Below is a list of the largest European banks ranked by total assets as of December 31, 2009. BNP Paribas is the largest bank in Europe with assets of over US$2.9 trillion.
| Rank | Bank | Country | Total assets ($b) |
| 1 | BNP Paribas | France | 2,952 |
| 2 | Royal Bank of Scotland | United Kingdom | 2,739 |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings | United Kingdom | 2,356 |
| 4 | Credit Agricole | France | 2,234 |
| 5 | Barclays | United Kingdom | 2,227 |
| 6 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 2,153 |
| 7 | ING Group | Netherlands | 1,668 |
| 8 | Lloyds Banking Group | United Kingdom | 1,659 |
| 9 | Banco Santander | Spain | 1,593 |
| 10 | Groupe BPCE | France | 1,482 |
| 11 | Societe Generale Group | France | 1,469 |
| 12 | UniCredit Group | Italy | 1,333 |
| 13 | UBS | Switzerland | 1,297 |
| 14 | Commerzbank | Germany | 1,211 |
| 15 | Credit Agricole CIB | France | 1,022 |
| 16 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 997.705 |
| 17 | Intesa Sanpaolo | Italy | 896.476 |
| 18 | Rabobank Nederland | Netherlands | 871.877 |
| 19 | Dexia | Belgium | 828.740 |
| 20 | BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) | Spain | 767.669 |
| 21 | Nordea Bank | Sweden | 728.184 |
| 22 | ABN AMRO Holding NV | Netherlands | 673.379 |
| 23 | Natixis | France | 644.502 |
| 24 | Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel (BFCM) | France | 603.323 |
| 25 | Danske Bank Group | Denmark | 597.030 |
| 26 | Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg | Germany | 590.670 |
| 27 | Credit Suisse International, London | UK | 578.945 |
| 28 | KfW Bankengruppe | Germany | 574.009 |
| 29 | National Westminster Bank Plc | UK | 566.330 |
| 30 | DZ BANK AG | Germany | 557.425 |
| 31 | Bayerische Landesbank | Germany | 485.41 |
| 32 | KBC Group | Belgium | 462.66 |
| 33 | Standard Chartered Group | United Kingdom | 435.56 |
| 34 | CIC Group | France | 351.15 |
| 35 | Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB) | Germany | 341.83 |
| 36 | Deutsche Postbank | Germany | 325.12 |
| 37 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) | Sweden | 323.28 |
| 38 | DnB NOR | Norway | 315.61 |
| 39 | Svenska Handelsbanken | Sweden | 297.27 |
| 40 | Banca Monte Dei Paschi | Italy | 292.22 |
| 41 | Erste Bank | Austria | 278.90 |
| 42 | Fortis Bank Nederland | Netherlands | 271.89 |
| 43 | Bank of Ireland | Ireland | 256.98 |
| 44 | Swedbank | Sweden | 251.18 |
| 45 | Allied Irish Banks | Ireland | 249.26 |
| 46 | Sberbank | Russia | 220.62 |
| 47 | Banque Nat de Belgique | Belgium | 212.96 |
| 48 | Landesbank Berlin (LBB) | Germany | 206.01 |
| 49 | Banco Popular Espanol | Spain | 185.50 |
| 50 | SNS Reaal | Netherlands | 184.22 |
| 51 | UBI Banca | Italy | 168.46 |
| 52 | Banco Popolare | Italy | 166.15 |
| 53 | National Bank of Greece | Greece | 140.48 |
| 54 | Banco Comercial Português (BCP) | Portugal | 136.25 |
| 55 | VTB Bank | Russia | 125.85 |
| 56 | Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG | Austria | 118.58 |
| 57 | Banco Sabadell | Spain | 117.85 |
| 58 | EFG Eurobank Ergasias | Greece | 113.92 |
| 59 | Caja Mediterraneo (CAM) | Spain | 108.25 |
| 60 | Espírito Santo Financial Group (ESFG) | Portugal | 108.15 |
| 61 | Bank of Greece | Greece | 98.58 |
| 62 | Alpha Bank Group | Greece | 90.26 |
| 63 | Bankinter | Spain | 78.06 |
| 64 | Piraeus Bank | Greece | 75.95 |