IBAN format · QA

Qatar IBAN format: 29 characters.

Qatar IBANs have 29 characters: the country code QA, two check digits and a 25-character BBAN, the national account number, laid out as 4!a21!c.

Qatar IBAN structure

QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG

Country code: QA
Check digits: 58
Bank code: DOHB
Account: 00001234567890ABCDEFG

Parts of a Qatar IBAN and their positions
Positions	Part	In the example
1–2	Country code	QA
3–4	Check digits	58
5–8	Bank code	DOHB
9–29	Account	00001234567890ABCDEFG

The BBAN, segment by segment

The registry writes the BBAN in SWIFT notation: n is a digit, a an upper-case letter, c a letter or digit, and the ! means a fixed length. 4!a21!c reads:

The Qatar BBAN format, segment by segment
Positions	Notation	Holds	Example
5–8	4!a	4 upper-case lettersBank code	DOHB
9–29	21!c	21 letters or digits	00001234567890ABCDEFG

Qatar IBAN example

QA58 DOHB 0000 1234 5678 90AB CDEF G is the sample the SWIFT IBAN Registry publishes for Qatar: a well-formed IBAN for showing the format, not a real account. Written electronically it has no spaces (QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG); on paper it is printed in groups of four.

Its check digits, worked through with ISO 7064 mod 97-10:

Move the country code and check digits to the end
DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFGQA58
Replace each letter with two digits (A = 10 … Z = 35)
D = 13, O = 24, H = 17, B = 11, A = 10, C = 12, E = 14, F = 15, G = 16, Q = 26
132417110000123456789010111213141516261058
Divide that number by 97 and keep the remainder
Remainder 1. A valid IBAN always leaves 1, so the check digits are right.
Where the check digits come from
Put 00 in their place (QA00…), repeat steps 1–3: remainder 40. The check digits are 98 − 40 = 58.

SEPA

Qatar is not in the Single Euro Payments Area, so SEPA credit transfers and direct debits don’t reach QA IBANs.

What the format can and can’t tell you

Valid means the structure and check digits are right — not that the account exists or can receive payments.
National check digits inside the BBAN (e.g. the French RIB key, or the Spanish, Belgian and Italian CIN digits) are not verified.
Bank and branch codes are read from their positions; they are not looked up in a bank directory.

Check QA IBANs from code or an AI agent

REST · GET · no key

curl -s 'https://payopskit.com/api/v1/iban/QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG'

MCP · tools/call · validate_iban

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "validate_iban",
    "arguments": {
      "iban": "QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG"
    }
  }
}

Response (JSON)

{
  "input": "QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG",
  "iban": "QA58DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG",
  "print": "QA58 DOHB 0000 1234 5678 90AB CDEF G",
  "valid": true,
  "country": {
    "code": "QA",
    "name": "Qatar",
    "sepa": false,
    "sepaNote": null
  },
  "checkDigits": "58",
  "expectedCheckDigits": "58",
  "length": {
    "actual": 29,
    "expected": 29
  },
  "bban": "DOHB00001234567890ABCDEFG",
  "bbanFormat": "4!a21!c",
  "bankCode": "DOHB",
  "branchCode": null,
  "parts": [
    {
      "label": "Country code",
      "value": "QA",
      "start": 0,
      "end": 2,
      "kind": "country"
    },
    {
      "label": "Check digits",
      "value": "58",
      "start": 2,
      "end": 4,
      "kind": "check"
    },
    {
      "label": "Bank code",
      "value": "DOHB",
      "start": 4,
      "end": 8,
      "kind": "bank"
    },
    {
      "label": "Account",
      "value": "00001234567890ABCDEFG",
      "start": 8,
      "end": 29,
      "kind": "account"
    }
  ],
  "checks": {
    "characters": true,
    "country": true,
    "length": true,
    "bbanFormat": true,
    "checksum": true
  },
  "errors": [],
  "notes": [
    "Valid means the structure and check digits are right — not that the account exists or can receive payments.",
    "National check digits inside the BBAN (e.g. the French RIB key, or the Spanish, Belgian and Italian CIN digits) are not verified."
  ]
}

The MCP server is at /mcp (Streamable HTTP, no key); the API and MCP docs show how to connect Claude, Cursor or VS Code.

From a national account number: GET /api/v1/iban/check-digits?country=QA&bban=… or the MCP tool compute_iban_check_digits computes the check digits and the whole IBAN.

Other 29-character IBANs

The same length doesn’t mean the same structure: compare the BBAN formats. All IBAN formats and lengths

Source: the SWIFT IBAN Registry (ISO 13616), transcribed and checked against each country’s registry example; the positions of bank and branch codes are given only where the registry’s are well established. The SWIFT IBAN Registry is the authority. Informational only.