Country · Middle East & North Africa
Qatar
Check who the institutions in Qatar are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Qatar, so every institution listed here holds a BIC.
Qatar at a glance
Every row is the same 76 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 49 · 65%
- Non-financial corporate 21 · 28%
- Credit institution 6 · 7.9%
Identification
- BIC only 76 · 100%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 6 · 7.9%
- Not on a tracked register 70 · 92%
LEI
- LEI mapped 46 · 61%
- No LEI mapped 30 · 40%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 49 | 65% |
| Non-financial corporate | 21 | 28% |
| Credit institution | 6 | 7.9% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 76 | 100% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 6 | 7.9% |
| Not on a tracked register | 70 | 92% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 46 | 61% |
| No LEI mapped | 30 | 40% |
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
BIC data as at 23 September 2026
Institutions in Qatar
The first 25 of 76 institutions in Qatar, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Qatar.
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Limited BIC ICBKQAQA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Bank of China Limited Qatar Financial Centre Branch BIC BKCHQAQA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- BNP Paribas, Doha BIC BNPAQAQA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Citibank N.A, Qatar BIC CITIQAQA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A. - Qfc Branch BIC BCITQAQA Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLQAQX Credit institutionPrudential licence
- Qatar National Bank BIC QNBAQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Doha Bank BIC DOHBQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Ahli Bank QPSC BIC ABQQQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Qatar Central Bank BIC QMAGQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Qatar Investment Authority BIC GQICQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C) BIC CBQAQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- United Bank Limited, Doha BIC UNILQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank BIC ABDIQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Dar For Exchange Works BIC AFEWQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Jazeera Exchange Company BIC AEXCQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Jazeera Exchange Company BIC AEXCQAQD Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Al Zaman Exchange W.L.L BIC ALZAQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Alfardan Exchange LLC BIC AFXQQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Alrayan Bank BIC MAFRQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Arab Jordan Investment Bank(Qatar) LLC BIC AJIBQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- Assets Real Estate Development W.L.L BIC AREDQAQA Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Aura Life Style W.L.L BIC ALYYQAQA Non-financial corporateNot on a tracked register
- Aventicum Capital Management (Qatar) LLC BIC ACGTQAQA Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Regulation and supervision
None of the 22 tracked registers covers Qatar. All 76 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Qatar’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 6 prudentially supervised, 70 not on a tracked register.
ECB banking supervision
Significant institutions
The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant.
See 1 ECB-supervised institution →Groups and systemic importance
Institutions in Qatar belong to 6 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 6 corporate groups in the directory here. For 5 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.
G-SIB groups
FSB 2025 list; institutions here that hold a BIC, by group
| Group | Bucket | Institutions here |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | 2 | 1 |
| BNP Paribas | 2 | 1 |
| Citigroup | 3 | 1 |
| Goldman Sachs | 2 | 1 |
| Industrial and Commercial Bank of China | 3 | 1 |
| Standard Chartered | 1 | 1 |
Largest other groups
GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country
| Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group |
|---|---|---|
| QatarEnergy | 3 | 3 |
| Qatar Investment Authority | 3 | 11 |
| Qatar Central Bank | 2 | 2 |
| The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.) | 1 | 2 |
| United Bank Limited | 1 | 2 |
Groups headquartered here
Largest of 6, by legal entities in the directory
| Group | LEIs in the directory |
|---|---|
| Qatar Investment Authority | 11 |
| QatarEnergy | 3 |
| The Commercial Bank (P.S.Q.C.) | 2 |
| AlRayan Bank Q.P.S.C | 2 |
| Qatar Islamic Bank (Q.P.S.C.) | 2 |
Parents abroad
Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)
GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.
Payments and connectivity
Of the 76 institutions in Qatar that hold a BIC, 81.6% are connected to Swift and 6 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026.
Connection to Swift
Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory
A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.
Payment schemes
Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme
- Swift GPI members
- 6 institutions
- Swift GPI members, live
- 4 institutions
Trading venues
6 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category
All BIC codes in Qatar
Look up any of the 104 BIC codes registered in Qatar: the head offices and branch codes of the 76 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.
Where branch codes cluster
Branch codes by city, top 3
Sources & method
Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.
Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.
Read the methodology →Sources for this page
- Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
- ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
- FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
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