CompaniesBehpardakht Mellat

Behpardakht Mellat

Entity IDIR-CO-2166
SectorFintech
Founded2005
HQTehran
VerificationReported
Last reviewed2026-08-04

Behpardakht Mellat (BPM) is one of Iran's 12 licensed payment service providers, operating as a subsidiary of Bank Mellat. It provides POS terminals, payment gateways, and acquiring services to merchants across Iran. The company is listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange and forms part of the Bank Mellat group, making it one of the few publicly traded Iranian PSPs.

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Operating metrics, period-stamped
Shaparak market position (May to June 2025)Month to 21 June 2025Third-party reported
Second largest payment service provider in Iran by both transaction count and transaction value, behind Saman Electronic Payment. The gap to first place was 1.49% on count and 0.05% on value. Behpardakht held the largest share of two acceptance channels: USSD at 48.22% and internet acceptance at 29.80%.
Shaparak monthly economic report via Peivast · retrieved 2026-08-13Shares are as published by the payment network operator. Tehran Index has not recomputed them.
Monthly revenue (April to May 2026)Month to 21 May 2026Company disclosed
956.3 billion toman of revenue in a single month, per the monthly activity report filed to Codal. No US dollar equivalent is given: Tehran Index has no canonical average rate for this period.
Codal monthly activity report, via Khobregan Sarmaye · retrieved 2026-08-13Single month, not annualised.
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Shaparak market position (May to June 2025)Third-party reportedMonth to 21 June 2025
Second largest payment service provider in Iran by both transaction count and transaction value, behind Saman Electronic Payment. The gap to first place was 1.49% on count and 0.05% on value. Behpardakht held the largest share of two acceptance channels: USSD at 48.22% and internet acceptance at 29.80%.
Shaparak monthly economic report via Peivast · retrieved 2026-08-13retrieved 2026-08-13
Monthly revenue (April to May 2026)Company disclosedMonth to 21 May 2026
956.3 billion toman of revenue in a single month, per the monthly activity report filed to Codal. No US dollar equivalent is given: Tehran Index has no canonical average rate for this period.
Codal monthly activity report, via Khobregan Sarmaye · retrieved 2026-08-13retrieved 2026-08-13

Last full review: 2026-08-04 · Tehran Index research desk · corrections: desk@tehranindex.com

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Verification tierReported, single public source
Primary evidencedatabourse.ir
Registry identifiersWithheld for compliance

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Tehran, Iran
Founded 2005
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