Over the six months of the current Iranian year (21 March to 22 September 2026), the volume of loans issued by state and private banks in Iran to startup companies increased by 131 percent compared with the same period last year (21 March – 22 September 2025).
According to a FinFly study based on Central Bank of Iran statistics, during these six months the country's state and private banks provided 2,480 startup companies with loans totaling 6.72 quadrillion rials (approximately $3.73 billion). A year earlier, 1,930 startups received loans worth 2.9 quadrillion rials (about $1.61 billion).
In the first half of the current Iranian year, private banks issued loans worth approximately 6.12 quadrillion rials (about $3.4 billion) to 2,060 startup companies. Startup lending by private banks rose by 140 percent compared with the same period last year. At that time, private banks allocated about 2.55 quadrillion rials (approximately $1.42 billion) to 1,640 startups.
During the reporting six months, state banks in Iran provided 1,070 startup companies with loans totaling 602 trillion rials (about $335 million). The volume of loans issued by state banks to startups increased by 67.6 percent compared with the same period last year. A year earlier, state banks allocated 359 trillion rials (approximately $200 million) to 752 startup companies.
In Iran, increased attention is being paid to the activities of startup companies in order to achieve economic development in various sectors.