List of banks in Bulgaria

Typically for Eastern European countries, Bulgarian banking sector is characterized by relatively small size, small number of banks with wide business focus, high degree of concentration and high share of foreign capital.

The most commonly used ratio to measure the size of a banking sector, namely the ratio of consolidated banking assets to gross domestic product, for Bulgaria shows that its banking sector is roughly the same size as its national economy (the ratio is 107.09%). Most of the banks operating in Bulgaria are universal banks providing products and services in retail and corporate banking. Although there are no pure direct banks in Bulgaria, all banks offer their services via the Internet. There are also several digital-first banks that offer their services mainly online. Bulgaria is also part of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and T2 systems.

Since 1 October 2020 Bulgaria is part of European Banking Union and since 10 July 2020 it is participant into ERM II Mechanism, a step before adopting the Euro as a national currency. The euro will be adopted as national currency on 01.01.2026.

The central bank is Bulgarian National Bank and there is one development bank – Bulgarian Development Bank. The following is a list of commercial banks in Bulgaria, based on the quarterly issue - "Banks in Bulgaria", published by the central bank.

Commercial banks

Аll amounts are in BGN thousand.

Rank

(2025)

Name SWIFT (BIC) Assets Jun 2024[1] Assets Sep 2024[2] Assets Dec 2024[3] Assets Mar 2025[4] Assets Jun 2025[5] Shareholders - over 10% (Jun 2025)[5]
1. United Bulgarian Bank UBBSBGSF 34 844 252 35 670 048 37 462 639 38 408 530 40 132 837 KBC BANK N.V., Kingdom of Belgium – 99,96%
2. DSK Bank STSABGSF 34 261 479 35 260 167 36 460 957 37 334 107 37 837 902 OTP Bank RT, Hungary – 99.92%
3. UniCredit Bulbank UNCRBGSF 31 951 253 32 806 588 34 896 854 36 185 619 37 147 411 UNICREDIT S.P.A., Republic of Italy – 99.45%
4. Eurobank Bulgaria (Postbank) BPBIBGSF 20 339 225 20 908 841 22 558 029 23 610 801 24 331 789 Eurobank Ergasias S.A., Greece – 99,99%
5. First Investment Bank (Fibank) FINVBGSF 14 528 429 14 695 599 15 733 464 15 893 048 15 832 485 Ivaylo Dimitrov Mutafchiev, Republic of Bulgaria – 27.33%

Tzeko Todorov Minev, Republic of Bulgaria – 27.33%

Bulgarian Development Bank, Republic of Bulgaria - 18.35%

6. Central Cooperative Bank CECBBGSF 8 713 044 8 822 199 9 083 178 9 267 737 9 422 291 CCB Group EAD, Republic of Bulgaria – 61.05%
7. ProCredit Bank, Bulgaria PRCBBGSF 4 378 800 4 478 376 4 587 295 4 632 991 4 825 315 ProCredit Holding AG, Federal Republic of Germany – 100%
8. Allianz Bank Bulgaria BUINBGSF 4 169 829 4 140 064 4 407 619 4 615 515 4 502 254 Allianz Bulgaria Holding JSC, Republic of Bulgaria – 99.9%
9. TBI Bank TBIBBGSF 3 233 460 3 352 984 3 497 589 3 644 093 3 794 794 TBIF Financial Services B.V., Kingdom of the Netherlands – 100%
10. Investbank IORTBGSF 3 262 768 3 407 648 3 489 352 3 623 522 3 784 053 Festa Holding JSC, Republic of Bulgaria – 83.8%

Petya Ivanova Barakova-Slavova, Republic of Bulgaria – 10.68%

11. Bulgarian Development Bank NASBBGSF 2 785 815 2 911 424 3 148 130 3 187 573 3 169 934 Ministry of Finance, Republic of Bulgaria – 100%
12. International Asset Bank IABGBGSF 2 614 562 2 811 994 2 780 470 3 056 177 3 067 390 Dynatrade International Ltd, Republic of Bulgaria – 33%
13. Bulgarian-American Credit Bank BGUSBGSF 2 892 490 2 693 172 2 751 998 3 027 890 2 838 151 CSIF JSC, Republic of Bulgaria – 45.67%

LTBI HOLDINGS LLC, USA – 33.45%

14. Municipal Bank PLC SOMBBGSF 2 546 155 2 571 586 2 483 091 2 703 525 2 792 391 NOVITO OPPORTUNITIES FUND AGMVK, Principality of Liechtenstein – 96.51%
15. Citibank Europe, Bulgaria Branch CITIBGSF 1 892 688 1 986 011 2 050 018 2 259 823 2 223 652 Citibank Europe Plc., Republic of Ireland – 100%
16. D Commerce Bank DEMIBGSF 2 196 000 2 151 190 2 162 669 2 250 968 2 192 803 Fuat Güven (Fuat Hyusniev Osmanov), Republic of Bulgaria – 55.52%

FORTERA EAD, Republic of Bulgaria – 44.48%

17. ING Bank N.V., Sofia Branch INGBBGSF 1 489 072 1 350 720 1 427 064 1 328 267 1 327 827 ING Bank N.V., Kingdom of the Netherlands – 100%
18. Texim Bank TEXIBGSF 659 470 681 057 690 789 705 983 744 159 Web Finance Holding AD, Republic of Bulgaria – 16.64%
19. BNP Paribas S.A. – Sofia Branch BNPABGSX 637 227 604 212 701 072 588 222 633 622 BNP Paribas S.A., Republic of France – 100%
20. T.C. Ziraat Bank, Sofia Branch TCZBBGSF 390 775 442 268 481 982 478 045 536 371 T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.Ş., Ankara, Republic of Turkey – 100%
21. Tokuda Bank CREXBGSF 503 381 510 893 516 470 514 348 511 669 Tokushukai Incorporated, Japan – 100%
22. Varengold Bank AG, Sofia Branch VGAGBGSF 96 738 119 062 160 384 187 102 187 658 Varengold Bank AG, Federal Republic of Germany – 100%
23. Bigbank AS, Bulgaria Branch BIGKBGSF 33 800 32 082 46 474 58 332 66 613 Bigbank AS, Estonia – 100%

References

  1. ^ "Banks in Bulgaria: April – June 2024, BNB" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Banks in Bulgaria: Jul - Sep 2024, BNB" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Banks in Bulgaria: Oct - Dec 2024, BNB" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Banks in Bulgaria: Jan - Mar 2025, BNB" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b "Banks in Bulgaria: Apr - Jun 2025, BNB" (PDF).
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