Best citation sites in Bangladesh
Bangladesh's fast-growing digital economy still runs on a thin directory layer, which makes each accurate listing count more. This is the ranked list of the citation sites that verify a Bangladeshi business.
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Start free →The ranked list above pairs Bangladesh's national business portals with the global anchors whose data feeds maps, search and AI assistants. Ranks reflect relevance for a business in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh citation sites by industry
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Bangladesh combines one of the world's fastest-growing internet populations with one of its thinnest business-directory layers. Two national platforms carry the local record: BD Trade Info, which styles itself the largest business portal of Bangladesh, and BangladeshYP, the Bangladeshi edition of an international yellow-pages network. The global anchors (Foursquare, OpenStreetMap, Bing Places, Hotfrog) supply the rest of the verification surface. Because the layer is thin, a business that completes it with one canonical NAP stands out quickly, in Dhaka's crowded markets and in AI answers alike.
The national layer: BD Trade Info, BangladeshYP, Moumachi and WhitePagesBD
BD Trade Info runs a substantial company database with an explicit add-your-company path and crawlable company pages, strongest in trade and B2B. BangladeshYP offers the classic yellow-pages model with a free listing tier. Moumachi runs a human-verified local directory organised by city and sector across Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and beyond, and WhitePagesBD adds a categorised business and contact directory. All four publish structured contact records, which is precisely what search engines and AI assistants read when they verify a business. List on each with identical details.
Why thin markets reward citation work double
In a directory-rich market your competitors have listings too, so consistency is defensive. In Bangladesh most businesses have almost no structured web presence beyond social media, so a complete, consistent citation profile is offensive: it can make yours the only business in the niche whose data an engine can verify confidently. That confidence is what turns a query into your phone ringing, especially for the B2B and export queries where BD Trade Info's database is strongest.
The global anchors: free and disproportionately valuable
Foursquare, OpenStreetMap, Bing Places, Hotfrog, Brownbook and the other global generals are all free, all crawlable, and all feed the maps, apps and AI models that international buyers and local smartphone users rely on. For a Bangladeshi exporter or service business, the global anchor layer is the difference between existing and not existing in a foreign buyer's AI-assisted search. The order of work is in our citation building guide.
Bengali, English and one canonical record
Business directories in Bangladesh operate mainly in English, so define one canonical English NAP: exact registered name, one address format including the area and district, and one +880 phone format. If you maintain Bengali-language profiles, keep the phone and address structure identical so every record reconciles to one entity. Check how your business reads today with the free NAP checker.
Citation sites in Bangladesh: FAQ
What are the best citation sites in Bangladesh?
The national layer is BD Trade Info, BangladeshYP, Moumachi and WhitePagesBD; the global anchors are Foursquare, OpenStreetMap, Bing Places, Hotfrog and Brownbook. Together they form the record search engines and AI assistants verify a Bangladeshi business against.
Are business listings in Bangladesh free?
Largely yes. BD Trade Info and BangladeshYP both offer free listing paths with optional upgrades, and every global anchor is free. A complete Bangladeshi citation profile costs careful effort, not money.
How many citations does a Bangladeshi business need?
A bounded few dozen: the two national portals, the global anchors, plus any industry-relevant platforms. Completeness and one identical NAP across that set do the work; extra low-quality listings add little.
Do citations help Bangladeshi exporters?
Significantly. Foreign buyers vet suppliers through search and AI assistants, which verify a company across independent sources. A consistent record on BD Trade Info plus the global anchors is what lets those systems present your company as an established, verifiable entity.
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