The data depicts the estimated number of branches in the UK for the leading UK headquartered banks, as well as a few foreign banks active on the British market, as of 2017. The number of branches of the leading banks has been a recurring topic in the news, in the context of many branches closing down, specifically in the rural parts of the country. Out of the Big Four banks (Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank Plc, Lloyds Bank Plc and HSBC Bank Plc), three occupied the top places in the ranking of branches numbers, with nearly four thousand branches in total between the three of them.
