{"id":343342,"date":"2020-10-12T17:26:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/?p=343342"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:28:53","slug":"banking-branch-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/banking\/banking-branch-usage","title":{"rendered":"Bank branch statistics: Number of bank branches in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank branches were once a staple of every high street and a necessity for most financial transactions. However, as people are increasingly moving their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/current-accounts\/best-banks\">current accounts<\/a> online, bank branches have been disappearing from the high streets of the UK at a rapid pace. Many people open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/uk\/current-accounts\/best-bank-switching-deals\">switch<\/a> and manage their current account online these days. We look at the latest UK bank branch statistics.<\/p><article class=\"luna-card luna-card--shadow\"><div class=\"luna-card__block\"><h3 class=\"luna-sectionTitle\">Bank branch statistics: Highlights<\/h3><ul><li>In 2023, there were 5,100 bank branches open in the UK.<\/li><li>An estimated 55% of UK bank branches closed between 2012 and 2023.<\/li><li>Lloyds Banking Group had the most UK bank branches open in 2024, with 998.<\/li><li>Around 8 million UK adults (15%) want in-person interaction at a physical bank branch and, therefore, would not open a digital-only account.<\/li><li>The number of Barclays branches has dropped by 83% between 2017 and 2024.<\/li><li>Nationwide has seen the smallest decline in the number of bank branches, dropping by 12% between 2017 and 2024.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/article><h3>Number of bank branches in the UK<\/h3><p>In 2023, 5,100 bank branches were open in the UK (not including building societies). This was down 55% from the 11,355 branches open in 2012.<\/p><ul class=\"nav nav-tabs pb-tabs\"><li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#tab1364\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Graph<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#tab6066\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Table<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tab-content \"><div id=\"tab1364\" class=\"tab-pane active \"><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-6iB9P\" title=\"The number of branches decreased by 55% between 2012 and 2023\" width=\"100%\" height=\"481\" scrolling=\"yes\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/6iB9P\/1\/\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div id=\"tab6066\" class=\"tab-pane \"><table class=\"luna-table\n     luna-table--responsiveList\n     js-tablesorter\">\n            <thead class=\"luna-table__header\">\n        <tr>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Bank branches<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Number closed<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody class=\"luna-table__body\">\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2012<\/td>\n                            <td>11,355<\/td>\n                            <td>20<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2013<\/td>\n                            <td>11,335<\/td>\n                            <td>375<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2014<\/td>\n                            <td>10,960<\/td>\n                            <td>215<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2015<\/td>\n                            <td>10,745<\/td>\n                            <td>405<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2016<\/td>\n                            <td>10,340<\/td>\n                            <td>650<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2017<\/td>\n                            <td>9,690<\/td>\n                            <td>600<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2018<\/td>\n                            <td>9,090<\/td>\n                            <td>565<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2019<\/td>\n                            <td>8,525<\/td>\n                            <td>850<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2020<\/td>\n                            <td>7,675<\/td>\n                            <td>710<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2021<\/td>\n                            <td>6,965<\/td>\n                            <td>660<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2022<\/td>\n                            <td>6,305<\/td>\n                            <td>1,205<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>2023<\/td>\n                            <td>5,100<\/td>\n                            <td>TBC<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div><h3>Which bank has the most branches in the UK?<\/h3><p>Lloyds is the leading UK bank with the most branches, having an estimated 998 open in 2024. It is followed by Nationwide Building Society, which has an estimated 608 branches open in 2024.<\/p><p>Barclays has had the biggest drop in the number of physical branch branches since 2017, decreasing 83% from 1,309 to just 218 in 2024. NatWest has also seen a significant decline in the number of UK bank branches, dropping 72% from 1,537 in 2017 to just 437 in 2024. <\/p><p>Meanwhile, Nationwide has seen the smallest decrease in the number of bank branches out of the UK\u2019s leading banks since 2017, dropping just 12% from 691 to 608.<\/p><ul class=\"nav nav-tabs pb-tabs\"><li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#tab1364-1\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Graph<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#tab6066-1\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Table<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tab-content \"><div id=\"tab1364-1\" class=\"tab-pane active \"><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-c17cA\" title=\"Lloyds has the most bank branches open in the UK in 2024\" width=\"100%\" height=\"486\" scrolling=\"yes\" aria-label=\"Grouped Columns\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/c17cA\/2\/\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div id=\"tab6066-1\" class=\"tab-pane \"><table class=\"luna-table\n     luna-table--responsiveList\n     js-tablesorter\">\n            <thead class=\"luna-table__header\">\n        <tr>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Bank<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2017<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2018<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2021<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2022<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2023<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">2024<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody class=\"luna-table__body\">\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Lloyds Banking Group<\/td>\n                            <td>2,038<\/td>\n                            <td>1,700<\/td>\n                            <td>1,590<\/td>\n                            <td>1,427<\/td>\n                            <td>1,195<\/td>\n                            <td>998<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>NatWest Group<\/td>\n                            <td>1,537<\/td>\n                            <td>797<\/td>\n                            <td>743<\/td>\n                            <td>603<\/td>\n                            <td>523<\/td>\n                            <td>437<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Barclays<\/td>\n                            <td>1,309<\/td>\n                            <td>1,058<\/td>\n                            <td>798<\/td>\n                            <td>459<\/td>\n                            <td>347<\/td>\n                            <td>218<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Santander<\/td>\n                            <td>841<\/td>\n                            <td>498<\/td>\n                            <td>494<\/td>\n                            <td>492<\/td>\n                            <td>456<\/td>\n                            <td>448<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>HSBC<\/td>\n                            <td>748<\/td>\n                            <td>626<\/td>\n                            <td>510<\/td>\n                            <td>431<\/td>\n                            <td>330<\/td>\n                            <td>323<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Nationwide Building Society<\/td>\n                            <td>691<\/td>\n                            <td>680<\/td>\n                            <td>646<\/td>\n                            <td>608<\/td>\n                            <td>608<\/td>\n                            <td>608<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>TSB Bank<\/td>\n                            <td>588<\/td>\n                            <td>559<\/td>\n                            <td>299<\/td>\n                            <td>229<\/td>\n                            <td>212<\/td>\n                            <td>190<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>The Co-operative Bank<\/td>\n                            <td>105<\/td>\n                            <td>95<\/td>\n                            <td>77<\/td>\n                            <td>77<\/td>\n                            <td>77<\/td>\n                            <td>77<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/div><h3>How many bank branch closures have there been?<\/h3><p>Between January 2022 and February 2025, 1,530 bank branches have closed, and 66 more have announced they will be closing, adding up to a total of 1,596. <\/p><p>The majority of these closures and planned closures are coming from 5 major banks: Barclays closing 397 in total, Lloyds closing 292 in total, NatWest closing 242 in total, Halifax closing 212 in total and HSBC closing 183 in total. <\/p><p>Between 2012 and 2023, it is estimated that around 6,255 bank branches have closed in total.<\/p><ul class=\"nav nav-tabs pb-tabs\"><li class=\"active\"><a href=\"#tab1364-2\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Graph<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#tab6066-2\" data-toggle=\"tab\">Table<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"tab-content \"><div id=\"tab1364-2\" class=\"tab-pane active \"><iframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-tbnOV\" title=\"The number of closures or planned closures for bank branches, Jan 2022 - Feb 2025\" width=\"100%\" height=\"247\" scrolling=\"yes\" aria-label=\"Grouped Columns\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/tbnOV\/1\/\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div id=\"tab6066-2\" class=\"tab-pane \"><table class=\"luna-table\n     luna-table--responsiveList\n     js-tablesorter\">\n            <thead class=\"luna-table__header\">\n        <tr>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Bank<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Total<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Closed<\/th>\n                            <th scope=\"col\">Planned<\/th>\n                    <\/tr>\n        <\/thead>\n        <tbody class=\"luna-table__body\">\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Barclays<\/td>\n                            <td>397<\/td>\n                            <td>388<\/td>\n                            <td>9<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Lloyds<\/td>\n                            <td>292<\/td>\n                            <td>271<\/td>\n                            <td>21<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>NatWest<\/td>\n                            <td>242<\/td>\n                            <td>241<\/td>\n                            <td>1<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Halifax<\/td>\n                            <td>212<\/td>\n                            <td>198<\/td>\n                            <td>14<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>HSBC<\/td>\n                            <td>183<\/td>\n                            <td>180<\/td>\n                            <td>3<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>BoS<\/td>\n                            <td>80<\/td>\n                            <td>72<\/td>\n                            <td>8<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>RBS<\/td>\n                            <td>48<\/td>\n                            <td>46<\/td>\n                            <td>2<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>TSB<\/td>\n                            <td>45<\/td>\n                            <td>37<\/td>\n                            <td>8<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Virgin Money<\/td>\n                            <td>40<\/td>\n                            <td>40<\/td>\n                            <td>0<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Nationwide<\/td>\n                            <td>24<\/td>\n                            <td>24<\/td>\n                            <td>0<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Ulster Bank<\/td>\n                            <td>19<\/td>\n                            <td>19<\/td>\n                            <td>0<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Danske Bank<\/td>\n                            <td>8<\/td>\n                            <td>8<\/td>\n                            <td>0<\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n            <tr>\n                            <td>Santander<\/td>\n                            <td>6<\/td>\n                   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It has made sure it\u2019s harder for me to access actual face-to-face support. It\u2019s meant that if I have a problem, I have to call or use my mobile banking app to access support.<\/p><p>There was no support offered or in place. To be honest, there wasn\u2019t very much warning either, and it was only by chance that I discovered it was closing. No information was sent out or even uploaded onto the mobile app.\"<\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                                                <div class=\"eeQuote__authorName\">\n                        Samantha Evans\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"eeQuote__authorTitle\">Wiltshire<\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Bank branch usage<\/h3><p>A third of Brits (32%) would not consider opening a digital-only bank account, preferring traditional banks. 15% of Brits said preferring to speak to someone in person was why they wouldn\u2019t open a digital-only bank account. 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