BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 30. Credit extended by Iranian banks and financial institutions to startup companies surged by 85.9 percent in the fifth month of the current Iranian year (from July 23 through August 22, 2025) compared with the same period last year (from July 22 through August 21, 2024).
Data obtained by Trend from Iran’s Central Bank (CBI) indicates that
during this timeframe, a total of 1,158 entrepreneurial ventures
secured financing amounting to 586 trillion rials (approximately $1
billion), marking an increase from the 788 ventures that obtained
around 316 trillion rials (roughly $538 million) in the
corresponding month of the preceding year.
State banks disbursed 66 trillion rials (approximately $113
million) in financing to nascent enterprises, reflecting a
substantial 45.8 percent uptick relative to the corresponding month
in the previous fiscal year. Non-state financial institutions
disbursed 520 trillion rials (approximately $887 million),
reflecting a substantial 92.6 percent increase on a year-over-year
basis.
During the initial quintet of months in the Iranian fiscal
calendar, entrepreneurial ventures within Iran secured a staggering
1.27 quadrillion rials in financing, translating to approximately
$2.17 billion.
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