Bank Mellat is one of the largest 
Iranian private banks. Its name means Bank of Nation. It was established in 1980 by merger of ten private banks. In 2009, Bank Mellat became listed in Tehran Stock Exchange, initially floating 5 percent of its shares.
Currently, the bank’s capital amounts to 50,000 billion IRR and is one of the largest commercial banks in the Islamic Republic of Iran and ranked among the top 1000 banks of the world.
Mellat Bank Holding owns various companies in financial sector such as leasing, investment and insurance companies, as well as other companies in construction and IT sector.
In February 2018, the Industrial Management Organisation of Iran ranked Mellat Bank Holding the top Iranian company by sales.
| Company Profile | |
| CEO: | Mr. Hadi Akhlaghi Feiz Asar |
| Year of foundation: | 1980 |
| Number of employees: | 28,808 |
| Market Capitalization: | 49,300 billion IRR (February 2018) |
| Symbol at TSE: | BMLT |
| Floated shares: | 28% |
| Total Revenue (Mellat Bank): | 64,707,317 million IRR (2017)
1.74 billion USD1 |
| Net Profit: | 3,985,217 million IRR |
| Total Revenue (Mellat Holding): | 284,130 billion IRR
7.64 billion USD |
| Main Shareholders of Bank Mellat2 | Percentage |
| Government of I.R. of Iran | 16.99% |
| Mellat Bank Staff Future Fund | 4.99% |
| Saba Tamin Investment Company | 4.22% |
| Others | 73.8% |
| Subsidiary companies: | Ownership Percentage |
| Bank Mellat Financial Group | 100% |
| Ma Insurance | 40% |
| Tadbirgaran Behsaz Mellat | N/A |
| Mellat Investment Bank | 7% |
| Mellat Leasing Co. | 77.93% |
| Tarh & Andishe Behsaz Mellat | 100% |
| Mellat Brokerage Co. | 100% |
| Mellat Exchange Co. | 100% |
| Mellat Employee Social Security | 100% |
| Mellat Employee Cooperation | 100% |
| Moein Mellat Development Investment Co. | 91.99% |
| Behsaz Mellat | 99.98% |
| Mellat Construction Co. | 100% |
| Mellat Printing Company | 100% |
| Behsazan Farda Hushmand Fannavaran (IT) | 100% |
1: Official exchange rate used on the date of publication; 1 USD equivalent to 37,175 IRR.
2: Only shareholders with more than 3% of shares are specifically named.
