NatWest group employment numbers 2005-2022

In 2007, the total amount of employees of the NatWest group almost doubled, reaching the highest of this time period, with 226,400 people employed. Since then, the number of people employed by the group has continuously decreased, reaching a total of under 61 thousand employees in 2022. The figures presented in this statistic detail staff numbers as full-time equivalents of all positions as of the end of each year displayed. The NatWest group, named Royal Bank of Scotland until 2020, has one of the highest customer counts of any of the UK’s leading banks.

Customers gained and lost

As many as one hundred thousand people in the United Kingdom switch from their main current account provider every month. Although the NatWest group boasts millions of customers across the UK, it has seen a negative change of customers gained or lost since the second quarter or 2018.

Bank employment in Europe

The financial services sector in the UK has over one million employees. Behind Germany and France, the United Kingdom employees the third highest number of individuals in the banking sector of any European country.