List of banks in Europe

This article lists the largest banks in Europe ranked by total assets, and provides links to lists of banks in individual European jurisdictions.

Largest banks in Europe

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This list is based on the April 2025 S&P Global Market Intelligence report of the 100 largest banks in the world.[citation needed]

Rank Bank name Total assets (US$ billion) 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 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 Milan;
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 BBVA 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 Barcelona
21 Netherlands Rabobank 651.47 Utrecht
22 Finland Nordea Bank 645.36 Helsinki
23 Germany Commerzbank 574.23 Frankfurt
24 Russia Sberbank of Russia 557.48 Moscow
25 Denmark Danske Bank 515.87 Copenhagen
26 United Kingdom Nationwide Building Society 498.77 London
27 Netherlands ABN AMRO 411.66 Amsterdam
28 Belgium KBC Group 386.22 Brussels
29 Germany Landesbank Baden-Württemberg 368.98 Stuttgart
30 Austria Erste Group 366.22 Vienna

The methodology underlying that list does not take into account the specific features of institutional protection schemes in some European countries. Specifically in Germany, the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe disclosed combined total German assets of €2.5 trillion euros at end-2023,[1]:4 and the Cooperative Financial Group disclosed consolidated assets of €1.6 trillion.[2] Considered as groups, these two would therefore have featured among the top ten in the above list.

Jurisdiction-specific lists

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See also

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References

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  1. Financial Report 2023 of the Savings Banks Finance Group (PDF), Finanzgruppe Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
  2. "2023 consolidated financial statements: profit of €14.4 billion / Cooperative Financial Network is well equipped for change". National Association of German Cooperative Banks. 9 July 2024.