Top Banks in Europe 2024

The following are the largest banks in Europe ranked by total assets at the end of 2024. HSBC Holdings remained Europe's biggest bank for another year with assets of US$2,989.81 billion, ahead of BNP Paribas and Credit Agricole Group. France and the UK each place six banks in the top 50, followed by Germany and Italy with five apiece and Spain with four; the six French banks hold combined assets of about US$10.77 trillion and the six British banks about US$8.26 trillion. Figures are adjusted on a best-efforts basis for completed and pending mergers and acquisitions, and balance sheets reported in other currencies are converted to US dollars at period-end exchange rates.

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence, "Europe's 50 largest banks by assets, 2025", published April 2025; data compiled April 3, 2025. Total assets are as of December 31, 2024 unless the Balance sheet column states otherwise, taken on an as-reported basis with no adjustment for differing accounting standards. Only one institution per corporate structure is included, and development banks and entities acting as central banks, banking associations or supervisors for banking groups are excluded. Nationwide Building Society is shown at September 30, 2024 and is adjusted for its acquisition of Virgin Money UK, which closed October 1, 2024.