Careem in 10 slides
The leading ride-hailing and everything app across the Middle East and North Africa (it left Pakistan in July 2025), owned by Uber. Captains earn from rides, deliveries, and more.
- Ride-hailing company
- Ride platforms
- Based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
What you do on Careem
How the money is made: driving and delivery
- Pass the checks
- Go online in the app
- Take rides or orders
- Cash out
The leading ride-hailing and everything app across the Middle East and North Africa (it left Pakistan in July 2025), owned by Uber. Captains earn from rides, deliveries, and more.
Founded 2012 · next to 32 other ride platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What Careem takes
~20-25% commission per ride
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign upFree
- Quick profile or ID reviewIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearDaily and weekly payouts, method varies by country
- First payoutDays
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes.
You need a smartphone, a car and a driver's licence. Your profile and ID are reviewed before you start. The first payout comes within days.
What you need
- A smartphone
- A car
- A driver's licence
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- Free to joinSign-up cost
- Quick profile or ID reviewHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
Careem said its more than 2.5 million registered Captains had been paid over $4 billion in earnings in total, in a November 2022 post marking its 1 billion ride…
Source: blog.careem.com ↗Careem says it has created earnings for over 2.5 million Captains (its drivers and couriers) since it launched in 2012.
Source: careem.com ↗How it scores
Strong on proof of earnings. Weaker on fees.
- Fees2.5
- Getting paid3.0
- Access3.3
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings4.0
- Verified earnings
- Free to join
- Clear fees
- Fast payouts
- 10 years running
- Fully documented
Careem against its peers
Guess: next to the 16 other ride platforms that charge a percentage, is Careem…
The cut of all 17 ride platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Kakao T | 3.8% |
| BiTaksi | 9% |
| inDrive | 11.5% |
| Pathao | 12.5% |
| Gojek | 14% |
| DiDi | 15% |
| Yango | 15% |
| Bolt | 17.5% |
| Heetch | 17.5% |
| FREENOW | 18% |
| Angkas | 19% |
| Uklon | 19% |
| Cabify | 19% |
| Grab | 20.5% |
| Careem | 22.5% |
| Bykea | 22.5% |
| Yassir | 22.5% |
- At 20%–25%, Careem charges more than 14 of the 17 ride platforms we track that take a percentage (median 17.5%).
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts