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Top 19 Business banks based in Nigeria

RevenueBase identified 85 business banks headquartered in Nigeria as of September 2026 and tracks 28,708 professional contacts across them, including 8,896 with verified work emails. Lagos is the largest hub.

This list covers business banks headquartered in Nigeria, 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 16, 2026.

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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
85Companies
28,708Contacts tracked
8,896Verified emails
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The 19 largest business banks based in Nigeria

Ranked by team size
Top 19 of 85 business banks based in Nigeria, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to business banks: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLagos Island, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202610001+11,823 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“First Bank of Nigeria Ltd – Keeping You First First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s premier commercial bank and most valuable banking brand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceVictoria Island, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0006,295 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fidelity Bank Plc began operations in 1988 as Fidelity Union Merchant Bank Limited.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 20265,001-10,0005,057 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’ve built a legacy of financial excellence.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4Indirect evidenceIkeja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000985 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria is a leading financial institution with a mission to provide a wide range of financial services to the small and medium scale enterprises as well as…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500366 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Founded in 2008, Addosser Microfinance Bank Limited is one of the leading Microfinance banks in Nigeria.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Indirect evidenceFederal Capital Territory, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000321 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your true SME Partner helping you #GrowYourBusiness with loans”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7Indirect evidenceMaitama, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-200182 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8Indirect evidenceAbuja, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50091 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A full service microfinance bank offering savings, loans and e-banking services to micro small and medium enterprises and low to medium income people”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9Indirect evidenceOniru, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5044 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Brass provides simple, yet powerful current account services, tools and support to help you grow your business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10Indirect evidenceIkeja., NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Chanelle Microfinance Bank Limited is a State licensed microfinance bank.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Strong evidenceLekki Phase 1, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“4Stone Capital is a dynamic financial Institute set up primarily to bridge lending gaps in the dealings with commercial banks & individuals.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Indirect evidenceAlagomeji, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5024 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Crystal Finance operates as a specialized financial institution dedicated to providing financial services to Individuals, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and Emerging…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Brook Finance Company Limited is a trusted financial partner dedicated to empowering individuals, SMEs, and corporations with tailored financial solutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5017 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stateside Microfinance Bank Ltd is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to carry out banking business & all deposits are insured by the Nigerian Deposit Insurance…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceObalende, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“NOLT is a fintech institution that seeks to deliver innovative, speedy and efficient financial solutions (including investment, transactional and lending solutions) to SME's and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Strong evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5012 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Berkshire Finance Company Limited (“Berkshire”) is set up to play complementary roles to banks with a focus on offering strategic advisory solutions, high-yielding investment…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Purplemoney is licensed by CBN.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Blackcopper, our goal is to go beyond the provision of mundane banking services and build a fast-growing community around our users.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Indirect evidenceLagos, NigeriaHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-108 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Providing financial services such as savings and deposits, and loans.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Business banks based in Nigeria at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
31.0%Verified-email coverage
337.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
31.8%Largest-city concentration · Lagos
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
13
11-50
36
51-200
22
201-500
7
501-1,000
3
1,001-5,000
1
5,001-10,000
2
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Nigeria, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Nigeria, over 85 companies.

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 business banks, 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Nigeria whose own description of what they do matches “business banks”. 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 business banks), 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 business banks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Nigeria are excluded even when they keep an office there.
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, 8,896 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 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Business banks by metro

  • Business banks in Lagos27

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 business banks, 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 business banks are there based in Nigeria?

RevenueBase identified 85 business banks headquartered in Nigeria 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?

First Bank Of Nigeria LTD, headquartered in Lagos Island, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most business banks?

Lagos leads with 27 headquartered companies, followed by Lagos State (10) and Abuja (6).

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 8,896 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 85 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 16, 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.