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Kurdistan's Largest Companies | List of Top Companies in Iraq's Kurdistan

editor@marcopolis.net (Jacques Yétérian) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:02:13 +0000

Marcopolis.net presents a list of the largest companies in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The emphasis is on local, mostly private sector companies. Most of the largest companies in Kurdistan are large diversified conglomerates with a mix of foreign and local capital.

Among the top 10 list are 2 telecom operators, 1 bank and 7 diversified conglomerates. Most of the labor force is employed in the public sector (more than 50%), thus the private sector in Kurdistan represents less than 50% of the economy. Due to lack of reliable data and statistics the main limitation of the list is that it does not provide the exact ranking from largest to smallest, rather it should be regarded as a general overview of the main players from different sectors of the economy in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Banks in Iraq | List of Top Banks in Iraq and Kurdistan

editor@marcopolis.net (Jacques Yétérian) — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:18:53 +0000

The two largest banks in Iraq is Trade Bank (Public) and North Bank (Private). View the latest list of the largest banks in Iraq.

Kurdistan Oil Companies | List of Oil Companies in Kurdistan

editor@marcopolis.net (Jacques Yétérian) — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:24:21 +0000

Oil and gas reserves are undoubtedly the most important assets for Iraq's Kurdistan. According to OPEC, Iraq's resources of 143 billion barrels of crude oil and 126.7 trillion cubic feet of gas are the fourth largest in the world after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran. However, Iraq's oil production is almost half that of Iran, meaning there is plenty of room for growth.

Kurdistan accounts for 43.7 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, 25.5 billion more barrels of unproven reserves and between 3 and 6 trillion cubic meters of gas (30% of Iraq's proven oil reserves). If Kurdistan was a country, the amount of oil and gas reserves would place it among the top 10 oil rich countries in the world.

Real-Estate Companies in Kurdistan | List of Top Kurdish Real-Estate

editor@marcopolis.net (Jacques Yétérian) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:07:34 +0000

Real-estate sector in Iraq's Kurdistan is the second most dynamic sector after oil and gas. According to figures from the Kurdistan Investment Board (KIB), since the passage of an investment law in 2006, around $20 billion has been invested in Kurdistan. More than half of that, or $11.1 billion, has gone into the housing sector, the other sources state that 51% of all capital investment in the Region has been in real estate (around $9.8 billion to date).