Typically for Eastern European countries, Bulgarian banking sector is characterized by relatively small size, small number of banks with wide business focus, high degree of concentration and high share of foreign capital.
The most commonly used ratio to measure the size of a banking sector, namely the ratio of consolidated banking assets to gross domestic product, for Bulgaria shows that its banking sector is roughly the same size as its national economy (the ratio is 107.09%). Most of the banks operating in Bulgaria are universal banks providing products and services in retail and corporate banking. Although there are no pure direct banks in Bulgaria, all banks offer their services via the Internet. There are also several digital-first banks that offer their services mainly online. Bulgaria is also part of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) and T2 systems.
Since 1 October 2020 Bulgaria is part of European Banking Union and since 10 July 2020 it is participant into ERM II Mechanism, a step before adopting the Euro as a national currency. The euro will be adopted as national currency on 01.01.2026.
The central bank is Bulgarian National Bank and there is one development bank – Bulgarian Development Bank. The following is a list of commercial banks in Bulgaria, based on the quarterly issue - "Banks in Bulgaria", published by the central bank.
Аll amounts are in BGN thousand.
Rank (2025) | Name | SWIFT (BIC) | Assets Jun 2024 [1] | Assets Sep 2024 [2] | Assets Dec 2024 [3] | Assets Mar 2025 [4] | Assets Jun 2025 [5] | Shareholders - over 10% (Jun 2025) [5] |
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1. | United Bulgarian Bank | UBBSBGSF | 34 844 252 | 35 670 048 | 37 462 639 | 38 408 530 | 40 132 837 | KBC BANK N.V., ![]() |
2. | DSK Bank | STSABGSF | 34 261 479 | 35 260 167 | 36 460 957 | 37 334 107 | 37 837 902 | OTP Bank RT, ![]() |
3. | UniCredit Bulbank | UNCRBGSF | 31 951 253 | 32 806 588 | 34 896 854 | 36 185 619 | 37 147 411 | UNICREDIT S.P.A., ![]() |
4. | Eurobank Bulgaria (Postbank) | BPBIBGSF | 20 339 225 | 20 908 841 | 22 558 029 | 23 610 801 | 24 331 789 | Eurobank Ergasias S.A., ![]() |
5. | First Investment Bank (Fibank) | FINVBGSF | 14 528 429 | 14 695 599 | 15 733 464 | 15 893 048 | 15 832 485 | Ivaylo Dimitrov Mutafchiev, ![]() Tzeko Todorov Minev, Bulgarian Development Bank, |
6. | Central Cooperative Bank | CECBBGSF | 8 713 044 | 8 822 199 | 9 083 178 | 9 267 737 | 9 422 291 | CCB Group EAD, ![]() |
7. | ProCredit Bank, Bulgaria | PRCBBGSF | 4 378 800 | 4 478 376 | 4 587 295 | 4 632 991 | 4 825 315 | ProCredit Holding AG, ![]() |
8. | Allianz Bank Bulgaria | BUINBGSF | 4 169 829 | 4 140 064 | 4 407 619 | 4 615 515 | 4 502 254 | Allianz Bulgaria Holding JSC, ![]() |
9. | TBI Bank | TBIBBGSF | 3 233 460 | 3 352 984 | 3 497 589 | 3 644 093 | 3 794 794 | TBIF Financial Services B.V., ![]() |
10. | Investbank | IORTBGSF | 3 262 768 | 3 407 648 | 3 489 352 | 3 623 522 | 3 784 053 | Festa Holding JSC, ![]() Petya Ivanova Barakova-Slavova, |
11. | Bulgarian Development Bank | NASBBGSF | 2 785 815 | 2 911 424 | 3 148 130 | 3 187 573 | 3 169 934 | Ministry of Finance, ![]() |
12. | International Asset Bank | IABGBGSF | 2 614 562 | 2 811 994 | 2 780 470 | 3 056 177 | 3 067 390 | Dynatrade International Ltd, ![]() |
13. | Bulgarian-American Credit Bank | BGUSBGSF | 2 892 490 | 2 693 172 | 2 751 998 | 3 027 890 | 2 838 151 | CSIF JSC, ![]() LTBI HOLDINGS LLC, |
14. | Municipal Bank PLC | SOMBBGSF | 2 546 155 | 2 571 586 | 2 483 091 | 2 703 525 | 2 792 391 | NOVITO OPPORTUNITIES FUND AGMVK, ![]() |
15. | Citibank Europe, Bulgaria Branch | CITIBGSF | 1 892 688 | 1 986 011 | 2 050 018 | 2 259 823 | 2 223 652 | Citibank Europe Plc., ![]() |
16. | D Commerce Bank | DEMIBGSF | 2 196 000 | 2 151 190 | 2 162 669 | 2 250 968 | 2 192 803 | Fuat Güven (Fuat Hyusniev Osmanov), ![]() FORTERA EAD, |
17. | ING Bank N.V., Sofia Branch | INGBBGSF | 1 489 072 | 1 350 720 | 1 427 064 | 1 328 267 | 1 327 827 | ING Bank N.V., ![]() |
18. | Texim Bank | TEXIBGSF | 659 470 | 681 057 | 690 789 | 705 983 | 744 159 | Web Finance Holding AD, ![]() |
19. | BNP Paribas S.A. – Sofia Branch | BNPABGSX | 637 227 | 604 212 | 701 072 | 588 222 | 633 622 | BNP Paribas S.A., ![]() |
20. | T.C. Ziraat Bank, Sofia Branch | TCZBBGSF | 390 775 | 442 268 | 481 982 | 478 045 | 536 371 | T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.Ş., Ankara, ![]() |
21. | Tokuda Bank | CREXBGSF | 503 381 | 510 893 | 516 470 | 514 348 | 511 669 | Tokushukai Incorporated, ![]() |
22. | Varengold Bank AG, Sofia Branch | VGAGBGSF | 96 738 | 119 062 | 160 384 | 187 102 | 187 658 | Varengold Bank AG, ![]() |
23. | Bigbank AS, Bulgaria Branch | BIGKBGSF | 33 800 | 32 082 | 46 474 | 58 332 | 66 613 | Bigbank AS, ![]() |