Afghanistan business directory in numbers
Aggregate figures for all 16,387 published listings in the directory. Last updated 2026-10-19. Free to quote with a link back.
How reachable are the companies?
Share of listings that carry each contact field. This is the practical measure of a directory: a listing without a phone number cannot be used.
| Field | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| with a phone number | 14,683 | 89.6% |
| 1,062 | 6.5% | |
| 4,584 | 28.0% | |
| Website | 2,264 | 13.8% |
| with map coordinates | 5,222 | 31.9% |
| with a logo | 5,837 | 35.6% |
| with a description | 3,977 | 24.3% |
| Verified | 137 | 0.8% |
| claimed by their owner | 101 | 0.6% |
Largest sectors
| # | Sectors | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Estate & Property | 4,061 | 24.8% |
| 2 | Education & Training | 1,475 | 9.0% |
| 3 | Construction & Engineering | 1,153 | 7.0% |
| 4 | Retail & Shops | 1,074 | 6.6% |
| 5 | Healthcare & Hospitals | 1,024 | 6.2% |
| 6 | Restaurants & Catering | 902 | 5.5% |
| 7 | Other Services | 720 | 4.4% |
| 8 | Travel, Tourism & Hotels | 631 | 3.9% |
| 9 | Media, Printing & Advertising | 533 | 3.3% |
| 10 | Legal, Consulting & Business Services | 434 | 2.6% |
| 11 | NGOs & Non-profits | 400 | 2.4% |
| 12 | Trading, Import & Export | 377 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Logistics, Transport & Cargo | 373 | 2.3% |
| 14 | Manufacturing & Industry | 338 | 2.1% |
| 15 | IT, Software & Technology | 326 | 2.0% |
Provinces by number of companies
The last column shows which sector has the most companies in that province.
| # | Provinces | Companies | Share | Leading sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabul | 12,829 | 78.3% | Real Estate & Property (4,034) |
| 2 | Herat | 709 | 4.3% | Restaurants & Catering (159) |
| 3 | Balkh | 629 | 3.8% | Restaurants & Catering (98) |
| 4 | Nangarhar | 384 | 2.3% | Education & Training (99) |
| 5 | Kandahar | 258 | 1.6% | Education & Training (36) |
| 6 | Badakhshan | 229 | 1.4% | Construction & Engineering (32) |
| 7 | Bamyan | 156 | 1.0% | Restaurants & Catering (15) |
| 8 | Badghis | 124 | 0.8% | Retail & Shops (26) |
| 9 | Kunduz | 115 | 0.7% | Healthcare & Hospitals (25) |
| 10 | Faryab | 114 | 0.7% | Agriculture & Livestock (14) |
| 11 | Baghlan | 94 | 0.6% | Education & Training (9) |
| 12 | Logar | 73 | 0.4% | Education & Training (10) |
| 13 | Helmand | 61 | 0.4% | Education & Training (11) |
| 14 | Khost | 60 | 0.4% | Education & Training (19) |
| 15 | Laghman | 60 | 0.4% | Education & Training (15) |
| 16 | Kunar | 55 | 0.3% | Healthcare & Hospitals (10) |
| 17 | Jowzjan | 50 | 0.3% | Education & Training (18) |
| 18 | Samangan | 49 | 0.3% | Automotive & Spare Parts (6) |
| 19 | Ghazni | 45 | 0.3% | Education & Training (17) |
| 20 | Parwan | 43 | 0.3% | Healthcare & Hospitals (7) |
Frequently asked questions
How many companies are listed in the Hamkaar directory?
The directory currently lists 16,387 published companies across 32 sectors and 34 provinces of Afghanistan.
How many Afghan companies in the directory have contact details?
14,683 listings (89.6%) include a phone number, 4,584 include an email address and 2,264 include a website.
Which is the largest business sector in Afghanistan by number of listed companies?
Real Estate & Property is the largest sector in the directory with 4,061 companies.
Which Afghan province has the most companies?
Kabul has the most listed companies, with 12,829.
How current is this data?
The listing data was last updated on 2026-10-19. Sources are re-crawled monthly and the figures on this page are computed live.
Using these figures
The numbers are recalculated from the live database on every page load; the listing data was last updated on 2026-10-19. Quoting individual figures with a link back is welcome.
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