Data from the official company registers of 12 countries. Not an official register.

English

Banks

UK SIC 2007 · 64191ISIC 64 · Financial service activities, except insurance and pension fundingK · Financial and insurance activities
Live companies668main activity SIC 64191
New, past 12 months20.3% of live
Median age11 yrsof live companies
Liquidation or administration274.0%
Oldest1865incorporated 20 Apr 1865

When they were founded

Live companies by year of incorporation, past 15 years.

0204060802011: 2120112012: 192013: 3020132014: 292015: 5820152016: 342017: 6820172018: 472019: 3920192020: 132021: 1320212022: 82023: 2120232024: 172025: 2020252026: 1

Regions

Where these companies have their registered office.

London
284
North West
64
South East
64
Yorkshire and The Humber
47
East of England
43
Scotland
38
West Midlands
35
Wales
28
East Midlands
28
North East
15
South West
14
Northern Ireland
8

Towns with the most

Live companies in this activity by town.

Companies

668 live companies, oldest first. Page 1 of 14.

CompanyTownIncorporated
Lloyds Bank plc
00002065
City and County of the City of London20 Apr 1865
Ulster Bank, Limited
R0000733
—1 Oct 1867
HSBC Bank plc
00014259
Tower Hamlets1 Jul 1880
Clydesdale Bank Limited
SC001111
Glasgow3 Apr 1882
Northern Bank Limited
R0000568
—1 Sept 1883
Methodist Chapel Aid Limited
00030546
York2 Jan 1890
Coutts & Company
00036695
City of Westminster24 Jun 1892
Barclays plc
00048839
Tower Hamlets20 Jul 1896
Reliance Bank Limited
00068835
City and County of the City of London28 Dec 1900
VTB Capital plc
00159752
City and County of the City of London18 Oct 1919
Clydebank Municipal Bank Limited
SC011770
Clydebank22 Jun 1921
Alpha Bank London Limited
00185070
City and County of the City of London17 Oct 1922
C. Hoare & Co.
00240822
Islington5 Jul 1929
DB UK Bank Limited
00315841
City and County of the City of London30 Jun 1936
Cater Allen Limited
00383032
Camden30 Sept 1943
Shawbrook Bank Limited
00388466
City and County of the City of London29 Jun 1944
Brown Shipley & Co. Limited
00398426
City and County of the City of London8 Sept 1945
Investec Bank plc
00489604
City and County of the City of London20 Dec 1950
HSBC Private Bank (UK) Limited
00499482
Tower Hamlets17 Sept 1951
Charter Central Finance Limited
00514418
Waltham Cross19 Dec 1952
Standard Chartered Bank
ZC000018
City and County of the City of London29 Dec 1953
Secure Trust Bank Public Limited Company
00541132
Solihull26 Nov 1954
United Trust Bank Limited
00549690
City and County of the City of London23 May 1955
Commerzbank Finance Limited
00551334
City and County of the City of London30 Jun 1955
Birmingham Bank Limited
00555071
City and County of the City of London24 Sept 1955
Bank Leumi (U.K.) P.L.C.
00640370
City and County of the City of London26 Oct 1959
00741078 Limited
00741078
Sunderland16 Nov 1962
Julian Hodge Bank Limited
00743437
Cardiff7 Dec 1962
Kuwait Finance House plc
00877859
City of Westminster27 Apr 1966
National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
00929027
Tower Hamlets18 Mar 1968
Aldermore Bank plc
00947662
Reading10 Feb 1969
Tandem Bank Limited
00955491
Blackpool4 Jun 1969
The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
00990937
Manchester5 Oct 1970
RBC Europe Limited
00995939
City and County of the City of London2 Dec 1970
Barclays Bank plc
01026167
Tower Hamlets4 Oct 1971
British Arab Commercial Bank plc
01047302
City and County of the City of London23 Mar 1972
Havin Bank Ltd
01074897
Tower Hamlets3 Oct 1972
Goldman Sachs International Bank
01122503
City and County of the City of London12 Jul 1973
Bank Saderat plc
01126618
City and County of the City of London3 Aug 1973
Mizuho International plc
01203696
City and County of the City of London14 Mar 1975
Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited
01223938
City of Westminster22 Aug 1975
Hampshire Trust Bank plc
01311315
City and County of the City of London28 Apr 1977
Unity Trust Bank plc
01713124
Birmingham7 Apr 1983
HBL Bank UK Limited
01719649
City of Westminster29 Apr 1983
The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company
SC083026
Edinburgh9 May 1983
Ubs International Ib Limited
01767389
City and County of the City of London4 Nov 1983
Jordan International Bank plc
01814093
City of Westminster4 May 1984
Caf Bank Limited
01837656
Kings Hill2 Aug 1984
TSB Bank plc
SC095237
Edinburgh24 Sept 1985
Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
NI018800
Belfast18 Nov 1985