Classifieds
47th in Bahrain by Ahrefs’ estimate. Cars, property, rentals and jobs priced in BHD, with most ad titles in Arabic. Leave sellers’ details out.
Bahrain proxies for OpenSooq, dubizzle and Property Finder prices in dinars
344K+ residential IPs in the pool, October 2026, on Batelco, stc Bahrain and Zain, which together reach 87.88% of Bahraini internet users in APNIC’s estimate. Residential starts at $3.49 per GB for small orders and mobile at $3.99, with volume tiers down to $1.69 and $2.19. Logins use the country key -cc-bh; the dashboard generator shows which governorates and towns are on offer.
Residential IPs344K+
Addresses on Bahraini home connections in the pool, October 2026.
Mobile subscriptions on Batelco38.6%
TRA, end of Q1 2026: Batelco 38.6%, stc Bahrain 32.3% and Zain 29.2% of 2,286,794 active subscriptions.
IPv6-capable users20.68%
APNIC, 30 October 2026. Batelco’s network is at 47.06%; stc and Zain stay below 0.2%.
Sticky sessions6 h
Hold one Bahraini address for as long as 21600 seconds with -sid- and -time-; otherwise each request gets a new one.
Products
Bahraini IPs, by proxy type
| Proxy | In Bahrain | Session | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential | 344K+ residential IPs in the pool, October 2026, on Bahraini household lines | Rotating, or sticky up to 6 h | $3.49 → $1.69 per GB |
| Mobile | Batelco, stc and Zain exits where the pool has them; the order page shows availability | Rotating, or sticky up to 6 h | $3.99 → $2.19 per GB |
| ISP | Static IPs, one customer each; availability by country on the order page | Static for the rental | $3.99 per IP / month |
| Datacenter | Dedicated IPs, up to 10 Gbps; availability by country on the order page | Static | $1.99 per IP / month |
Why Bahrain
Gulf chains, local classifieds and a phone-first audience
Regional chains and global marketplaces lead Bahrain’s shopping searches. On Ahrefs’ October 2026 list, which ranks sites by estimated organic search traffic, shein.com is 19th in Bahrain, sharafdg.com 36th, centrepointstores.com 38th, amazon.com 44th and noon.com 49th, with luluhypermarket.com at 92nd. Local listings sit on opensooq.com (47th), expatriates.com (60th) and dubizzle.com.bh (70th), and Property Finder Bahrain (84th) ranks first in Google for “villa for rent in bahrain” and “apartments for rent in bahrain”.
Prices are in Bahraini dinars, and operators write them to three decimals: on 31 October 2026 Batelco advertised home internet from BD 14.500 and Zain a fibre plan at BD 9.500 a month. VAT has been 10% since 1 January 2022, so note whether a price includes it.
Phones produced 66.49% of Bahraini page views in September 2026, and iPhones made up 53.28% of them, ahead of Android in every month from July (StatCounter). Google had 97.11% of searches, 99.40% on phones. SERP proxies explains rank checks with gl=bh.
Coverage
Manama, Muharraq, Riffa and Hamad Town by governorate
The 2020 census counted 1,501,635 people in Bahrain, 52.56% of them non-Bahraini. Exits are targeted by country with -cc-bh, and the dashboard generator lists the governorates and towns available.
Capital (Manama in lookups)36.5%Manama, Jidhafs, Sitra · 548,345 people
Northern25.3%Hamad Town, A’ali, Budaiya, Diraz, Malkiya · 379,637
Southern Governorate20.3%Riffa, Isa Town · 305,547
Muharraq17.9%Muharraq, Al Hidd · 268,106
Census 2020: Information & eGovernment Authority; towns by governorate as citypopulation.de lists them. Lookups call the Capital Governorate “Manama” and spell towns as GeoNames does: “Al Muharraq”, “Jidd Ḩafş”, “Madīnat Ḩamad”. Exit towns also include Seef, Adliya, Tubli, Sanad, Salmabad, Barbar, Karbabad, Dumistan, Al Jasrah, Az Zallaq and Al Hamalah. Look an exit up in our IP checker before you count on its town, since databases disagree at that level.
Networks
Batelco, stc and Zain, then Kalaam and a few small ISPs
Three operators reach 87.88% of Bahraini internet users in APNIC Labs’ estimate: Batelco 39.72%, stc Bahrain 27.44% and Zain 20.72%. No other access network passes 1%; Kalaam Telecom is fourth with 0.82%.
| Network | Registered as | ASN | Share of Bahraini users | IPv6-capable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batelco | BEYON B.S.C. | AS5416 | 39.72% | 47.06% |
| stc Bahrain | STC BAHRAIN B.S.C CLOSED | AS51375 | 27.44% | 0.15% |
| Zain Bahrain | ZAIN BAHRAIN B.S.C. | AS31452 | 20.72% | 0.19% |
| Kalaam Telecom | Kalaam Telecom Bahrain B.S.C. | AS39273 | 0.82% | 0.12% |
| Nuetel | Nuetel Communications B.S.C | AS35568 | 0.5% | 0.08% |
| Etisalcom | Etisalcom Bahrain Company W.L.L. | AS35457 | 0.3% | 0.00% |
Users: APNIC Labs, 29 October 2026; IPv6 to 30 October 2026, when Bahrain stood at 20.68%. Cloud, transit and VPN networks in APNIC’s list are left out. ISP and carrier keys work only in the US, the UK and Germany; in Bahrain, read the operator from the ASN.
Mobile
Three mobile operators within ten points of each other
Shares of 2,286,794 active mobile subscriptions at the end of the first quarter of 2026, from the TRA’s market indicators. The pool’s Bahraini mobile exits, where it has them, are phones on these three networks; stock is on the order page.
Prepaid fell from 1,561,086 to 1,460,704 subscriptions in a year and is 64% of the total; postpaid reached 826,090. Fixed broadband is nearly all fibre, 186,180 of 188,605 lines (TRA, Q1 2026, reported by the Gulf Daily News on 24 August 2026).
Local targets
Bahraini sites and what to collect from them
Cars and used goods
70th, and the top Google result for the Arabic search “cars for sale in Bahrain”. Car ads and second-hand goods; collect asking prices and counts.
Rents and sales
84th, and first in Google for “villa for rent in bahrain”. Listings to buy, sell and rent; track asking rents over time.
Expat classifieds
60th in Bahrain, with housing, jobs, goods for sale and services, in English.
Gulf retail chains
36th and 38th. Prices and offers as their Bahraini storefronts show them.
Telecom plans
Plan and device prices to three decimals, such as BD 14.500 for Batelco’s Ultra Home. Compare the three operators month by month.
Air fares
20th in Bahrain. Fares, Falconflyer offers and stopover deals as quoted to a buyer in the country.
Bahraini search
Rankings with gl=bh in Arabic or English from a Bahraini exit. Running local rank checks.
Ranks are Ahrefs Top’s for Bahrain, October 2026, by estimated organic search traffic. Stay on pages that open without a login, and follow each site’s terms.
For developers
Pick a governorate, keep the exit, name the operator
Only -cc-bh and a session go into the login. The script rejects any exit outside Bahrain, waits for one in the governorate you ask for, and prints the operator behind it.
import requests, uuid
GATE = "gate.aeonproxy.com:7000"
OPERATOR = {"AS5416": "Batelco", "AS51375": "stc Bahrain", "AS31452": "Zain Bahrain", "AS39273": "Kalaam"}
# ipinfo.io region names: "Manama" (the Capital), "Muharraq", "Northern", "Southern Governorate"
def bahrain_session(region=None, attempts=8):
for _ in range(attempts):
key = uuid.uuid4().hex[:10]
url = f"http://ap_a1b2c3-cc-bh-sid-{key}-time-3600:PASS@{GATE}"
try:
info = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", proxies={"http": url, "https": url}, timeout=20).json()
except requests.RequestException:
continue # timed out: try a fresh session
if info.get("country") != "BH":
continue # the country is checked first
if region and info.get("region") != region:
continue # other governorate: next session
return url, info # the same address for the next hour
return None, None
url, info = bahrain_session("Muharraq")
if url:
asn = info.get("org", "").split(" ", 1)[0]
print(info["ip"], info.get("city"), info["region"], OPERATOR.get(asn, info.get("org")))
# "AS5416 BEYON B.S.C." is Batelco: Beyon is the group, Batelco its telecom brandFor Manama itself ask for "Manama", the name lookups give the Capital Governorate; towns come back in GeoNames spelling, such as "Al Muharraq" or "Madīnat Ḩamad". Any -time- value from 60 to 21600 seconds works, and without -sid- the address changes with each request.
# a Bahraini exit held for six hours
curl -x gate.aeonproxy.com:7000 \
-U "ap_a1b2c3-cc-bh-sid-mnm01-time-21600:PASS" \
https://ipinfo.io/jsonA Bahraini quirk
Dinars to three decimals, and network names that lag the brands
- Keep three decimals. Plan prices read BD 14.500 or BD 9.500, so a parser that stops at two places loses the last digit.
- Check the VAT line. Bahrain doubled VAT to 10% on 1 January 2022, while basic food, healthcare and education are zero-rated, so one basket can mix taxed and untaxed items.
- Batelco shows as Beyon. APNIC, RIPEstat and ipinfo.io print “BEYON B.S.C.” for AS5416, its hostnames can still end in batelco.com.bh, and beyon.com lists “Batelco by Beyon” among the group’s brands.
- stc Bahrain’s network is registered under the AS name VIVABH, and lookups print “STC BAHRAIN B.S.C CLOSED”.
- IPv6 depends on the operator: 47.06% of Batelco users can use it, against 0.15% on stc and 0.19% on Zain, so an stc or Zain exit will almost always be IPv4.
- Most residents are not Bahraini: 789,273 of 1,501,635 at the 2020 census. Check pages in English as well as Arabic.
Bahrain’s personal data and IT crimes laws
Law No. 30 of 2018 on Personal Data Protection, promulgated on 12 July 2018, has applied since 1 August 2019. Processing needs the person’s consent or a ground in article 4, such as a contract or a legitimate interest that does not override their rights. Personal data may leave Bahrain only for countries on the Authority’s list, with its authorisation, or under the exemptions of article 13; breaches carry up to a year in prison and/or BD 1,000 to 20,000 (article 58), doubled for companies (article 59). Decree 78 of 2019 handed the Personal Data Protection Authority’s functions to the Ministry of Justice until the Authority has its own budget and board.
Law No. 60 of 2014 on information technology crimes punishes entering an IT system without legal justification with up to a year in prison and/or up to BD 30,000 (article 2). Ads on OpenSooq or dubizzle often show names and phone numbers; leave them out of what you collect. VPN and proxy use is not regulated by either law, and we found no Bahraini rule that requires registration or a licence for it.
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Bahrain proxy questions
With a Bahrain proxy your requests go out from an address on Batelco, stc or Zain, and websites see a visitor in Bahrain. Use one for dinar prices on OpenSooq, dubizzle and Property Finder, Gulf Air fares, google.com.bh rankings and checks of your own Bahraini pages.
344K+ residential IPs in the pool, October 2026; the figure rises and falls with the households online. Mobile is not counted. Its exits run on Batelco, stc and Zain where the pool has them, and you can see today’s stock on the order page.
Targeting is by country, -cc-bh, and the dashboard generator lists the governorates and towns on offer, where available. You can also filter on the region ipinfo.io reports: Manama for the Capital Governorate, Muharraq, Northern for Hamad Town and A’ali, and Southern Governorate for Riffa and Isa Town. Our IP checker shows the town each exit is placed in.
Households and phones in Bahrain, on the networks people there use: Batelco, stc Bahrain and Zain Bahrain, which carry 87.88% of Bahraini internet users in APNIC’s estimate, plus smaller ISPs such as Kalaam Telecom, Nuetel and Etisalcom. Logins can name a carrier only in the US, the UK and Germany; in Bahrain the ASN tells you the operator.
Beyon is the group behind Batelco, and AS5416 is registered as BEYON B.S.C., so lookups print that name. The hostnames of those addresses can still end in batelco.com.bh. An exit on AS5416 is a Batelco line.
Classifieds, prices and search results run well on rotating residential exits. Mobile, at $0.50 more per GB, is for app tests and phone layouts, and in Bahrain that means iPhones first: iOS had 53.28% of mobile traffic in September 2026. Rent an ISP proxy for one static IP over the whole rental, for your own accounts within each platform’s rules; Bahraini stock is on the order page.
Bahrain has no law aimed at VPN or proxy use that we could find. Entering an IT system without legal justification is a crime under article 2 of Law No. 60 of 2014, and personal data you collect falls under Law No. 30 of 2018, which limits transfers abroad. Not legal advice.
Whoever runs a free proxy is a stranger to you and can watch and record all your traffic. A genuine Bahraini home or phone address is on AS5416, AS51375, AS31452 or a small local ISP; one on a cloud or hosting network is a data-centre machine. Keep logins away from it.
Point your browser extension, app or script at gate.aeonproxy.com on port 7000 as an HTTP proxy, with the user name ap_a1b2c3-cc-bh plus your password. Append -sid-mnm01-time-3600 to keep one exit for an hour. For SOCKS5, read the docs; the pricing page shows what the free trial includes today.
Bahraini operators quote dinar prices to the third decimal: Batelco’s home internet starts at BD 14.500 and Zain’s Fiber Cash plan is BD 9.500 a month. Parse all three digits and note whether the 10% VAT is included.
Mostly Batelco. APNIC counts 47.06% of its users as IPv6-capable, against 0.15% on stc and 0.19% on Zain; the country as a whole stood at 20.68% on 30 October 2026.