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Top 25 Development finance institutions worldwide
RevenueBase identified 646 development finance institutions worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 87,327 professional contacts across them, including 24,562 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Washington the largest hub.
This list covers development finance institutions worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for development finance institutions follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest development finance institutions worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23,003 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 8,388 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector in developing countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 3,433 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The African Development Bank Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,829 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,521 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc Œuvrer chaque jour pour le développement du monde rural.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,376 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Set up on April 2, 1990 under an Act of Indian Parliament as a principal financial institution for- Promotion - Financing and - Development of industries in the MSME sector and -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,184 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Development Bank of Southern Africa (“DBSA”) is a development finance institution wholly owned by the South African Government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 996 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AccessBank focuses on micro and small business because this sector is vital for the development and diversification of Azerbaijan's economy, the creation of jobs and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 956 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FMO is the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 889 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 813 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “IPDC Finance is the first private sector financial institution of the country, established in 1981 by a distinguished group of national and international entities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 734 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “IDB Invest is a multilateral development bank committed to promoting the economic development of its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 687 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, backed by the UK Government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 668 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are fully committed in driving the nation's economic growth by providing not only financing assistance but also development expertise to small and medium scale enterprises.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 657 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Power Finance Corporation Ltd.(PFC) is an Infrastructure Finance Company dedicated to financing the power sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 638 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We offer financing, advice and support to private sector enterprises operating in developing and emerging-market countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 626 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Crédito con Educación Rural (CRECER) es una Institución Financiera de Desarrollo que brinda servicios financieros y educativos a mujeres de escasos recursos económicos, con el fin…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 575 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “En junio de iniciamos nuestras operaciones como Ecofuturo S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 563 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The development bank of #Ethiopia (#DBE) is one of the #financial institutions engaged in providing short, medium and long term development #credits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 534 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) mobilizes and catalyses an increase in capital flows for impactful investments in high-risk markets, especially in Least Developed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 515 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We enable doers and makers overcome intimidating environments and complicated bank procedures so they can focus on the growth of their business and achieve financial security for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 485 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1956, Alliance Finance Company PLC (AFC) is Sri Lanka's oldest licensed finance company and a pioneer in sustainable finance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 473 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero)(“PT SMI”) is a Special Mission Vehicle (SMV) under the coordination of the Ministry of Finance which is engaged in infrastructure financing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 430 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bank of Agriculture Limited (BoA), is Nigeria's apex agriculture and rural development finance institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 420 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Le 17 mai 2023 CFE-Tunisie évolue et devient DAAM DAAM est une institution de Microfinance qui vise à accroître l’accessibilité des services financiers professionnels aux micros…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: development finance institutions. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names development finance institutions.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of development finance institutions, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name development finance institutions. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Development finance institutions worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among development finance institutions, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for development finance institutions are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “development finance institutions”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names development finance institutions), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among development finance institutions, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 24,562 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Development finance institutions by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Development finance institutions list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names development finance institutions, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many development finance institutions are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 646 development finance institutions worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
The World Bank, headquartered in Washington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most development finance institutions?
The United States leads with 128 companies, followed by India (26). Every development finance institutions list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most development finance institutions?
Washington leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by London (15) and Nairobi (11).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 24,562 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 646 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.