UK: number of credit institutions 2023

The number of monetary financial credit institutions, which include all banks and building societies that have permission to accept deposits, decreased overall between 2008 and 2023 in the United Kingdom. As of July 2023, there were 377 such institutions in the country, 19 less than in 2008. The level of decrease in the UK was slower than in the euro area, where the number of credit institutions dropped from 6,570 in 2008 to 4,039 in 2022.

Number of monetary financial credit institutions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2023

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2008 to 2023

Special properties

end-of-year figures

Supplementary notes

Until 2013 figures were sourced from information provided by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). From 1st April 2013, the list is provided by the Prudential Regulation Authority.
The figures include all banks and building societies that have permission to accept deposits in the UK. Figures prior to 2020 were published by the European Central Bank, which stopped reporting values for the UK in 2020. Figures between 2020 and 2022 were calculated by Statista, using data published the Prudential Regulation Authority.

*As of July 2023.

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