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Top 18 Development banks based in Bangladesh
RevenueBase identified 42 development banks headquartered in Bangladesh as of September 2026 and tracks 18,461 professional contacts across them, including 4,058 with verified work emails. Dhaka is the largest hub.
This list covers development banks headquartered in Bangladesh, 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.
The 18 largest development banks based in Bangladesh
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5,290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BRAC Bank empowers dreams, nurtures businesses, supports communities, uplifts women, fuels progress, bridges gaps, enables growth, fosters innovation, promotes equality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,705 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sponsored by some dynamic and reputed entrepreneurs and eminent industrialists of Bangladesh and also participated by Bangladesh Government, UCB started its operation in mid 1983…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,360 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dutch-Bangla Bank started operation is Bangladesh's first joint venture bank.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,347 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 913 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “It was the long & cherished desire of Bangladeshi expatriates in different countries of the world to establish a new bank for economic development of the motherland through their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 813 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 679 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bangladesh Krishi Bank, the largest specialized bank of the country, was established under the President Order No.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 409 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Mercantile Bank Limited emerged as a new commercial bank to provide efficient banking services and to contribute socio-economic development of the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) was established on 14 May 1997 by the Government of Bangladesh (GOB).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 218 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bangladesh Finance Limited (Bangladesh Finance), formerly known as BD Finance, is one of the most well-known financial institutions in Bangladesh, having served the people of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 182 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Meridian Finance & Investment Ltd, a new generation Non-Banking Financial Institution, duly approved and licensed by The Bangladesh Bank, intends to become a “different and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IIDFC) PLC.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) is a 100% state-owned financial institution owned by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh (GoB).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Riverstone Capital Limited is a licensed Merchant Bank registered and Licensed under the Merchant Banking and Portfolio Management rules 1996 of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MRTS-Multi Route Trade Services is a ready platform for Foreign Banks who does not have establishment in Bangladesh but intended to do business with Bangladeshi Banks & Corporate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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 banks. 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 banks.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of development banks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name development banks. 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 banks based in Bangladesh at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Bangladesh, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Bangladesh, over 42 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 development 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 Bangladesh whose own description of what they do matches “development 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 development 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 development banks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Bangladesh 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, 4,058 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
- 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 banks by metro
- Development banks in Dhaka32
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 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 development banks are there based in Bangladesh?
RevenueBase identified 42 development banks headquartered in Bangladesh 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?
Brac Bank PLC, headquartered in Dhaka, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most development banks?
Dhaka leads with 32 headquartered companies, followed by Banani (2) and Dhaka, Bangladesh (1).
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 4,058 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 42 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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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.