diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chain-hub.js b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chain-hub.js
index 120d51fae9a9..00c03a10dbde 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chain-hub.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/exos/chain-hub.js
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ const ChainHubI = M.interface('ChainHub', {
   registerAsset: M.call(M.string(), DenomDetailShape).returns(),
   getAsset: M.call(M.string()).returns(M.or(DenomDetailShape, M.undefined())),
   getDenom: M.call(BrandShape).returns(M.or(M.string(), M.undefined())),
+  getChainInfoFromAddress: M.call(M.string()).returns(CosmosChainInfoShape),
 });
 
 /**
@@ -216,6 +217,11 @@ export const makeChainHub = (zone, agoricNames, vowTools) => {
     keyShape: BrandShape,
     valueShape: M.string(),
   });
+  /** @type {MapStore<string, string>} */
+  const bech32PrefixToChainName = zone.mapStore('bech32PrefixToChainName', {
+    keyShape: M.string(),
+    valueShape: M.string(),
+  });
 
   const lookupChainInfo = vowTools.retryable(
     zone,
@@ -230,6 +236,9 @@ export const makeChainHub = (zone, agoricNames, vowTools) => {
         // TODO consider makeAtomicProvider for vows
         if (!chainInfos.has(chainName)) {
           chainInfos.init(chainName, chainInfo);
+          if (chainInfo.bech32Prefix) {
+            bech32PrefixToChainName.init(chainInfo.bech32Prefix, chainName);
+          }
         }
         return chainInfo;
       } catch (e) {
@@ -316,6 +325,9 @@ export const makeChainHub = (zone, agoricNames, vowTools) => {
      */
     registerChain(name, chainInfo) {
       chainInfos.init(name, chainInfo);
+      if (chainInfo.bech32Prefix) {
+        bech32PrefixToChainName.init(chainInfo.bech32Prefix, name);
+      }
     },
     /**
      * @template {string} K
@@ -425,6 +437,20 @@ export const makeChainHub = (zone, agoricNames, vowTools) => {
       }
       return undefined;
     },
+    /**
+     * @param {string} address bech32 address
+     * @returns {CosmosChainInfo} chainId
+     */
+    getChainInfoFromAddress(address) {
+      const [prefix, rest] = address.split('1');
+      (prefix && rest) ||
+        Fail`Address contains invalid bech32 separator: ${q(address)}`;
+      if (bech32PrefixToChainName.has(prefix)) {
+        const chainName = bech32PrefixToChainName.get(prefix);
+        return chainInfos.get(chainName);
+      }
+      throw makeError(`Chain info not found for bech32Prefix: ${prefix}`);
+    },
   });
 
   return chainHub;
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.md b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.md
index 14c7fa11ebb8..cb7e77f4a24d 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.md
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.md
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       chainHub: {
         ChainHub_kindHandle: 'Alleged: kind',
         ChainHub_singleton: 'Alleged: ChainHub',
+        bech32PrefixToChainName: {
+          agoric: 'agoric',
+        },
         brandDenom: {},
         chainInfos: {
           agoric: {
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.snap b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/send-anywhere.test.ts.snap
index 92840da3e5e1..019aa9a9d1af 100644
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diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.md b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.md
index 8c787b284440..bbf2ad9192b8 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.md
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.md
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       chainHub: {
         ChainHub_kindHandle: 'Alleged: kind',
         ChainHub_singleton: 'Alleged: ChainHub',
+        bech32PrefixToChainName: {
+          agoric: 'agoric',
+          cosmos: 'cosmoshub',
+        },
         brandDenom: {
           'Alleged: BLD brand': 'ubld',
         },
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.snap b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/staking-combinations.test.ts.snap
index 694625ae9256..01a323d924f1 100644
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diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.md b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.md
index ab5fcc7056e3..fb15c9d00d8e 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.md
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       chainHub: {
         ChainHub_kindHandle: 'Alleged: kind',
         ChainHub_singleton: 'Alleged: ChainHub',
+        bech32PrefixToChainName: {
+          agoric: 'agoric',
+          osmo: 'osmosis',
+          stride: 'stride',
+        },
         brandDenom: {},
         chainInfos: {
           agoric: {
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.snap b/packages/orchestration/test/examples/snapshots/unbond.contract.test.ts.snap
index 7da1546a8627..34fcdb2becaf 100644
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diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/exos/chain-hub.test.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/exos/chain-hub.test.ts
index 81b22718c46a..9ab8e551eaa3 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/exos/chain-hub.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/exos/chain-hub.test.ts
@@ -159,3 +159,33 @@ test.serial('toward asset info in agoricNames (#9572)', async t => {
     });
   }
 });
+
+test.serial('getChainInfoFromAddress', async t => {
+  const { chainHub, nameAdmin, vt } = setup();
+  // use fetched chain info
+  await registerKnownChains(nameAdmin);
+
+  // call getChainInfo so ChainHub performs agoricNames lookup that populates its local cache
+  await vt.asPromise(chainHub.getChainInfo('osmosis'));
+
+  const MOCK_ICA_ADDRESS =
+    'osmo1ht7u569vpuryp6utadsydcne9ckeh2v8dkd38v5hptjl3u2ewppqc6kzgd';
+  t.like(chainHub.getChainInfoFromAddress(MOCK_ICA_ADDRESS), {
+    chainId: 'osmosis-1',
+    bech32Prefix: 'osmo',
+  });
+
+  t.throws(
+    () =>
+      chainHub.getChainInfoFromAddress(
+        MOCK_ICA_ADDRESS.replace('osmo1', 'foo1'),
+      ),
+    {
+      message: 'Chain info not found for bech32Prefix: foo',
+    },
+  );
+
+  t.throws(() => chainHub.getChainInfoFromAddress('notbech32'), {
+    message: 'Address contains invalid bech32 separator: "notbech32"',
+  });
+});