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United Kingdom: active credit card accounts 2016-2018

Active credit card accounts in the United Kingdom from January 2016 to July 2018 (in millions)

The data depicts the total number of active credit card accounts in the UK from January 2016 to July 2018. The number of active accounts during the period under observation make up between 67% and 69% of all accounts during this period. It can be seen that the total number of active credit card accounts in the UK fluctuated slightly during this period, reaching a total of approx. 34.5 million accounts as of July 2018. The biggest number of active accounts recorded during this period was found in November 2017, when a total of 34.

Jan '16 33.95
Feb '16 34.08
Mar '16 33.9
Apr '16 33.9
May '16 34.12
Jun '16 34.04
Jul '16 34.01
Aug '16 34.11
Sep '16 34.13
Oct '16 34.19
Nov '16 34.32
Dec '16 34.35
Jan '17 34.24
Feb '17 34.07
Mar '17 34.21
Apr '17 33.95
May '17 34.07
Jun '17 34.09
Jul '17 34.15
Aug '17 34.22
Sep '17 34.32
Oct '17 34.38
Nov '17 34.51
Dec '17 34.44
Jan '18 34.06
Feb '18 33.99
Mar '18 33.93
Apr '18 34.01
May '18 34.13
Jun '18 34.41
Jul '18 34.49