[2][3] The group has three main lines of business: manufacturing, real estate, and investments.

[1] The group's manufacturing businesses include petrochemicals, aluminium and steel, and packaging.

The manufacturing division also includes Al Ghurair Iron & Steel, a cold rolling and galvanizing complex located in Mussafah.

[2] He is the chairman of Drake & Scull International and the Middle East Council of Shopping Centers and a board member of Investcorp Bank BSC.

[1] Ahmad Al Ghurair later turned the management of the family's business interests to his five sons: Saif, Abdulla, Majid, Marwan, and Jomaa.

[11] The Al Ghurair Group built the United Arab Emirates' first cement factory, flour mill, and sugar refinery.

[citation needed] The Al Ghurair Group opened the BurJuman Centre, a luxury shopping mall, in 1991.

[21] The Al Ghurair Group founded Dubai Poly Film, a manufacturer of biaxially oriented polypropylene, in 1998.

[22] The Al Ghurair Group established Arabian Can Industry a year later in 1999.

[24] The mall targeted middle income customers and is located in the Deira area of Dubai.

The investment was used to expand Al Ghurair Iron & Steel's operations in the Middle East.

[33] Al Ghurair Petrochemicals also entered into a joint venture with Japanese plastic additive manufacturer Adeka Corporation in 2011.

[34] The Royal Engineering Fabrication Company (REFCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Al Ghurair Group that manufactures aluminium parts for automobiles, opened a new fabrication plant in Jebel Ali in 2013.