List of banks in Spain
This is a list of banks in Spain. Spain has 10 banking groups that are directly supervised by the European Central Bank. As of September 2021, the "big four" in Spain are:
There were formerly a "big six" (los seis grandes) composed of three banks that are now part of BBVA (Banco de Bilbao, Banco de Vizcaya, and state-owned Banco Argentaria) and three now combined as Santander (Banco Central, Banco Hispanoamericano, and Banco de Santander).
List of banks by total assets
Rank | Company | Global assets (bn €) | Local assets (bn €) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Banco Santander | 1,444 | 610 | Global systemically important bank (Bucket 1) identified by Financial Stability Board. Supervised by the European Central Bank |
2 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | 732 | 409 | |
3 | Caixabank | 601 | 508 | |
4 | Banco de Sabadell | 213 | 178 | |
5 | Unicaja | 104 | 104 | |
6 | Bankinter | 82 | 82 | |
7 | Abanca | 56 | 56 | |
8 | Kutxabank | 49 | 49 | |
9 | Ibercaja Banco | 48 | 48 | |
Global assets as of December 31, 2017 / Local assets as of December 31, 2019 |
Central bank
Major banks
- Banco Santander
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
- CaixaBank
- Banco Sabadell
- Bankinter
- Kutxabank
- Abanca
- Banca March