Updated List of Business Activities that are Open

9 June 2020

The Supreme Committee made some changes to the list after they held their weekly meeting.

Starting on Wednesday, June 10th 2020, the activities below may carry on operations (according to the Supreme Committee in charge of dealing with COVID-19 and under the supervision of the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources).

Newly re-opened activities include:

  • Tailor shops 
  • Shoe Sale and Repair stores
  • Jewelry shops 
  • Cosmetics stores
  • Abayas stores
  • Ready-made clothes stores
  • Traditional Omani dress stores
  • Children’s clothing shops
  • Sports clothing and equipment stores
  • Perfumes stores
  • Furniture shops 
  • Shops that sell kids toys
  • Goldsmiths shops
  • Herbal medicine shops
  • Transaction offices
  • Offices for translation services  
  • Photography shops 
  • Shops that sell and install vehicle windscreens  
  • Decoration services shops 
  • Household utensils and kitchenware shops  
  • Shops that sell or buy used items  
  • Shops that sell or repair motorcycles and bicycles  
  • Digital printing shops 
  • Calligraphy studios/shops 
  • Businesses that manufacture paper/plastic products
  • Shops that manufacture glass 
  • Shops that sell pictures and frames  
  • Shops that sell security and safety products  
  • Shops that sell or repair vehicle air conditioning units and exhausts  
  • Used car showrooms  
  • Businesses that manufacture cooking equipment  
  • Shops that sell paints for vehicles 
  • Billing service offices 
  • Shops that sell household accessory items  
  • Shops that sell artificial grass
  • Shops that offer carpet-cleaning services
  • Shops that sell and install wallpaper
  • Shops that customize curtains
  • Shops and factories that sell ‘fukhar’ clay products
  • Gift shops
  • Shops that sell leather products and bags
  • Carpet shops
  • Offices that register commercial brands and patents
  • Shops that rent out construction equipment
  • Telecommunication companies’ service centres
  • Car accessory shops
  • Shops that sell camel and horse accessories
  • Key-making shops

The full list of activities that may operate, and conditions under which they may are as follows:

Must adhere to given health requirements:

  1. Petrol stations 
  2. Gas shops and transporters
  3. Yachts anchorage

Must adhere to given health requirements, Orders, pickup/takeaway and Delivery ONLY:

  1. Restaurants, cafes and mobile cafes
  2. Sale of juices
  3. Mishkak Sale

Activities that should allow customers to enter while maintaining physical spacing of at least two meters and must adhere to health requirements:

  1. Grocery Stores
  2. Food Storages
  3. Medical clinics and veterinary clinics 
  4. pharmacies 
  5. Optical Stores
  6. Bakeries 
  7. Water factories and stores
  8. Halwa factories and stores 
  9. Food industries 
  10. Fodder, grains, agricultural materials and pesticides sale 
  11. Meat and poultry stores
  12. Fish sale stores
  13. Ice cream, corn, sweets and nuts sale
  14. Vegetable and fruit shops 
  15. Flour Mills
  16. Honey Sale
  17. Date Stores
  18. Animal and Poultry farms
  19. Shipping offices, customs clearance and insurance offices
  20. Sanitary and electrical materials stores
  21. Non-food storages
  22.  Fishing supplies stores
  23. Vehicle repair workshops and fishing boat repair workshops 
  24. Sale of vehicle spare parts, sale of fishing boat spare parts
  25. Vehicle electricians, changing vehicle oils, repairing vehicle brakes, sale and tires repair.
  26. Sale and repair of electrical and television broadcasting equipment 
  27. Selling, repairing and maintaining computers 
  28. Stationary and office Supplies stores
  29. Printing Store
  30. Quarries and Crushers 
  31. Sanad offices (completion of remote transactions only).   
  32. Vehicle rental offices and equipment and machinery rental offices 
  33. Exchange companies and shops 
  34. Steam laundries and machine-cleaning shops 
  35. Shops and workshops specialized in selling bee supplies
  36. Building materials stores 
  37. Block, tile and cement products factories 
  38. Ready-mixed concrete plants 
  39. Shops selling ceramic, tiles, marble and granite
  40. Shredding and spreading workshops for tiles, ceramics, marble, and granite
  41. ​​Car wash 
  42. Car care centers
  43. New car showrooms
  44. Sale and repair of water filters
  45. Shops selling and maintaining water pumps
  46. Shops selling modern irrigation systems
  47. Shops selling birds, fish, pets, and related foods
  48. Sale of agricultural inputs
  49. Carpentry workshops
  50. Blacksmith workshops
  51. Turning workshops
  52. Aluminum workshops 
  53. Metal welding shops 
  54. Consulting offices, lawyers’ offices, auditing offices
  55. Shops selling and maintaining mobile phones
  56. Watch shops that sell and maintain watches
  57. Driving schools
  58. Flower shops 
  59. Perfume stores
  60. Cosmetics Sale
  61. Shops selling watches and accessories 
  62. Clothing stores and boutiques, (women’s fashion and abayas)
  63. Cleaning and polishing cars (limited to external washing only). 
  64. Key manufacturing and copying shops 
  65. Shoe stores
  66. Shoe repair and sewing shops 
  67. Jewelry, gold and silver shops 
  68. Formulating gold and silver
  69. Medicinal and natural herbs Sale
  70. Transaction tracking offices
  71. Language translation offices
  72. Photocopying shops
  73. Shops selling and installing automotive glass
  74. Decor Stores
  75. Household utensils Stores
  76. Sewing supplies Stores
  77. Buying and selling scrap
  78. Shops selling motorcycles and bicycles
  79. Digital print shops
  80. Calligrapher
  81. Paper plastic industry
  82. Glass industry
  83. Photos and frames Sale
  84. Sale and installation of security and safety devices
  85. Vehicle exhaust repair and vehicle coolant repair 
  86. Exhibitions and companies selling used vehicles
  87. Cooking utensils industry
  88. Car Paint stores
  89. Furniture stores 
  90. Billing collection service offices 
  91. Luxurious shops
  92. shops selling clothes and sports equipment
  93. Cosmetics stores
  94. Abayas and shela stores
  95. Ready-made clothes stores
  96. Shops selling Al-Masar and Al-Kamim
  97. children’s clothing stores
  98. Artificial grass shops
  99. Shops selling perfumes and incense
  100. Carpet washing shops
  101. Sale and installation of wall papers 
  102. Curtain cutting and tailoring shops
  103. children’s toys stores
  104. Pottery shops and factories
  105. Antiques and gifts stores
  106. Bags and leather goods Stores
  107. Carpet shops 
  108. Trademark and Patent Registration Offices
  109.  Construction Supplies Rental Stores
  110. Communications company halls
  111. shops selling vehicle accessories
  112. Shops selling camel and equestrian supplies

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