Pharmacist Career in Dubai
9,388 on the Register · 6,754 with a Full-time Licence
Dubai's medical register lists 9,388 pharmacist professionals. The 6,754 with a full-time licence work at 1,603 facilities. The FTL rate is 72%: the share holding an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility.
9,388
On the register
257
Register per 100K population
72%
FTL rate
0%
Consultant ratio
Top Employers
The largest employers of pharmacist professionals in Dubai, ranked by headcount.
Areas Where Zavis Has Matched Pharmacist Professionals
The areas with the most matched pharmacist records. Areas come from the address on each facility's Zavis directory listing. 3,021 of Dubai's 5,505 facilities have an address that names one of these areas; the rest are in other communities or have no usable address, so an area's count is not its full workforce and an area missing here is not an area without this specialty.
Al Barsha
330 matched
Deira
309 matched
Al Quoz
216 matched
Dubai Marina
178 matched
Jebel Ali
146 matched
Al Qusais
142 matched
Oud Metha
131 matched
Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC)
124 matched
Employment Model
FTL (Full-time licence)
6,754
72%
REG (Registered only, no facility licence)
2,633
28%
The FTL rate is the share of registered pharmacist professionals who hold an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility. A REG record means the professional has passed registration with the Dubai health regulator, which the regulator describes as the step before looking for a job, but is not currently licensed at a facility. That can mean someone between jobs, newly registered or not yet hired. Licence type does not measure skill or seniority.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pharmacist professionals work in Dubai?
As of 2026-04-03, 6,754 pharmacist professionals held an active full-time licence at a Dubai facility. Dubai's medical register listed 9,388 in all, or 257 per 100,000 population. The rest are almost all Registered Only: registered with the Dubai health regulator but holding no facility licence, so they cannot practise in Dubai until a facility activates one.
What are the top employers for pharmacist in Dubai?
The largest employers are Super Care Pharmacy, Medicina Pharmacy, Rashid Hospital - Dubai Health. The top facility employs 238 pharmacist professionals.
What is the FTL rate for pharmacist in Dubai?
72% of pharmacist professionals on Dubai's medical register hold a full-time licence (FTL) at a Dubai facility. Another 28% are Registered Only (REG): they have passed registration with the Dubai health regulator but do not currently hold a licence at a Dubai facility, so they cannot practise until a facility activates one.
Related Pages
Source: the public register of licensed medical professionals kept by the Dubai health regulator, read 2026-04-03. See data sources. This career profile is for informational purposes only and does not constitute career or employment advice.