Banks in the UK

Our maps cover 11 banks in the UK. The biggest is Bank of Scotland, with about 1,300 locations in 12 regions, followed by Nationwide (about 760) and NatWest (about 670). Bank of Scotland has the most locations in 10 of the 12 regions.

Biggest banks in each region

Region	Most locations	Locations	Runner-up	Locations
East Midlands	Bank of Scotland	91	Nationwide	59
East of England	Bank of Scotland	117	Nationwide	87
London	Bank of Scotland	135	Nationwide	82
North East England	Bank of Scotland	65	Barclays	33
North West England	Bank of Scotland	151	NatWest	86
Northern Ireland	Nationwide	17	Bank of Scotland	15
Scotland	Bank of Scotland	144	Lloyds Bank	70
South East England	Bank of Scotland	148	Nationwide	137
South West England	Bank of Scotland	119	NatWest	94
Wales	NatWest	109	Bank of Scotland	79
West Midlands	Bank of Scotland	125	Nationwide	69
Yorkshire and the Humber	Bank of Scotland	118	Halifax	72

All 11 banks on our maps

Chain	Locations	Regions	Most in
Bank of Scotland	1,307	12	North West England
Nationwide	762	12	South East England
NatWest	667	10	Wales
Barclays	646	12	South East England
HSBC	603	12	South East England
Lloyds Bank	507	11	Scotland
Halifax	480	12	Yorkshire and the Humber
TSB	220	11	Scotland
Yorkshire Building Society	110	11	Yorkshire and the Humber
Virgin Money	91	7	Scotland
Skipton Building Society	82	10	North West England

Store locations from All the Places (data from September 2026), with gaps in food chains filled from the Food Standards Agency’s food hygiene register. Only chains on our maps with at least 25 locations are listed, so smaller local chains are missing. Counts can be a little off as stores open and close.