Explore the Fast Company Middle East’s Most Innovative Companies 2025 list, featuring 56 winning entries reshaping businesses and industries. We’ve selected the companies making the most significant impact with their initiatives across 24 categories, including the most innovative AI and data science, sustainability, energy, finance & fintech, and women-backed companies.

Real estate turns opportunity into tangible value. Data-driven insights, technology, and strategic execution transform properties into high-impact assets. These companies are transforming the way people live, work, and interact with their surroundings by anticipating trends and innovatively creating market advantage.

Ellington Properties

For integrating wellness, art, and sustainable living

Ellington Properties is a design-first developer, creating residential communities that blend lifestyle, wellness, and purpose. The Group expanded into high-potential areas, with developments such as Windsor House and Altiera Heights. Meanwhile, its First-Time Home Buyer Program broadened access to thoughtfully designed homes. Signature projects, such as Ellington Beach House on the Palm Jumeirah and Kensington Waters in MBR City, have won industry acclaim for integrating wellness, art, and sustainable living. Ellington pioneered concepts like Mercer House’s urban beach club and The Sanctuary’s River Club, delivering immersive communal spaces that promote wellbeing. Strategic attention to spatial planning, hybrid work-life flexibility, and lifestyle amenities has driven market success. Through the Ellington Art Foundation and sustainable design practices, including energy-efficient systems, green spaces, and EV infrastructure, the company creates homes that enrich communities and elevate urban living.

Property Finder

For accessible, data-driven real estate

Property Finder has redefined property discovery and real estate marketing across the MENA region by leveraging AI, data, and human expertise. The company launched the region’s first AI-powered campaign, spotlighting top-performing SuperAgents with dynamic digital avatars. Its AI insights platform, DataGuru, delivers real-time property data, market trends, and neighborhood intelligence, improving transparency and decision-making. Its landmark initiatives, including the largest AI-generated skyline hoarding in Dubai, and products like Tiny Tenant, the region’s first AI-generated property podcast, highlight the company’s commitment to innovation, accessibility, and measurable social, economic, and market impact.