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Employee numbers of the Royal Bank of Scotland group 2005-2017

Total number of employees working in the Royal Bank of Scotland from 2005 to 2017 (in thousands)

The data displays the development of employee numbers in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) from 2005 to 2017. Royal Bank of Scotland is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc., alongside NatWest and Ulster Bank. The figures presented on this page detailed staff numbers as full time equivalents of all positions. As data showed, employee number increased rapidly before the crisis in 2007; hitting 226.4 thousand of people working for the Scottish bank worldwide. Since then, a persistent trend of decrease in personnel has been observed.

2005 137
2006 135
2007 226.4
2008 199
2009 160.9
2010 148.5
2011 146.8
2012 123
2013 118.6
2014 91.5
2015 90.2
2016 82.5
2017 71.2