NEPSE sector
Class C finance companies — the smallest tier of licensed lender.
13 companies, 5 other listed securities, 63 delisted or suspended. As of 27 August 2026.
The sector
Finance companies take deposits and lend, mostly for vehicles, small business and hire purchase, under the lightest of Nepal Rastra Bank’s three banking licences.
Like the development banks, the sector is a shrinking one. Most of the symbols on the registry here are gone, upgraded into a development bank or absorbed by one.
Before you buy: Small institutions are where credit stress shows first. Non-performing loan ratios matter more here than in any other financial sector.
The 18 listed securities here are Best Finance Company Ltd. (BFC), Central Finance Co. Ltd. (CFCL), Goodwill Finance Limited (GFCL), Guheswori Merchant Banking & Finance Ltd. (GMFIL), Gurkhas Finance Ltd. (GUFL), Goodwill Finance Limited (GWFD83), ICFC Finance Limited (ICFC), ICFC Finance Limited (ICFCD83), and 10 more listed below. That is 4.6% of the 280 companies listed on NEPSE.
Listed
Listed first, then anything suspended or delisted. A row links through when that symbol has a page of its own.
Elsewhere
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Common questions
13 finance companies are listed and trading on the Nepal Stock Exchange, alongside 5 other listed securities in the sector such as debentures and fund units. That count is from the exchange's registry as of 27 August 2026.
Like the development banks, the sector is a shrinking one. Most of the symbols on the registry here are gone, upgraded into a development bank or absorbed by one. Small institutions are where credit stress shows first. Non-performing loan ratios matter more here than in any other financial sector.
63 symbols in this sector are no longer trading, including CFL, CMB, HFL, NSM, PFL, SFC. Most Nepali delistings are mergers rather than failures: the company was absorbed into another listed institution and its shareholders were issued shares in the survivor.
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