Business loan interest rate in Bulgaria
New loans to businesses in Bulgaria carried an average interest rate of 4.54% in September 2026. The value for September 2026 is the highest since December 2025.
Bulgaria, September 2026
4.54%
Change from August 2026
+0.18percentage points
Euro area, September 2026
3.79%p (Provisional)
Median of European Union (27 countries), September 2026
4.13%
Position in September 2026
5th of 16
Business loan interest rate in Bulgaria over time
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% per year. Source: ECB statistics. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | Euro area |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.54% | 3.79%p (Provisional value) |
| August 2026 | 4.36% | 3.63% |
| July 2026 | 4.15% | 3.72% |
| June 2026 | 4.50% | 3.73% |
| May 2026 | 4.15% | 3.56% |
| April 2026 | 4.40% | 3.55% |
| March 2026 | 4.18% | 3.50% |
| February 2026 | 4.26% | 3.41% |
| January 2026 | 4.30% | 3.48% |
| December 2025 | 4.60% | 3.50% |
| November 2025 | 3.97% | 3.40% |
| October 2025 | 4.34% | 3.41% |
| September 2025 | 4.25% | 3.38% |
| August 2025 | 4.12% | 3.33% |
| July 2025 | 4.20% | 3.43% |
| June 2025 | 4.67% | 3.48% |
| May 2025 | 4.73% | 3.54% |
| April 2025 | 4.10% | 3.68% |
| March 2025 | 4.81% | 3.81% |
| February 2025 | 4.49% | 4.00% |
| January 2025 | 4.71% | 4.13% |
| December 2024 | 5.01% | 4.23% |
| November 2024 | 4.83% | 4.40% |
| October 2024 | 5.24% | 4.56% |
| September 2024 | 5.72% | 4.68% |
| August 2024 | 5.26% | 4.93% |
| July 2024 | 4.28% | 4.96% |
| June 2024 | 5.91% | 5.00% |
| May 2024 | 5.50% | 5.02% |
| April 2024 | 5.49% | 5.11% |
| March 2024 | 5.91% | 5.13% |
| February 2024 | 5.72% | 5.05% |
| January 2024 | 4.94% | 5.11% |
| December 2023 | 5.79% | 5.17% |
| November 2023 | 5.78% | 5.20% |
| October 2023 | 5.69% | 5.25% |
| September 2023 | 6.14% | 5.07% |
| August 2023 | 5.73% | 5.01% |
| July 2023 | 5.68% | 4.93% |
| June 2023 | 5.71% | 4.78% |
Flags: p Provisional value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.18 percentage points from 4.36% in August 2026.
- Since November 2025, when it was 3.97%, the figure has changed by +0.57 percentage points.
- Among the 16 countries with data for September 2026, Bulgaria has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the euro area in September 2026 was 3.79%.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Mortgage interest rate
2.41%
September 2026 · ECB
Industrial production
92.8 (2021 = 100)
2025 · Eurostat
Enterprise birth rate
10.4%
2024 · Eurostat
Monthly industrial production
-8.9%p (Provisional)
September 2026 · Eurostat
Industry share of GDP
21.2%
2025 · World Bank
New businesses registered
42,783 companies
2024 · World Bank
Source and dates
Values are shown as published by the ECB. Changes between periods are calculated on this site.