HSBC holdings remained in a leading position as the largest bank in the United Kingdom during the whole period from 2012 to 2021, despite a slight bounce back in recent years. The total assets of HSBC was around 2.2 trillion British pounds in 2021. HSBC was also among the top ten largest banks worldwide, in terms of total assets.
Which is the largest bank in Europe?
For to the high value of its total assets, HSBC positioned for many years as the largest bank in Europe. In 2021, HSBC was followed by two French banks, BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole, whose total assets amounted to 2.91 and 2.67 trillion U.S. dollars, respectively.
Market capitalization
Rankings of banks can be constructed using a multitude of indicators. Frequently employed to determine the size of a bank is market capitalization, or the total dollar market value of a company's or bank's outstanding shares. It is calculated from the current market price of one share and the number of shares outstanding for a company. In 2021, the leading bank in Europe, by market capitalization was HSBC.
Total assets of the largest banks in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2021
(in trillion British pounds)
All figures at the end of respective financial years
Supplementary notes
The statistics has been compiled by using figures from each of the banks' annual report.
Figures prior to 2016 were collected from an external source and are subject to change. HSBC and Standard Chartered report annual figures in USD and subsequently converted to GBP as of December 31st of each year reported.
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