Employment figures Barclays group 2019, by country

As of 2019, Barclays Group, one of the UK’s largest banks, employed approximately 48.2 thousand people across the country. The UK division accounted for almost 60 percent of all employees of the banking group. India and the United States accounted for the next highest employment figures globally. The majority of the bank’s employees now work in the Head Office division.

Leading UK banks by customers

For Lloyds Bank Group, Barclays, The Royal Bank of Scotland and nationwide, there was an increase of overall customer numbers between 2007 and 2017. Lloyds (including Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Scottish Widows) increased their number of customers by approximately 11 million.

Barclays, a global bank

Barclays Plc operates in a total of 50 countries globally, the fifth highest of Europe's leading banks. In terms of total assets, Barclays is the eighth largest bank in Europe and second largest in the UK. As with most other leading banks in the UK and across Europe, the total value of assets owned by Barclays has decreased over several years.