This article lists the largest banks in Europe ranked by total assets, and provides links to lists of banks in individual European jurisdictions.

Largest banks in Europe The 50 largest banks in Europe by S&P Global Market Intelligence total assets report, as of December 31, 2025.

Rank Bank name Total assets (US$ billion) Headquarters city 1 BNP Paribas 3,279.30 Paris 2 HSBC 3,212.35 London 3 Crédit Agricole 3,148.91 Paris 4 Banco Santander 2,251.97 Santander (legal);Madrid (operations) 5 Barclays 2,078.28 London 6 Groupe BPCE 1,986.83 Paris 7 Société Générale 1,813.02 Paris 8 Deutsche Bank 1,684.94 Frankfurt 9 UBS 1,617.43 Zürich 10 Crédit Mutuel 1,441.94 Paris 11 Lloyds Banking Group 1,270.62Edinburgh (legal);London (operations) 12 ING Group 1,238.00 Amsterdam 13 Intesa Sanpaolo 1,127.02 Turin (legal);Milan (operations) 14 UniCredit 1,021.77 Milan 15 BBVA 1,005.77 Bilbao (legal); Madrid (operations) 16 NatWest Group 961.71 Edinburgh 17 Standard Chartered 919.96 London 18 Sberbank of Russia 870.03 Moscow 19 La Banque Postale 851.81 Paris 20 CaixaBank 779.66 Barcelona 21 DZ Bank 776.59 Frankfurt 22 Nordea Bank 768.29 Helsinki 23 Rabobank 750.13 Utrecht 24 Commerzbank 692.84 Frankfurt 25 Danske Bank 590.16 Copenhagen26 Erste Group518.50Vienna27 ABN AMRO510.65Amsterdam28 Nationwide Building Society507.39Swindon29 KBC Group471.89Brussels30 VTB Bank466.33Moscow31 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg407.77Stuttgart32 Raiffeisen Gruppe Switzerland407.32St. Gallen33 SEB Group398.24Stockholm34 Handelsbanken367.52Stockholm35 DNB Bank366.57Oslo36 Swedbank332.29Stockholm37 Bayerische Landesbank325.11Munich38 Nykredit315.42Copenhagen39 Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena283.72Siena40 Zurich Cantonal Bank260.01Zürich41 Raiffeisen Bank International257.89Vienna42 Banco BPM241.75Milan (registered);Verona (general)43 BPER Banca240.28Modena44 Banco Sabadell227.17Sabadell45 Belfius226.44Brussels46 Gazprombank224.02Moscow47 Ziraat Bank216.64Istanbul48 OP Financial Group193.54Helsinki49 Bank of Ireland193.49Dublin50 Allied Irish Banks173.95Dublin

The methodology underlying that list does not take into account the specific features of institutional protection schemes in some European countries. Specifically in Germany, the Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe disclosed combined total German assets of €2.5 trillion euros at end-2023, and the Cooperative Financial Group disclosed consolidated assets of €1.6 trillion. Considered as groups, these two would therefore have featured among the top ten in the above list.

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See also

List of banks in Yugoslavia Central banks and currencies of Europe List of European cooperative banks Lists of banks Economy of Europe

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