Dubai, UAE – 17 December 2025: In 2025, Careem continued to simplify life and create earning opportunities for millions across the region. The Everything App expanded into new cities across the UAE and enhanced the reliability and speed of 20+ services – from food and grocery delivery to international money transfers, ride-hailing, and more.
Mudassir Sheikha, CEO and Co-founder of Careem, commented: “In 2025, we stayed true to our purpose of simplifying lives across the region. We expanded into new cities, introduced new services, and made our platform more personalized and reliable through AI-powered tools. We’re grateful for the trust of our customers, captains, and partners. As we head into 2026, we remain focused on our purpose of simplifying the lives of people in the region and building a lasting institution.”
2025 highlights:
- In 2025, Careem expanded its services across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and Sharjah.
- Careem Quik became the exclusive home of Fix Dessert Chocolatiere, the iconic ‘Dubai Chocolate’.
- Careem Pay expanded its international remittance service to 35+ countries.
- Careem Plus members saved an average of AED 375 per month – a 25% increase from 2024.
- New service launches included Box XL, Careem for Business, and expanded Home Cleaning offerings.
- Careem Food hosted the first-ever Careem Awards, celebrating the restaurants shaping the food scene in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- Careem partnered with MAJRA National CSR Fund to support over 60,000 delivery captains during summer across all platforms.
Careem Food:
- Over 1.6 million burgers were delivered in 2025. That’s 4,400 burgers a day!
- Matcha love surged this year, with orders increasing by 120% compared to 2024.
- One dedicated foodie placed 1,250 orders this year – more than three orders a day!
- The fastest orders in Dubai and Abu Dhabi were delivered in under 3 minutes.
- The largest single order was valued at over AED 1,600 – for 15 Legendary Brisket Feasts from Mattar Farm. Talk about an epic gathering.
- Breakfast claimed the title of most popular cuisine in 2025.
- Peak ordering time remained 7 – 8 PM.
- Careem Food added popular brands including the exclusive launch of Al Beiruti, along with Five Guys, Taqado, Little Caesars Pizza, Mandi Man, Bread Ahead, and more.
Careem Quik:
- Careem became the first digital platform to partner directly with most local UAE farms, delivering their fresh, handpicked produce to customers within 24 hours of harvest.
- For the third year in a row, bananas ranked as the most-ordered item for both men and women.
- Labubu collectors made their mark, with one customer ordering 10 Labubus for AED 2,400.
- The largest FIX chocolate order hit AED 19,800 for 50 boxes of the viral Dubai chocolate.
- The fastest grocery delivery reached customers in just 70 seconds in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
- The largest single grocery order totaled AED 4,600, while one customer placed 41 separate orders in a single day.
- Sunday remained the busiest shopping day, with peak demand between 7–8 PM.
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Careem Pay:
- Careem Pay set a new record for speed with a transfer completed in just 7 seconds to India!
- Nearly 20% of all transfers were completed in under 60 seconds.
- One prolific sender made over 480 transfers to India this year; while another transferred a total of $620,000 to Pakistan in 2025.
- October was the busiest month for remittances, with 11 AM as the most popular time to send money abroad.
Careem Plus:
- Average monthly savings reached AED 375 (a 25% increase from 2024).
- This year’s most active member saved over AED 18,200!
- The most-used services by Plus members were Careem Food, Careem Quik, and Careem Rides.
- One loyal customer has kept their membership active for five consecutive years!
Careem DineOut:
- Kitchen6 was the most frequently booked restaurant of the year.
- The largest single dining bill reached AED 41,600 at Jun’s, saving the customer AED 4,200 through Careem DineOut.
- One avid diner made 330 separate restaurant bookings for personal dining throughout 2025!
Careem Rides:
- In 2025, rides taken across the UAE covered more than 160 million kilometers – that’s the equivalent of traveling from Earth to the Moon and back over 200 times!
- Among the unique items forgotten in rides were two carpet rolls and a guitar.
- The most commonly forgotten items included phones, AirPods, and wallets.
Careem Bike:
- Riders completed 1.8 million trips, covering more than 7.8 million kilometers and displacing 1.2k tonnes of CO2 emissions.
- Collectively, riders burned 172 million calories in 2025.
- The most committed cyclist completed 2,090 trips this year (that’s 5 trips a day!)
- Peak riding time remained 5 – 6 PM, with January 11 recording the highest daily total at 11,000 trips.
Donations:
- Around AED 2.2M was donated to different charitable causes via Careem’s in-app donations service in the UAE, Jordan, and KSA.
- The largest single donations in the UAE reached AED 10,000 to both Dubai Cares and the World Food Programme for Gaza.
Captains & Customers remained at the heart of Careem’s success:
- Careem partnered with MAJRA National CSR Fund to support more than 60,000 delivery Captains during the summer months across all platforms.
- Captain Balwant Singh completed the most deliveries in 2025, while captain Muzammil Hussain continued as one of Careem’s longest-serving delivery captains.
- Customer generosity stood out this year, with the largest single tip reaching AED 300 in Dubai.
- One customer tipped on 590 out of 680 orders (an 86% tip rate!), while another tipped on 97% of all orders. 100% of tips go to captains.
Dubai customers can view their personal Careem trends in 2025 by opening the Careem app and tapping ‘Careem Moments’ on the home screen.
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