Santo Domingo. – The Banco
Popular Dominicano reported that, during the period between 2019 and 2025, it experienced a significant expansion in its leasing product, tripling the total portfolio from RD$5,620 million at the beginning of 2019 to RD$21,008 million at the end of October 2025, which represents an average annual growth of 21.28%, maintaining the bank’s historical leadership in this financial product.
The transportation, cargo logistics, construction, and industrial sectors account for the largest volumes of financial leasing use, both in terms of the number of contracts and disbursed resources.
Advantages of Popular Leasing
This evolution confirms that Popular Leasing is not only a preferred tool for accessing vehicles, but also a solution for companies that need to have productive assets, such as machinery, technology or infrastructure, without affecting their operational liquidity.
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Furthermore, this financial lease benefits clients, as they can offset the initial ITBIS purchase monthly and obtain greater tax savings during the term of the leasing.
Most dynamic sectors in leasing
In particular, the sector with the greatest dynamism and acceptance of Popular Leasing has been transportation, which mainly includes light vehicles. This category has registered a total of 2,116 contracts for a value of RD$8,135 million from 2019 to date. Following this is the logistics and cargo transportation sector, composed of heavy vehicles used in the distribution, import, and export of goods.
This category has signed 843 contracts in that period, totaling RD$6.238 billion. On the other hand, the construction sector ranks third, with a total of 229 contracts for construction equipment, representing an outlay of RD$2.292 billion in the period. The industry follows, with 166 contracts worth RD$1.969 billion.
Finally, regarding buildings, transactions were recorded for a combined value of RD$5.901 million. A particular use of real estate leasing is that which is intended for the acquisition of land and its improvements, achieving as part of its advantages, a reimbursement of the cash flow for the value invested in said asset and a more accelerated return on the depreciation of the asset.
Furthermore, this financial lease benefits clients, as they can offset the initial ITBIS purchase monthly and obtain greater tax savings during the term of the leasing.
