List of banks in Europe

This is a list of banks in Europe.

Largest banks in Europe

The top 30 largest banks in Europe by total assets, as of April, 2025.[1]

Rank Bank Total assets
(billions of
US dollars)
Headquarters city
1 United Kingdom HSBC 2,989.81 London
2 France BNP Paribas 2,809.83 Paris
3 France Crédit Agricole 2,693.58 Paris
4 Spain Banco Santander 1,901.94 Santander (legal);
Madrid (operations)
5 United Kingdom Barclays 1,900.67 London
6 France Groupe BPCE 1,646.53 Paris
7 France Société Générale 1,601.74 Paris
8 Switzerland UBS 1,563.32 Zürich
9 Germany Deutsche Bank 1,436.15 Frankfurt
10 France Crédit Mutuel Group 1,252.10 Paris
11 United Kingdom Lloyds Banking Group 1,135.12 Edinburgh (legal);
London (operations)
12 Netherlands ING Group 1,056.57 Amsterdam
13 Italy Intesa Sanpaolo 966.23 Turin
14 United Kingdom NatWest Group 886.34 Edinburgh
15 United Kingdom Standard Chartered 849.69 London
16 Italy UniCredit 811.68 Milan
17 Spain Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria 799.67 Bilbao (legal);
Madrid (operations)
18 France La Banque Postale 766.91 Paris
19 Germany DZ Bank 682.93 Frankfurt
20 Spain CaixaBank 653.28 Valencia
21 Netherlands Rabobank 651.47 Utrecht
22 Finland Nordea Bank 645.36 Helsinki
23 Germany Commerzbank 574.23 Frankfurt
24 Denmark Danske Bank 515.87 Copenhagen
25 United Kingdom Nationwide Building Society 498.77 London
26 Netherlands ABN AMRO 411.66 Amsterdam
27 Belgium KBC Group 386.22 Brussels
28 Germany Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 368.98 Stuttgart
29 Austria Erste Group 366.22 Vienna
30 Sweden SEB Group 339.65 Stockholm

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belgium

Central bank

Major banks

Minor banks

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Licensed banks

Licensed savings banks

  • Tesla štedna banka

Licensed housing savings banks

  • HPB-Stambena štedionica
  • PBZ stambena štedionica
  • Prva stambena štedionica
  • Raiffeisen stambena štedionica
  • Wüstenrot stambena štedionica

Other licensed institutions with full authorization

Representative offices of foreign banks

Cyprus

Central Bank

Banks incorporated in Cyprus

Branches of foreign banks in Cyprus

Representative offices of foreign banks in Cyprus

  • AtlasMont banka
  • Bank Zenit[22]

Defunct Banks

Czech Republic

Central bank

Commercial and savings banks

Branch offices of foreign banks

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

See the exhaustive list of banks operating in France, on the FBF website[23]

Georgia

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Guernsey

Hungary

The headquarters of the Hungarian National Bank

Iceland

Ireland

Central bank

Commercial banks

Isle of Man

Italy

Jersey

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

North Macedonia


Malta

Complete list as of June 6, 2012, based on official lists available at Malta Financial Services Authority[47]

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Central bank

Commercial banks

Netherlands

ING Group is one of the biggest banks in the world, and consistently ranks among the top 30 largest banks globally.
With a history dating back to 1737, Van Lanschot Kempen is the oldest independent bank in the Netherlands,[48] the oldest independent bank in the Benelux[49][50] and one of the oldest independent banks in the world.[51]

Central bank

Development Bank

Major banks

Savings and other banks

Defunct or merged banks

Northern Cyprus

Norway

Central bank

Commercial banks

Public banks

Savings banks

Poland

Central bank

Commercial banks

Portugal

Central bank

Major banks

Romania

Central bank

Commercial banks

Russia

San Marino

Serbia

Central bank

Commercial banks

Defunct banks

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Cantonal banks

Kantonalbank (German, French:Banque Cantonale, Italian: Banca Cantonale)

Other banks

Defunct or merged banks

Turkey

Ukraine

Central bank

Major banks

Local banks

United Kingdom

Central bank

Major banks

Other banks

Previous building societies converted to banks

See Building Society for list of current building societies. In particular, Nationwide Building Society would be included in the top 10 largest UK retail banks if demutualised.

Merged or defunct banks

An extensive list of British banks can be found in Wellings and Gibb, Bibliography of Banking Histories Vol. I: Domestic Banks (1995) ISBN 0 9526727 0 7

Vatican City

See also

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