There are 1,479,960 companies and businesses in Turkey in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. 1,275,497 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Turkey
Turkey has 1,479,960 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. 1,275,497 of them are corporations. We build the records from Ticaret Sicili (MERSİS) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 85% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Turkey, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,479,960 Turkish companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Turkish company database.
1,479,960 companies indexed · Data counted on 22 October 2026
Companies1,479,960
Corporations1,275,497
Provinces77
Largest provinceİstanbul 39%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email7%
Phone42%
Website17%
Turkish company list: all 1,479,960 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Turkey, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Turkish company directory.
Koc Holding Anonim SirketiKoc Holding Anonim Sirketi
| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koc Holding Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | İstanbul | No:1 Nakkastepe Azizbey Sokak | İstanbul | 34682 | *****.tr | 2023 | $64,983,928,560 | 45 | Corporation | 122 | 85714 |
| 2 | Is Yatirim Menkul Degerler Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Yıldız | Is Kuleleri Kule 2 Kat:13, No:10-14 Levent Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34330 | *****.tr | 1996 | $38,229,832,200 | 607 | Corporation | 889 | 358758 |
| 3 | Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Atatürk | No:44a Finanskent Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34760 | *****.tr | 2023 | $27,315,886,427 | 25,868 | Corporation | 1782 | 475225 |
| 4 | Enerji Piyasalari Isletme Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Bahçeköy Kemer | Maslak 1453 Sitesi F2 D:24, No:1f Maslak Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34485 | *****.tr | 2016 | $24,630,757,312 | 258 | Corporation | N/A | 965870 |
| 5 | Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Turk Anonim Ortakligi | Turkey | Atatürk | 40/1 Finanskent Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34760 | *****.tr | 1954 | $24,238,270,479 | 19,147 | Corporation | 1782 | 776444 |
| 6 | Turk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi | Turkey | Kartaltepe | No:3-1 Yesilkoy Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34149 | *****.tr | 1933 | $22,518,564,096 | 66,917 | Corporation | 170 | 75184 |
| 7 | Turkiye Halk Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Atatürk | No:42/1 Finanskent Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34760 | *****.tr | 2023 | $21,257,265,329 | 22,444 | Corporation | 1782 | 862070 |
| 8 | Ford Otomotiv Sanayi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Atatürk | No:2 Akpinar Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34885 | *****.tr | 1959 | $19,580,952,725 | 24,962 | Corporation | 6 | 73232 |
| 9 | Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri Anonim Sirketi Tupras | Turkey | Meşrutiyet | No:101a Gulbahar Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34394 | *****.tr | 2026 | $19,569,833,295 | 6,374 | Corporation | 17 | 305678 |
| 10 | Turkiye Is Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Yıldız | Is Kuleleri, Buyukdere Caddesi | İstanbul | 34330 | *****.tr | 2022 | $17,783,302,676 | 20,630 | Corporation | 889 | 431112 |
| 11 | Bim Birlesik Magazalar Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Atatürk | No:73 Samandira Abdurrahmangazi Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34887 | *****.tr | 2017 | $16,994,001,141 | 2,300 | Corporation | 820 | 334499 |
| 12 | Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Yıldız | No:2 Nispetiye Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34340 | *****.tr | 2007 | $16,753,397,173 | 23,376 | Corporation | 6213 | 159422 |
| 13 | AG Anadolu Grubu Holding Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Atatürk | Buyaka E Blok Tepeustu, No:58 Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34771 | *****.tr | 2018 | $16,667,348,473 | 173 | Corporation | 18 | 143399 |
| 14 | Akbank Turk Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | İstanbul | Kule 1, Sabanci Center | İstanbul | 34330 | *****.com | 1965 | $14,804,795,476 | 12,441 | Corporation | 606 | 90418 |
| 15 | Ahlatci Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Çorum | No:17 Gulabibey Mahallesi | Çorum | 19100 | *****.tr | 2024 | $14,349,639,628 | 214 | Corporation | 50 | 5681 |
| 16 | Turkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Aktaş | No:10 Anafartalar Mahallesi | Ankara | 06050 | *****.tr | 1930 | $14,240,041,085 | 3,892 | Corporation | 38 | 269 |
| 17 | Ege Oto A S | Turkey | İzmir | Halkapinar Mahallesi | İzmir | 35110 | N/A | 1970 | $13,837,957,500 | 42,500 | Corporation | N/A | 15232 |
| 18 | Yapi Ve Kredi Bankasi Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Yıldız | Yapi Kredi Gen.mu.bl. Ic K.n.1, No.1/1 Levent Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34330 | *****.tr | 2023 | $13,597,882,320 | 14,653 | Corporation | 589 | 32736 |
| 19 | Sosyal Sigortalar Kurumu Genel Mudurlugu Makina Ikmal Dairesi Baskanligi | Turkey | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1946 | $13,594,680,000 | 55,000 | Corporation | N/A | N/A |
| 20 | Gramaltin Kiymetli Madenler Rafineri Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | İstanbul | Kuyumcukent D:1235, No:4 Yenibosna Merkez Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34197 | N/A | 2012 | $13,140,902,253 | 44 | Corporation | 4 | 713555 |
| 21 | Arcelik Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | İstanbul | No:2/6 Sutluuce Karaagac Caddesi | İstanbul | 34445 | *****.tr | 2023 | $12,348,060,509 | 45,744 | Corporation | 158 | 54957 |
| 22 | Zorlu Faktoring Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Meşrutiyet | Levent 199 Apartmani, No:199-1 Esentepe Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34394 | N/A | 2012 | $11,328,991,692 | 24 | Corporation | 74 | 828123 |
| 23 | Opet Petrolculuk Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Ataşehir | No:4-A Barbaros Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34746 | *****.tr | 2006 | $10,792,119,037 | 944 | Corporation | 28 | 286967 |
| 24 | Zinerji Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret A S | Turkey | İstanbul | Aygaz Han, Kat: 4, 145/1 Buyukdere Caddesi | İstanbul | 34360 | N/A | 2004 | $10,287,836,804 | 42,574 | Corporation | N/A | 390038 |
| 25 | Qnb Bank Anonim Sirketi | Turkey | Meşrutiyet | Krisltal Kule Binasi, No:215 Esentepe Mahallesi | İstanbul | 34394 | *****.tr | 1987 | $9,917,170,495 | 10,339 | Corporation | 489 | 237525 |
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Companies and businesses in Turkey
1,479,960
22 October 2026
There are 1,479,960 companies and businesses in Turkey in our data, counted on 22 October 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 1,275,497 corporations (Ltd. Şti. and A.Ş.), 5,382 partnerships. On top of those come 91,207 cooperatives, 39 non-profit organisations, 161 branches of foreign companies and 6,160 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,419,032 96%
- Head offices
- 22,448
- Branch locations
- 38,480
Legal form
- Corporations
- 1,275,497 86%
- Sole traders
- 10,216
- Partnerships
- 5,382
Per working day this year
≈ 334
new companies registered · 70,521 so far in 2026
How to search the Turkish company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in Turkey
Which are the largest companies in Turkey? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Ronesans Holding Anonim Sirketi, with 75,000 staff, ahead of Turk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi and Migros Ticaret Anonim Sirketi. By yearly revenue the largest company is Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, ahead of Turk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi and Ford Otomotiv Sanayi Anonim Sirketi. Below are the top companies of Turkey ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Turkey. 149 Turkish companies employ more than 10,000 people and 294 report more than $1 billion a year.
Ronesans Holding Anonim Sirketi has the largest headcount of any company in Turkey in our data. 149 Turkish companies list more than 10,000 people, 3,684 more than 500.
- 175,000 staff
- 266,917 staff
- 362,453 staff
- 461,085 staff
- 560,769 staff
- 655,000 staff
- 751,145 staff
- 846,000 staff
- 946,000 staff
- 1045,744 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Sirketi is the largest company in Turkey by revenue; 294 Turkish companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$27.3B
- 2$22.5B
- 3$19.6B
- 4$19.6B
- 5$17.8B
- 6$17.0B
- 7$16.8B
- 8$14.8B
- 9$14.2B
- 10$13.8B
Eskisehir Organize Sanayi Bolgesi is the largest public body in our data for Turkey, with 70,000 staff.
- 170,000 staff
- 220,120 staff
- 311,524 staff
- 410,659 staff
- 510,325 staff
- 69,626 staff
161 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Turkey.
- 1700 worldwide
- 2383 worldwide
- 3230 worldwide
- 4122 worldwide
- 5122 worldwide
- 675 worldwide
- 759 worldwide
- 842 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Turkey.
By employee size · 1,431,812 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 1,217,804 | 85% | |
| 5-9 | 124,183 | 9% | |
| 10-19 | 29,203 | 2% | |
| 20-49 | 29,566 | 2% | |
| 50-99 | 12,944 | 0.9% | |
| 100-199 | 8,442 | 0.6% | |
| 200-499 | 5,986 | 0.4% | |
| 500+ | 3,684 | 0.3% |
85% have 1 to 4 employees; 3,684 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 71,421 | 5% | |
| $100K-$500K | 1,018,904 | 71% | |
| $500K-$1M | 233,112 | 16% | |
| $1M-$5M | 98,627 | 7% | |
| $5M-$10M | 6,326 | 0.4% | |
| $10M-$100M | 8,621 | 0.6% | |
| $100M-$1B | 1,698 | 0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 294 | <0.1% |
1,992 companies report more than $100 million; 294 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Turkey
Most companies in Turkey are small businesses. Of the 1,431,812 with a known headcount, 1,341,987 (94%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 58,769 are small (10 to 49) and 27,372 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 3,684 employ 500 people or more, so 99.74% of Turkish companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 1,341,987 | 94% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 58,769 | 4% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 27,372 | 2% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 3,684 | 0.3% |
1,217,804
companies have 1 to 4 employees (85%). 71,421 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
92%
of the 70,521 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (65,013). Only 210 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Turkey based?
İstanbul has more companies than any other province in Turkey: 579,105, or 39% of the total, ahead of Ankara (195,140) and İzmir (96,356). Below you find the twelve largest of its 77 provinces and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 77 provinces
| Province | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| İstanbul | 579,105 | 39% | |
| Ankara | 195,140 | 13% | |
| İzmir | 96,356 | 7% | |
| Antalya | 63,618 | 4% | |
| Bursa | 59,119 | 4% | |
| Adana | 43,882 | 3% | |
| Kocaeli | 29,572 | 2% | |
| Mersin | 27,793 | 2% | |
| Konya | 24,815 | 2% | |
| Gaziantep | 24,640 | 2% | |
| Kayseri | 16,964 | 1% | |
| Muğla | 15,333 | 1% |
Ten busiest cities
- Ankara124,506
- İstanbul117,577
- Meşrutiyet37,607
- Bursa34,583
- İzmir33,789
- Antalya33,476
- Caferağa33,282
- Atatürk31,885
- Adana30,255
- Kartaltepe27,774
Main industries in Turkey
Building construction is the biggest industry in Turkey by number of companies: 189,934, or 13% of all firms with an industry code. Next come other shops (179,376) and wholesale (consumer goods) (144,556). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies.
- Building construction189,93413%
- Other shops179,37612%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)144,55610%
- Wholesale (durable goods)117,0268%
- Travel and transport services91,4456%
- Engineering, accounting and management84,3446%
- Business services and IT68,8535%
- Clothing manufacturing46,8203%
- Food production32,6742%
- Machinery and computers30,8772%
- Education26,4502%
- Textiles25,6622%
- Chemicals21,6011%
- Real estate21,4501%
- Associations21,1801%
- Other industries375,20125%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Turkey
189,934
Building construction
SIC 15: Building Construction General Contractors And Operative Builders
- 124,501 staff
- 218,549 staff
- 312,780 staff
179,376
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 14,200 staff
- 23,200 staff
- 32,012 staff
144,556
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 137,321 staff
- 230,000 staff
- 318,000 staff
117,026
Wholesale (durable goods)
SIC 50: Wholesale Trade-durable Goods
- 155,000 staff
- 242,500 staff
- 340,429 staff
91,445
Travel and transport services
SIC 47: Transportation Services
- 17,500 staff
- 24,200 staff
- 34,128 staff
84,344
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 124,000 staff
- 213,000 staff
- 312,645 staff
68,853
Business services and IT
SIC 73: Business Services
- 145,100 staff
- 232,000 staff
- 331,115 staff
46,820
Clothing manufacturing
SIC 23: Apparel And Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics And Similar Materials
- 18,000 staff
- 27,723 staff
- 37,500 staff
Discover more: all Turkish industries, cities and regions
Every Turkish list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
New companies and startups in Turkey in 2026
70,521 new companies and startups registered in Turkey so far in 2026, about 334 every working day, after a record 114,568 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 92% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 69,066 of them are corporations (Ltd. Şti. and A.Ş.).
≈ 334
new companies register every working day in 2026
92%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
114,568
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 14,7972022
- 48,6542023
- 113,4752024
- 114,5682025
- 70,5212026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 145,100 staff
- 222,000 staff
- 311,000 staff
- 49,225 staff
- 56,374 staff
Oldest companies in Turkey
Our data holds 103 Turkish organisations founded before 1900 and 744 before 1950. Ticaret Sicili (MERSİS) dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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30,800
Turkish companies were founded before 1990
3,732
were founded in 1990
1,238,404 Turkish companies, 98% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 30,800 are older.
Types of companies in Turkey
Nine in ten Turkish businesses in our data are corporations (Ltd. Şti. and A.Ş.). Partnerships make up 0.4%. 91,207 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations1,275,49786%
- No legal form on record89,9566%
- Sole traders10,2160.7%
- Partnerships5,3820.4%
- Foreign companies161<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations39<0.1%
- Cooperatives91,2076%
- Public bodies6,1600.4%
- Joint ventures1,342<0.1%
Which Turkish companies are part of a group?
Most Turkish companies stand alone: 96% are single-site businesses. The other 60,928 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 22,448 head offices or 38,480 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, with 6,213 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 16,213 companies
- 21,782 companies
- 3889 companies
- 4880 companies
- 5820 companies
- 6792 companies
- 7606 companies
- 8300 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,479,960; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Turkish companies
248,042 Turkish companies have a website on record (17%), 614,191 a phone number (42%) and 102,453 an email address (7%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 17% have a website and 7% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 248,042 | 17% | |
| Phone | 614,191 | 42% | |
| 102,453 | 7% |
Questions about companies in Turkey
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (22 October 2026).
1,479,960. That includes 10,216 sole traders and 5,382 partnerships.
1,275,497 corporations, 86% of all Turkish businesses in our data (22 October 2026).
Of the 1,431,812 Turkish companies with a known headcount, 1,428,128 have fewer than 500 employees: 1,341,987 micro, 58,769 small and 27,372 medium-sized. 3,684 are large enterprises.
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, with $27.3 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Turk Hava Yollari Anonim Ortakligi ($22.5B) and Ford Otomotiv Sanayi Anonim Sirketi ($19.6B).
Ronesans Holding Anonim Sirketi, with 75,000 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
579,105, 39% of all Turkish companies (22 October 2026).
70,521 so far in 2026, about 334 per working day, after a record 114,568 in 2025.
From Ticaret Sicili (MERSİS) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
248,042, 17% of all Turkish companies. 614,191 have a phone number and 102,453 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 1,479,960 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Turkish company database.
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