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BIN directory. Browse, don't guess.
52,065 card BIN ranges across 225 countries and 7,858 issuing institutions — organised so you can browse without already knowing a number.
- BIN ranges
- 52,065
- Countries
- 225
- Issuers
- 7,858
- Networks
- 8
Ways into the directory
Four routes through the same dataset, depending on what you already know.
Browse by country
Issuer BIN lists for all 225 countries and territories on record.
Filter the dataset
Combine network, card type and country filters to narrow the full range list.
Look up a number
Already have 6 to 8 digits? Resolve them straight to an issuer.
Common prefixes
The BIN prefixes seen most often, and how to read a card from its first digits.
By card network
How the directory splits across the 8 networks on record, with the prefix each one owns.
Visa
53.6%27,896 ranges · Starts with 4
Mastercard
32.7%17,033 ranges · 51–55 and 2221–2720
American Express
4.4%2,298 ranges · 34 and 37
Maestro
4.0%2,069 ranges · 50, 56–58, 6
Diners Club
2.3%1,188 ranges · 300–305, 36, 38–39
UnionPay
1.9%1,002 ranges · 62, 81
JCB
0.7%352 ranges · 3528–3589
Discover
0.4%227 ranges · 6011, 644–649, 65
Largest card markets
The 15 countries with the most BIN ranges on record.
- United States70,752
- Japan4,774
- United Kingdom4,598
- Russian Federation4,466
- Brazil4,357
- China3,692
- India3,227
- France3,086
- Canada2,989
- Spain2,952
- Germany2,556
- Korea, Republic of2,273
- Italy2,194
- Australia1,688
- Mexico1,560
Where this directory comes from
Card networks hold the authoritative BIN tables and do not publish them. Everything public — including this directory — is assembled from open registry data contributed and corrected over time. That is worth stating plainly, because a directory that implies completeness it does not have is worse than a smaller one that is honest about its edges.
The ranges here come from an open BIN dataset, normalised into consistent country, network, issuer and card-type fields. We spot-check it against an independent issuer API: on the sample we validated, country, network and issuer name matched on every record where the second source held one — though that source itself only had records for roughly 15% of the BINs we tried, which tells you how thin public coverage really is.
Two datasets sit behind these pages. The browsable directory is capped per country so no single market floods the listings, giving the 52,065 ranges you can navigate here. The lookup tool queries a separate uncapped index of roughly 165,000 BINs, which is why a number can resolve there without appearing in these browse pages.
Coverage is also uneven by design of the underlying data, not by choice. Large markets like the United States and United Kingdom are well represented; smaller territories may have only a handful of ranges on record. Issuer names reflect the registry at the time of generation, so a bank that has since merged or rebranded can appear under its former name.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a BIN directory?
- A browsable index of Bank Identification Number ranges, organised so you can navigate by country, card network, card type or issuing institution rather than needing a specific number to search for.
- How many BINs does this directory cover?
- The browsable directory holds 52,065 ranges across 225 countries and 7,858 issuers. The lookup tool searches a larger uncapped index of roughly 165,000 BINs.
- Can I download the directory?
- There is no bulk export. Downloadable BIN files go stale as ranges are reassigned between issuers, so the directory is published as browsable pages that are regenerated instead.
- Is the directory complete?
- No public BIN dataset is complete. Card networks hold the authoritative tables and do not publish them in full, so this directory covers the ranges present in public registry data — broad, but not exhaustive.
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