The following table shows the largest banks in Europe ranked by total assets at December 31, 2010. BNP Paribas is currently the largest bank in Europe with assets of about US$2.7 trillion.
| Rank | Bank | Country | Assets ($b, 12/2010) |
| 1 | BNP Paribas | France | 2,674.6 |
| 2 | Deutsche Bank | Germany | 2,551.3 |
| 3 | HSBC Holdings | UK | 2,454.7 |
| 4 | Barclays | UK | 2,325.7 |
| 5 | Royal Bank of Scotland Group | UK | 2,267.9 |
| 6 | Credit Agricole SA | France | 2,133.0 |
| 7 | ING Group | Netherlands | 1,647.0 |
| 8 | Banco Santander | Spain | 1,613.4 |
| 9 | Lloyds Banking Group | UK | 1,549.5 |
| 10 | Societe Generale | France | 1,515.3 |
| 11 | Groupe BPCE | France | 1.403,4 |
| 12 | UBS | Switzerland | 1,400.1 |
| 13 | UniCredit S.p.A. | Italy | 1,244.2 |
| 14 | Credit Suisse Group | Switzerland | 1,096.9 |
| 15 | Commerzbank | Germany | 1,009.7 |
| 16 | Intesa Sanpaolo | Italy | 881.78 |
| 17 | Rabobank Group | Netherlands | 873.45 |
| 18 | Nordea Bank | Sweden | 769.73 |
| 19 | Dexia | Belgium | 751.04 |
| 20 | BBVA (Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) | Spain | 732.49 |
| 21 | Natixis | France | 613.07 |
| 22 | KfW Bankengruppe | Germany | 591.37 |
| 23 | CM5-CIC Group | France | 581.28 |
| 24 | Danske Bank | Denmark | 571.75 |
| 25 | Standard Chartered | UK | 516.54 |
| 26 | DZ Bank Group | Germany | 513.29 |
| 27 | Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel (BFCM) | France | 502.30 |
| 28 | Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW) | Germany | 501.15 |
| 29 | Hypo Real Estate | Germany | 439.20 |
| 30 | KBC Group | Belgium | 425.16 |
| 31 | Bayerische Landesbank | Germany | 423.38 |
| 32 | CIC Group | France | 323.98 |
| 33 | Montepaschi Group | Italy | 326.98 |
| 34 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) | Sweden | 321.31 |
| 35 | Svenska Handelsbanken | Sweden | 317.43 |
| 36 | DnB NOR | Norway | 315.36 |
| 37 | Sberbank | Russia | 308.90 |
| 38 | Norddeutsche Landesbank (Nord/LB) | Germany | 305.89 |
| 39 | Deutsche Postbank | Germany | 284.50 |
| 40 | Erste Group Bank | Austria | 272.91 |
| 41 | Swedbank | Sweden | 252.89 |
| 42 | Bank of Ireland | Ireland | 223.54 |
| 43 | Allied Irish Banks | Ireland | 192.45 |
| 44 | Landesbank Berlin Holding | Germany | 175.99 |
| 45 | Raiffeisen Bank International AG | Germany | 175.58 |
| 46 | UBI Banca | Italy | 174.76 |
| 47 | Banco Popular Espanol | Spain | 174.14 |
| 48 | SNS Reaal N.V. | Netherlands | 170.89 |
| 49 | National Bank of Greece | Greece | 161.62 |
| 50 | Banco Comercial Português (BCP) | Portugal | 133.87 |
| 51 | Banco Sabadell | Spain | 129.97 |