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Ownership · Iran Innovation Economy

The Iran Digital Economy Map

Iran’s digital economy is not a field of independent startups. A meaningful share of the companies we track sit under a parent group, and the clustering is uneven. The consumer rails, mobility, e-commerce, fintech and media, cluster under a handful of groups. The frontier, AI, cloud and cybersecurity, is still mostly independent. This map measures control, not investment: a venture firm’s portfolio is not a corporate group, so investment stakes are left out. It reads the structure two ways, how much of each sector sits under a controlling group, and which groups those links point to. Control verified against the corporate gazette is marked. The rest is reported affiliation, not yet confirmed.

211companies tracked
54report a parent group (26%)
39gazette-verified control, 8 groups
8groups with 2+ affiliates

Where control concentrates

Companies under a controlling group, by sector. Ranked by count; the bar splits verified control from reported affiliation.
  1. Fintech10/39
    26% of sectorFANAP 2, Bank Melli Iran 1, Bank Pasargad 1
  2. E-commerce8/18
    44% of sectorDigikala Group 4, Golrang Industrial Group 2, Fankam Group 1
  3. Media7/18
    39% of sectorSaba Idea 3, Pegah Holding 2, Digikala Group 1
  4. Enterprise SW6/19
    32% of sectorFANAP 2, First Electronic Commerce Group 1, Golrang Industrial Group 1
  5. Mobility5/8
    63% of sectorSnapp Group 2, Digikala Group 1, Golrang Industrial Group 1
  6. SaaS3/6
    50% of sectorDigikala Group 3
  7. Travel3/15
    20% of sectorAlibaba Travels Group 2, Snapp Group 1
  8. Accelerators2/3
    67% of sectorDigikala Group 1, National Informatics Group 1
  9. App Dist.2/7
    29% of sectorHasin Group 1, Pegah Holding 1
  10. Classifieds1/3
    33% of sectorHezardastan 1
  11. FoodTech1/3
    33% of sectorGolrang Industrial Group 1
  12. Telecom1/4
    25% of sectorFANAP 1
  13. Logistics1/5
    20% of sectorDigikala Group 1
  14. Gaming1/8
    13% of sectorTOD / Turned On Ventures 1
  15. Cloud1/9
    11% of sectorHezardastan 1
  16. Cybersecurity1/9
    11% of sectorAmnPardaz 1
  17. AI1/10
    10% of sectorDigikala Group 1
  18. AgriTech0/1
    0% of sectorno parent group tracked
  19. Edtech0/7
    0% of sectorno parent group tracked
  20. Healthtech0/8
    0% of sectorno parent group tracked
  21. HR Tech0/6
    0% of sectorno parent group tracked
  22. PropTech0/5
    0% of sectorno parent group tracked
Gazette-verified control Reported affiliation, unverified Independent

Source · Tehran Index ownership registry, July 22, 2026 · n=211public companies · “affiliated” counts any company reporting a parent group, excluding independent, private and investment-only ties. Control is marked only where verified against the corporate gazette. Coverage, not a census. Full records at /companies, sector detail at /sectors.