National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, and CIB Ranked as Egypt’s Largest Banks by Assets at End-2025
National Bank of Egypt Maintains a Clear Lead, Followed by Banque Misr in Second Place
No Changes in the Ranking of Egypt’s Largest Banks Compared with 2024
Foreign Banks Secure Four Positions Among the Top 10, Out of 17 Banks Included in the Ranking
Islamic Banks Increase Their Share of Sector Assets to 3.81% at End-2025, Up from 3.71% at End-2024, Reflecting Continued Expansion and Stronger Market Presence
Declining Market Share of State-Owned Banks Creates More Room for Private Banks to Grow; Combined Market Share of the Three Largest State-Owned Banks Falls to 53.73% at End-2025
First Bank’s ranking of the largest banks in Egypt by asset market share at the end of 2025 revealed that the National Bank of Egypt remained the country’s largest bank, accounting for more than one-third of total banking sector assets, with a market share of approximately 35.21%.
Banque Misr ranked second, capturing around 16.31% of the Egyptian banking sector’s total assets at the end of 2025.
Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) secured third place, holding a market share of 5.95% of total sector assets, with total assets reaching approximately EGP 1.44 trillion by the end of 2025.
First Bank’s ranking tracked the total asset portfolios of 32 banks operating in the Egyptian banking sector for which financial statements were available as of year-end 2025.
The ranking showed complete stability in the positions of the top 10 banks compared with the 2024 classification, with no significant changes recorded.
Foreign banks occupied four positions among the top ten institutions included in the ranking of 17 banks. QNB Egypt ranked fifth, followed by FABMISR in sixth place, HSBC Egypt in ninth, and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt in tenth place.
As for Islamic banks (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt, Faisal Islamic Bank, Kuwait Finance House Egypt, and Al Baraka Bank Egypt), their combined market share increased slightly to 3.81% of total banking sector assets at the end of 2025, compared with 3.71% at the end of 2024, reflecting their continued expansion and growing presence in the Egyptian banking market.
Regarding state-owned banks, the combined market share of the three largest government-owned banks (National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, and Banque du Caire) declined to 53.73% of total banking sector assets at the end of 2025, compared with 58.8% at the end of 2024. This development has created additional room for private-sector banks to expand and capture larger shares of the Egyptian banking market.
It is worth noting that all figures and market-share calculations presented in this analysis are based on the standalone financial statements publicly disclosed by each bank as of the end of 2025.
List of market share in assets of banks operating in the Egyptian banking sector by the end of 2025
| # | Bank Name | The size of the bank’s assets (September 2025) | Market share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Bank of Egypt | 35.21 % | |
| 2 | Banque Misr | 16.31 % | |
| 3 | Commercial International Bank (CIB) | 1.44 EGP Tn | 5.95 % |
| 4 | Arab African International Bank (AAIB) | 955.24 EGP bn | 3.96 % |
| 5 | QNB Egypt | 915.56 EGP bn | 3.8 % |
| 6 | Banque du Caire | 532.56 EGP bn | 2.21 % |
| 7 | First Abu Dhabi Bank Egypt (FABMISR) | 484.22 EGP bn | 2.01 % |
| 8 | Agricultural Bank of Egypt | 1.85 % | |
| 9 | HSBC Egypt | 352.49 EGP bn | 1.46 % |
| 10 | Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt (ADIB Egypt) | 344.15 EGP bn | 1.43 % |
| 11 | Arab International Bank (AIB) | 1.13 % | |
| 12 | Suez Canal Bank | 270.12 EGP bn | 1.12 % |
| 13 | Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt | 257.94 EGP bn | 1.07 % |
| 14 | Bank of Alexandria | 242.2 EGP bn | 1 % |
| 15 | Housing and Development Bank (HDB) | 229.81 EGP bn | 0.95 % |
| 16 | National Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (NBK Egypt) | 224.86 EGP bn | 0.93 % |
| 17 | Emirates NBD Egypt | 207.53 EGP bn | 0.86 % |
| 18 | Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank) | 206.94 EGP bn | 0.86 % |
| 19 | Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (ABK Egypt) | 178.11 EGP bn | 0.74 % |
| 20 | Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Egypt (ADCB Egypt) | 173.97 EGP bn | 0.72 % |
| 21 | saib | 172.18 EGP bn | 0.71 % |
| 22 | Kuwait Finance House – Egypt (KFH Egypt) | 171.81 EGP bn | 0.71 % |
| 23 | Attijariwafa Bank Egypt | 154.92 EGP bn | 0.64 % |
| 24 | Al Baraka Bank Egypt | 145.89 EGP bn | 0.6 % |
| 25 | Crédit Agricole Egypt | 145.64 EGP bn | 0.6 % |
| 26 | Arab Bank Egypt | 0.6 % | |
| 27 | EGBANK | 141.24 EGP bn | 0.59 % |
| 28 | Bank NXT | 100.74 EGP bn | 0.42 % |
| 29 | The United Bank | 99.76 EGP bn | 0.41 % |
| 30 | Citi Egypt | 96.11 EGP bn | 0.4 % |
| 31 | Bank ABC Egypt | 90.17 EGP bn | 0.37 % |
| 32 | Mashreq Egypt | 0.34 % |
