Number of domestic branches of three leading domestic banks in Belgium 2018
This statistic shows the total number of domestic branches of the three leading domestic banks in Belgium as of early 2017. At the beginning of 2017, BNP Paribas Fortis reached 747 branches, making it the Belgium bank with the most domestic branches in the country. KBC was second, reaching a number of 659 offices.
The Belgian banking sector has two important characteristics. First, banking is deemed an important part of Belgian culture with a relatively high number of bank offices in the country. In 2016, for example, the total number of offices of banks established in Belgium reached approximately 4,270 in the Flemish region. This is due to the fact that many banking offices in Belgium are managed by entrepreneurs who are not directly on the payroll of the bank itself. Consequently, the decrease of bank branches, which characterizes the financial sector in most European countries, happens at a slower rate.
Between 2008 and 2016, the population serviced by one credit institution increased from approximately 102,000 people in 2008 to approximately 122,500 people in 2016. Second, the Belgian banking landscape has the presence of several large non-Belgian banking concerns, notably Dutch bank ING and France-based BNP Paribas.
In 2017, BNP Paribas Fortis (Fortis was originally a Belgian bank, but was taken over by BNP Paribas and now operates as a daughter company to the French bank) reached a phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) ratio of approximately 15 percent.
The Belgian banking sector has two important characteristics. First, banking is deemed an important part of Belgian culture with a relatively high number of bank offices in the country. In 2016, for example, the total number of offices of banks established in Belgium reached approximately 4,270 in the Flemish region. This is due to the fact that many banking offices in Belgium are managed by entrepreneurs who are not directly on the payroll of the bank itself. Consequently, the decrease of bank branches, which characterizes the financial sector in most European countries, happens at a slower rate.
Between 2008 and 2016, the population serviced by one credit institution increased from approximately 102,000 people in 2008 to approximately 122,500 people in 2016. Second, the Belgian banking landscape has the presence of several large non-Belgian banking concerns, notably Dutch bank ING and France-based BNP Paribas.
In 2017, BNP Paribas Fortis (Fortis was originally a Belgian bank, but was taken over by BNP Paribas and now operates as a daughter company to the French bank) reached a phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) ratio of approximately 15 percent.
