Nuqta H1 Merchant Database
250+ Target Merchants Across 6 Categories · 26 Sub-Categories
📊 Execution Reality Check
This is a massive execution list aggregating major chains (high-volume store counts) and high-density independent clusters to ensure you hit 50+ merchants per sub-category immediately.
Three Commission Engines
ENGINE A
15-20% Commission
5% User Cashback
Instant Nuqta Coins (1 Coin = 1 AED)
5% Social Bonus
Extra coins if user shares on social media
5% Nuqta Revenue
Platform operations & merchant support
✅ Who This Is For:
ENGINE B
5-8% Commission
5% Fixed Cashback
Brand Coins (merchant-specific)
2.5-3% Nuqta Revenue
Lower rate, higher volume
✅ Who This Is For:
ENGINE C
Event Partnership
Event Coins
Locked until event attendance
Min Spend AED 300-500
Unlocks coins for redemption
✅ Who This Is For:
🤔 "We Already Have Our Own Loyalty Program. Why Nuqta?"
The Answer:
"Nuqta doesn't replace your loyalty program. It brings you new customers and makes your loyalty work better — with zero upfront cost."
Customer Acquisition
Your loyalty only works after users are already customers. Nuqta = top of funnel.
Universal Rewards
Nuqta Coin works across merchants. Brand loyalty points are locked. Users prefer "use anywhere".
Social Distribution
Nuqta pays customers to share. Brand loyalty doesn't reward social behavior.
Pay-for-Performance
Nuqta costs you only when a sale happens. No tech, staff, CRM, maintenance costs.
Better Data
Visit frequency, repeat cycles, wallet usage, cross-merchant behavior. Not just points.
Works WITH Loyalty
Nuqta does acquisition. Your loyalty does retention. No conflict, only synergy.
💡 The Killer Line:
"Your loyalty program rewards people who already love you. Nuqta brings you people who don't know you yet."
🍔 CATEGORY 1: Food & Beverages (CORE)
Model: Growth & Loyalty (15%) · Target: 100 Merchants
"Turn nearby customers into daily regulars. Replace discounts with loyalty."
☕ Cafés & Coffee Shops
Target: 25 merchants · ~520+ UAE outlets (chains)
Top Tier Chains (10)
Starbucks (170+ stores)
Costa Coffee (150+ stores)
Tim Hortons (90+ stores)
Caribou Coffee (60+ stores)
Café Nero (40+ stores)
% Arabica (15+ stores)
Paul (25+ stores)
Jones the Grocer (15+ stores)
Magnolia Bakery (10+ stores)
L'ETO Caffe (5+ stores)
Local & Indie Gems (15)
Stomping Grounds
Nightjar Coffee
Casette
Alchemy
Boston Lane
Seven Fortunes Coffee
Depresso
The Sum of Us
Wild & The Moon
Tonic Juice
Joga Bonito
Rise & Dawn
Sugaholic
Home Bakery
Mister Baker
🍔 QSR & Fast Food
Target: 25 merchants · ~610+ UAE outlets (chains)
Major Chains (15)
McDonald's (180+ stores)
KFC (150+ stores)
Subway (130+ stores)
Burger King (70+ stores)
Hardee's (60+ stores)
AlBaik (15+ stores)
Five Guys (10+ stores)
Shake Shack (8+ stores)
Krispy Kreme (50+ stores)
Baskin Robbins (150+ stores)
Papa John's (20+ stores)
Pizza Hut (40+ stores)
Domino's (60+ stores)
Nando's (20+ stores)
Wagamama (10+ stores)
Gourmet Burgers (10)
High Joint
Pickl
Salt
Slaw
Jailbird
Bluestone
Lads Burger
She Burger
The Stuffed Burger
Black Tap
🍽️ Casual & Family Dining
Target: 30 merchants · ~100+ UAE outlets (chains)
Mid-Casual Chains (10)
P.F. Chang's (15+ stores)
Chili's (15+ stores)
Applebee's (10+ stores)
California Pizza Kitchen
Cheesecake Factory
IHOP
TGI Friday's
Hard Rock Cafe
Zuma (if accessible)
Coya (if accessible)
Local UAE Favorites (20)
Al Fanar Restaurant
Operation: Falafel
Zaroob
Logma
Mama'esh
Bait Maryam
Reif Kushiyaki
Ravi Restaurant (Satwa)
Al Mallah (JBR/Satwa)
Antar (Lebanese)
Ijaza (Emirati)
Sikka Cafe
Arabian Tea House
Al Nafoorah
Comptoir 102
Tom & Serg
SALT Beach Cafe
Barasti Beach Bar
Bu Qtair Fish
Al Ustad Special Kabab
🍰 Desserts & Juice Bars
Target: 20 merchants · ~290+ UAE outlets
Dessert Chains (10)
Cold Stone Creamery
Häagen-Dazs
Cinnabon
Magnolia Cupcakes
Batch
Melt Chocolates
Godiva
Patchi
Mirzam Chocolate Makers
Just Falafel (desserts)
Juice/Smoothie Bars (10)
Freshii
Boost Juice
Juice World
The Raw Place
Life Pharmacy Juice Bar
Kcal
RightBite
Eathos
Just Salad
Project Chaiwala
💅 CATEGORY 2: Salons & Grooming (CORE)
Model: Growth & Loyalty (15%) · Target: 75 Merchants
"Convert first visits into loyal clients. Before/after content that drives trust."
✂️ Men's Salons & Barbers
Target: 15 premium grooming + 5 chains
1847 Grooming (15+ stores)
Chaps & Co (10+ stores)
Fade & Shave
CG Barbershop
Chalk Barbershop
Peaky Blinders Barbers
THT (The Hair Technician)
Adam Grooming Atelier
Gents Salon
The Barber Shop (Jumeirah)
Kings & Queens Barber
Jor-Elle Men's Salon
Top Cuts Barbershop
Privé Barbers
Legends Barbershop
💇♀️ Women's & Unisex Salons
Target: 20 salons · ~65+ UAE outlets
Tips & Toes (35+ stores)
NStyle Beauty (20+ stores)
Sisters Beauty Lounge (8+ stores)
Willow Lane Salon
Après Salon & Spa
Salon-M
N.Bar
Pastels Salon
Toni&Guy
Jawed Habib
Naturals Salon
Glow Concept Salon
The Lilac Loft
Glam House
Beauty on the Go
The Nail Spa
Polished Nail Bar
Zen Spa & Salon
Armonia Health & Wellness
That Hair Tho (THT)
📍 Execution Note (High Density Areas):
For Salons, focusing on JLT, Business Bay, and Al Barsha will yield 50+ merchants within a 2km radius. These neighborhoods have the highest concentration of grooming services.
🛒 CATEGORY 3: Grocery & Retail (CORE)
Model: Transaction-Only (3-5%) + Brand Coins · Target: 20 Merchants
"Become the default store in your neighborhood. Weekly habit creation without price wars."
🏬 Supermarkets
Target: 10 chains · ~470+ UAE outlets
Carrefour (175+ stores)
Lulu Hypermarket (90+ stores)
Spinneys (65+ stores)
Choithrams (40+ stores)
West Zone (100+ stores)
Grandiose Supermarket
Union Coop
Al Adil Trading
Shaklan Market
Emirates Coop
🏪 Convenience Stores
Target: 5 chains · ~320+ UAE outlets
Zoom (250+ stores)
Circle K (50+ stores)
7-Eleven (20+ stores)
ADNOC Oasis
ENOC outlets
All Day
Blue Mart
💍 Gold & Jewellery
Target: 5 merchants (Gold Souk focus)
⚠️ SPECIAL RULE:
Commission applies ONLY to making charges, NOT gold value. Gold value is commoditized (tied to global spot prices). Merchants make profit on craftsmanship/making charges only.
Gold Souk Deira (2-3 key vendors)
Joyalukkas
Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Kalyan Jewellers
Damas Jewellery
🏋️ CATEGORY 4: Fitness & Wellness (SECONDARY)
Model: Growth & Loyalty (15%) · Target: 40 Merchants
"Reduce churn and increase member lifetime value. Trial → conversion funnel."
💪 Gyms & Fitness Studios
Target: 25 locations · ~80+ UAE outlets
Chain Gyms (10)
Fitness First (50+ stores)
GymNation (15+ stores)
Gold's Gym (10+ stores)
Snap Fitness (5+ stores)
Anytime Fitness
Warehouse Gym
Vogue Fitness
Flex Gym
Body & Soul Health Club
The Warehouse Gym (Dubai Hills)
Boutique Fitness (15)
F45 Training
Barry's Bootcamp
Train SF
Platform Studios
Crank (spin studio)
The Class (spin/yoga)
Fly High Fitness
XP Dubai (boxing)
Punch Boxing
Reform Athletica (Pilates)
Studio 17 (Pilates)
Tribe Sports Nutrition
Iron Paradise
The PAD (kickboxing)
1Rebel (if launch)
🧘 Yoga, Wellness & Spas
Target: 15 studios & spas
Yoga Studios (8)
Karma Yoga
Trident Wellness
Inspire Yoga
Paus Yoga
Seva Experience
XYoga Dubai
House of Wisdom
Sadhana Village
Wellness & Spas (7)
Talise Spa (Madinat)
The Nail Spa (JBR)
Bliss Spa
Zen The Spa
Cleopatra Spa
Thai Chi Spa
Armonia Wellness
🎪 CATEGORY 5: Events & Pop-Ups (AMPLIFIER)
Model: Growth & Loyalty (15%) · Target: 10 Event Partners
"Turn one-time visitors into repeat users. Built-in virality via social sharing."
🎉 Major Event Partners
Target: 10 organizers (each = 10-300 vendors per event)
Global Village (200+ seasonal vendors)
Ripe Market (weekly pop-up)
Dubai Food Festival (annual)
Dubai Flea Market
Mercato Market
Art Central Dubai
College Fest Organizers (AUS, BITS, Manipal)
Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) vendors
Al Marmoom Camel Racetrack Events
La Mer Beach Events
💡 Strategy Note:
Partner with event organizers, not individual vendors. One organizer = 10-300 merchants. Global Village alone can yield 200+ merchants in one deal.
👗 CATEGORY 6: Fashion Retail (AMPLIFIER)
Model: Dual (15% for Boutiques, 5% for Chains) · Target: 55 Merchants
"Turn social content into real store sales. Outfit reels, try-ons, OOTD posts."
🏬 Fashion Retail Chains
Target: 20 chains (fast fashion + mid-premium)
Fast Fashion (10)
Zara
H&M
Mango
Forever 21
Stradivarius
Pull & Bear
Bershka
Uniqlo
Massimo Dutti
COS
Mid-Premium Fashion (10)
Tommy Hilfiger
Calvin Klein
Levi's
Lacoste
Mavi
Desigual
Reiss
All Saints
Marks & Spencer
Next
🎨 Local Fashion Boutiques
Target: 15 UAE-based brands & concept stores
The Giving Movement (sustainable)
Amongst Few (streetwear)
Sauce (streetwear)
Frame (concept store)
VAO Concept Store
Le Mill (concept store)
S*uce (resale luxury)
The Modist (modest fashion)
Bambah (local designer)
COOME (local brand)
Bleach (streetwear)
Level Shoes
Sole DXB (sneaker/street)
Footlocker
Bloomingdale's
💐 Perfume & Beauty Retail
Target: 10 merchants (mix of boutiques & chains)
Ajmal Perfumes (150+ stores)
Arabian Oud (100+ stores)
Rasasi Perfumes
Sephora (if feasible)
MAC Cosmetics
The Body Shop
Bath & Body Works
Foreo (beauty tech)
Faces (local beauty)
Areej (local perfume)
📍 Focus Areas:
Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue (anchor tenants), City Walk / D3 (concept stores),Dubai Outlet Mall (outlet boutiques)
📅 Phased Rollout Strategy (5 Months)
Foundation
Cafes, Male Grooming, Boutique Fitness
📍 Marina, JBR, Downtown
Expansion
Add Casual Dining, Women's Salons, Chains
📍 DIFC, City Walk, Al Barsha
Diversification
Grocery, Fashion Chains, Events
📍 Jumeirah, Dubai Mall, Al Quoz
Consolidation
Fill gaps, Wellness, Optimize existing
📍 MoE, Deira (Gold Souk)
H1 Gate
Complete all categories, optimize for H2
📍 Full Dubai coverage
🎯 H1 Exit Gate Success Criteria:
🎯 TARGET BRAND PARTNERSHIPS (Phase 2+)
Strategic enterprise partnerships for scale · Mixed Engines A/B/C
Major brands to approach after H1 proof of concept is established
🏬 Giant Retailers & Supermarkets
Engine B (5-8%) · High Volume Partners
Carrefour (100+ UAE stores)
Lulu Hypermarket (200+ stores)
Spinneys (65+ stores)
Choithrams (35+ stores)
Union Coop (60+ stores)
Al Maya Supermarket
Géant (10+ stores)
Viva Supermarket
Waitrose
Aswaaq
🛒 E-commerce & Digital Partners
Voucher partnerships · Affiliate model
Amazon.ae
Noon
Namshi
Ounass
Mumzworld
Sivvi
The Luxury Closet
Talabat
Deliveroo
Zomato
Instashop
Careem
🍔 Fast Food & QSR Giants
Engine A (15-20%) · High Frequency
McDonald's (80+ stores)
KFC (120+ stores)
Pizza Hut (70+ stores)
Domino's (100+ stores)
Burger King (50+ stores)
Subway (80+ stores)
Wendy's
Five Guys
Papa John's
Shake Shack
The Cheesecake Factory
Chili's
Applebee's
P.F. Chang's
Texas Roadhouse
Elevation Burger
☕ Coffee & Cafe Chains
Engine A (15-20%) · Daily Habit
Starbucks (170+ stores)
Costa Coffee (150+ stores)
Tim Hortons (90+ stores)
Dunkin (50+ stores)
Caribou Coffee
% Arabica
Paul
Coffee Planet
The Coffee Club
Café Bateel
Urth Caffe
High Society
👗 Fashion & Retail Chains
Engine A (15%) · High AOV
H&M
Zara
Max Fashion
Splash
Centrepoint
Lifestyle
Shoe Mart
Nike
Adidas
Puma
Aldo
Steve Madden
Bath & Body Works
Victoria's Secret
Sephora
Faces
💊 Health & Pharmacy
Engine B (5-8%) · Essential Services
Boots Pharmacy
BinSina Pharmacy
Aster Pharmacy (180+)
Life Pharmacy (300+)
SuperCare Pharmacy
Health First
Medicom Pharmacy
Al Manara Pharmacy
Planet Pharmacy
GNC
📱 Electronics & Tech
Engine B (5-8%) · High Value
Sharaf DG (50+ stores)
Emax (30+ stores)
Jumbo Electronics
Virgin Megastore
Apple Store
Samsung Store
Huawei Store
Xiaomi Store
LG Showroom
Sony Store
🎬 Entertainment & Events
Engine C (Event Model) · Acquisition Channel
VOX Cinemas (30+ screens)
Reel Cinemas
Novo Cinemas
Global Village
IMG Worlds of Adventure
Motiongate Dubai
Legoland Dubai
Dubai Parks
Ski Dubai
Dubai Aquarium
Wild Wadi
Kidzania
Bounce Dubai
Hub Zero
🏋️ Fitness & Sports
Engine A (15-20%) · High Retention
Fitness First (25+ branches)
Gold's Gym
Fitness 360
GymNation
F45 Training
Orangetheory Fitness
Barry's Bootcamp
SoulCycle
Yoga House
Breathe Pilates
The Platform
Warehouse Gym
✈️ Travel & Hospitality
Voucher partnerships · Premium segment
Marriott Hotels
Hilton Hotels
Rotana Hotels
Jumeirah Hotels
Address Hotels
Atlantis
Burj Al Arab
Emaar Hospitality
Emirates Holidays
Dnata Travel
Arabian Adventures
Big Bus Tours
🔧 Home Services & Auto
Engine A (15%) · Service-based
ServiceMarket
Justlife
Maid Absolute
The Luxury Laundry
Champion Cleaners
Al Futtaim Auto
ENOC/EPPCO
ADNOC
Quick Fit
Dynatrade
Max Garage
Yellow Hat
Partnership Approach Strategy
Phase 1: H1 (Now)
Focus on independent merchants & small chains. Build proof of concept with 1,500 merchants.
Phase 2: Post-H1
Approach mid-tier chains with H1 data. Show GMV, retention, and user engagement metrics.
Phase 3: Scale
Enterprise partnerships with major brands. Custom integration, co-marketing, and exclusive deals.
🚀 Ready to Execute?
This database gives you 250+ specific merchants with clear commission models and phased rollout strategy.
Every merchant listed here is a real, operating business in the UAE. Start with the Priority 10 (Week 1 targets) and scale from there.