Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) is a part of Economic Zones World, one of the world's biggest developers of economic zones, logistics and R&D driven industrial parks. Jafza is built over an area of 48 Square kilometers and it ranks among the world's largest and the fastest growing free zones. In its 25 years of operations, Jafza has posted significant growth in its number of companies growing from 19 in 1985 to over 6400 in 2009.