Five · 3 towers
Prive by DAMAC · 2 towers
The Atria · 2 towers

Every building in Business Bay106 buildings with a rental contract, A to Z

106 buildings

A

B

Bay Square - 0190k
Bay Square - 0290k
Bay Square - 0390k
Bay Square - 0690k
Bay Square - 0790k
Bay Square - 0890k
Bay Square - 0990k
Bay Square - 1090k
Bay Square - 1190k
Bay Square - 1290k
Bay Square - 1390k
Bays Edge77k
Bayz 102 By Danube2 rental contracts · no page—
Bayz Tower64k
Binghatti Canal105k
Burj Pacific150k

C

D

Damac Maison The Vogue70k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (A)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (B)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (C)120k
DAMAC Towers by Paramount (D)120k
Dorchester Collection Dubai2 rental contracts · no page—
Downtown Residences1 rental contract · no page—

E

Elite Business Bay Residence63k
Executive Bay-A76k
Eywa The Way Of Water2 rental contracts · no page—

F

Fairview76k

H

Hamilton Residency70k

J

L

Luxury Family Residence II88k
Luxury Family Residence III1 rental contract · no page—

M

MAG 31878k
Majestine70k
Marquise Square Tower87k
Mayfair Residency69k
Mayfair Tower68k
Meera Tower135k
Merano75k
Millennium Binghatti Residences Business Bay89k

N

Nobles120k
Noura Tower135k

O

P

R

S

T

Terraces Marasi Drive154k
The Cosmopolitan66k
The Opus By Omniyat200k
The Pad95k
The Paragon by IGO90k
The Residences at Business Central85k
The Scala Tower84k
The Sterling East House139k
The Sterling West House135k
Tiger Sky Tower220k
Trillionaire Residences by Binghatti100k

U

V

Vera Tower82k
Volante1.02M
Volante 22 rental contracts · no page—
Vyb99k

W

Z

Zada Tower71k

0–9

Typical rent a year, AED, 12-month median; AED per sqft where a building has no unit figure · “no page”: too few rental contracts for a median that means anything

Common questions

What is the rental yield for studio apartments in Business Bay?: As of 2026-10-12, the median apartment building in Business Bay returns 6.8% gross on studio apartments, -1.1 pts against the Dubai median of 7.9%, across 57 buildings with enough registered Dubai Land Department sales and Ejari contracts to report (3,507 registered Ejari contracts in the last 12 months). Gross means before service charge, fees and vacancy.
What do apartments in Business Bay rent for per square foot?: The median is 131 AED/sqft a year, over registered Dubai Land Department and Ejari records to 2026-10-12.
Are rents in Business Bay rising?: The median building moved -8.4% over the last 12 months against the 12 before it. That is a median across 57 buildings, so individual towers move further in both directions.
Which building in Business Bay yields most?: Court, at 9.9% gross. A top row is an outlier by construction — the sample size beside it on the table is the check.
How many buildings in Business Bay does this record cover?: 57. A building appears once it has enough registered sales and contracts for a median to mean anything; the rest are listed but not ranked. Data to 2026-10-12.

studio apartments rental record for Business Bay

Record type: Area-level property market record
Data date: 2026-10-12
Evidence base: 3,507 registered rental contracts represented across 57 directly located eligible buildings; headline scope 57 buildings including child localities
Sources: Dubai Land Department sale transactions and Ejari rental contracts
Canonical record: /rent/studio-apartments/dubai/business-bay
Method: Definitions and calculations

Cite as: Dubai Wealth Index. “studio apartments for rent in Business Bay.” Data to 2026-10-12. https://dubaiwealthindex.com/rent/studio-apartments/dubai/business-bay

Source: Dubai Land Department open data. Data to 12 Oct 2026. Area figures are medians across the buildings listed above, not a separate calculation.