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The number of monetary financial institutions in the euro area and in the EU decreased further in 2011

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Posted on January 27, 2012

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Last updated: January 22, 2026

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Table 1 – Number of MFIs, by country, and percentage changes in recent periods
Country	Number of MFIs					Percentage changes
	1 Jan. 1999	1 Jan. 2001	1 May 2004	1 Jan. 2010	1 Jan. 2011	1 Jan. 2012	*1 Jan. 1999 to 1 Jan. 2012*	*1 May 2004 to 1 Jan. 2012*	1 Jan. 2011 to 1 Jan. 2012
ECB-POLICY-3fdc7763-f2c0-4c30-b494-8614852eaf43>ECB-POLICY-SOURCES-e4bab80d-7aeb-4e49-a29a-ce14e1595c6d>ECB-POLICY-3fdc7763-f2c0-4c30-b494-8614852eaf43>ECB	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–
EIB*	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–
BE	153	142	126	121	123	122	-20.3	-3.2	0.8
DE	3,280	2,782	2,268	2,018	1,999	1,956	-40.4	-13.8	-2.2
EE	–	–	25	38	37	37	–	48.0	–
GR	102	105	100	89	83	79	-22.5	-21.0	-4.8
IE	96	211	294	727	696	590	514.6	100.7	-15.2
ES	608	571	512	427	413	415	-31.7	-18.9	0.5
FR	1,938	1,764	1,577	1,298	1,206	1,147	-40.8	-27.3	-4.9
IT	944	884	854	833	808	785	-16.8	-8.1	-2.8
CY	–	–	409	156	153	143	–	-65.0	-6.5
LU	676	662	586	630	602	554	-18.0	-5.5	-8.0
MT	–	–	17	29	32	33	–	94.1	3.1
NL	668	620	484	305	300	297	-55.5	-38.6	-1.0
AT	910	866	827	821	806	783	-14.0	-5.3	-2.9
PT	228	223	205	169	164	159	-30.3	-22.4	-3.0
SI	–	–	27	28	28	29	–	7.4	3.6
SK	–	–	28	40	43	44	–	57.1	2.3
FI	354	362	396	383	370	358	1.1	-9.6	-3.2
Euro area**	9,856	9,193	8,230	8,076	7,865	7,533	*-23.6*	*-8.5*	*-4.2*
BG	–	–		36	36	37	–	–	2.8
CZ	–	–	79	68	67	67	–	-15.2	–
DK	216	213	206	167	164	164	-24.1	-20.4	–
LV	–	–	52	74	76	72	–	38.5	-5.3
LT	–	–	74	88	90	95	–	28.4	5.6
HU	–	–	238	246	246	251	–	5.5	2.0
PL	–	–	659	714	710	703	–	6.7	-1.0
RO	–	–		51	55	55	–	–	–
SE	179	177	255	212	205	205	14.5	-19.6	–
UK	556	541	457	422	407	405	-27.2	-11.4	-0.5
EU**	10,909	10,124	10,756	10,192	9,921	9,587	*-12.1*	*-10.9*	*-3.4*

Table 1 – Number of MFIs, by country, and percentage changes in recent periods
Country	Number of MFIs					Percentage changes
	1 Jan. 1999	1 Jan. 2001	1 May 2004	1 Jan. 2010	1 Jan. 2011	1 Jan. 2012	*1 Jan. 1999 to 1 Jan. 2012*	*1 May 2004 to 1 Jan. 2012*	1 Jan. 2011 to 1 Jan. 2012
ECB-POLICY-3fdc7763-f2c0-4c30-b494-8614852eaf43>ECB-POLICY-SOURCES-e4bab80d-7aeb-4e49-a29a-ce14e1595c6d>ECB-POLICY-3fdc7763-f2c0-4c30-b494-8614852eaf43>ECB	1	1	1	1	1	1	–	–	–
EIB*	–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–
BE	153	142	126	121	123	122	-20.3	-3.2	0.8
DE	3,280	2,782	2,268	2,018	1,999	1,956	-40.4	-13.8	-2.2
EE	–	–	25	38	37	37	–	48.0	–
GR	102	105	100	89	83	79	-22.5	-21.0	-4.8
IE	96	211	294	727	696	590	514.6	100.7	-15.2
ES	608	571	512	427	413	415	-31.7	-18.9	0.5
FR	1,938	1,764	1,577	1,298	1,206	1,147	-40.8	-27.3	-4.9
IT	944	884	854	833	808	785	-16.8	-8.1	-2.8
CY	–	–	409	156	153	143	–	-65.0	-6.5
LU	676	662	586	630	602	554	-18.0	-5.5	-8.0
MT	–	–	17	29	32	33	–	94.1	3.1
NL	668	620	484	305	300	297	-55.5	-38.6	-1.0
AT	910	866	827	821	806	783	-14.0	-5.3	-2.9
PT	228	223	205	169	164	159	-30.3	-22.4	-3.0
SI	–	–	27	28	28	29	–	7.4	3.6
SK	–	–	28	40	43	44	–	57.1	2.3
FI	354	362	396	383	370	358	1.1	-9.6	-3.2
Euro area**	9,856	9,193	8,230	8,076	7,865	7,533	*-23.6*	*-8.5*	*-4.2*
BG	–	–		36	36	37	–	–	2.8
CZ	–	–	79	68	67	67	–	-15.2	–
DK	216	213	206	167	164	164	-24.1	-20.4	–
LV	–	–	52	74	76	72	–	38.5	-5.3
LT	–	–	74	88	90	95	–	28.4	5.6
HU	–	–	238	246	246	251	–	5.5	2.0
PL	–	–	659	714	710	703	–	6.7	-1.0
RO	–	–		51	55	55	–	–	–
SE	179	177	255	212	205	205	14.5	-19.6	–
UK	556	541	457	422	407	405	-27.2	-11.4	-0.5
EU**	10,909	10,124	10,756	10,192	9,921	9,587	*-12.1*	*-10.9*	*-3.4*