NUMBER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1
		as of periods indicated
											2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006					2007						2008
											Dec		Dec		Dec		Dec		Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Mar	Jun	Sep		Dec		Mar
		T o t a l									17,432		17,944		18,644		19,336		20,107		20,152	20,396	20,686	20,953		21,030	21,149	21,259	r	21,536		21,636
			Head Offices								6,323		6,434		6,687		6,912		7,082		7,102	7,181	7,230	7,264		7,274	7,307	7,342		7,367		7,390
			Branches/Agencies								11,109		11,510		11,957		12,424		13,025		13,050	13,215	13,456	13,689		13,756	13,842	13,917		14,169		14,246
				Banks							7,585		7,454		7,494		7,612		7,670		7,672	7,693	7,679	7,710		7,704	7,738	7,736		7,744		7,743
					Head Offices						929		912		899		893		879		872	871	865	862		861	858	852		847		845
					Branches/Agencies						6,656		6,542		6,595		6,719		6,791		6,800	6,822	6,814	6,848		6,843	6,880	6,884		6,897		6,898
							Universal and Commercial Banks				4,320		4,265		4,296		4,329		4,318		4,318	4,324	4,295	4,313		4,278	4,297	4,284		4,275		4,284
f:\fof_fa\kbs[number]ho								Head Offices			44		42		42		42		41		41	41	39	39		39	38	38		38		38
f:\fof_fa\kbs[number]brs								Branches/Agencies			4,276		4,223		4,254		4,287		4,277		4,277	4,283	4,256	4,274		4,239	4,259	4,246		4,237		4,246
							Thrift Banks				1,351		1,278		1,277		1,280		1,293		1,312	1,316	1,318	1,322		1,338	1,333	1,337		1,336		1,318
								Head Offices			104		94		92		87		84		85	85	84	84		84	83	82		82		80
								Branches/Agencies			1,247		1,184		1,185		1,193		1,209		1,227	1,231	1,234	1,238		1,254	1,250	1,255		1,254		1,238
									Savings Banks		725		743		747		784		817		833	837	843	844		852	850	860		861		850
f:\fof_fa\smbs[number]ho										Head Offices	33		32		31		32		32		32	32	33	33		33	33	33		33		33
f:\fof_fa\smbs[number]brs										Branches/Agencies	692		711		716		752		785		801	805	810	811		819	817	827		828		817
									Private Development Banks		404		340		336		302		298		300	300	300	300		305	302	303		300		294
f:\fof_fa\pdbs[number]ho										Head Offices	36		30		29		24		22		22	22	21	21		21	20	20		20		19
f:\fof_fa\pdbs[number]brs										Branches/Agencies	368		310		307		278		276		278	278	279	279		284	282	283		280		275
									Stock Savings and Loans Associations		220		193		191		191		162		162	162	162	165		167	167	160		161		160
f:\fof_fa\sslas[number]ho										Head Offices	33		30		30		29		26		26	26	26	26		26	26	25		25		24
f:\fof_fa\sslas[number]brs										Branches/Agencies	187		163		161		162		136		136	136	136	139		141	141	135		136		136
									Micro Finance		2		2		3		3		16		17	17	13	13		14	14	14		14		14
f:\fof_fa\mfin[number]ho										Head Offices	2		2		2		2		4		5	5	4	4		4	4	4		4		4
f:\fof_fa\mfin[number]brs										Branches/Agencies	-		-		1		1		12		12	12	9	9		10	10	10		10		10
							Rural Banks				1,914		1,911		1,921		2,003		2,059		2,042	2,053	2,066	2,075		2,088	2,108	2,115		2,133		2,141
f:\fof_fa\rural_banks[number]ho								Head Offices			781		776		765		764		754		746	745	742	739		738	737	732		727		727
f:\fof_fa\rural_banks[number]brs								Branches/Agencies			1,133		1,135		1,156		1,239		1,305		1,296	1,308	1,324	1,336		1,350	1,371	1,383		1,406		1,414
				Non-Banks 2							9,847		10,490		11,150		11,724		12,437		12,480	12,703	13,007	13,243		13,326	13,411	13,523	r	13,792		13,893
f:\fof_fa\nbfis[number]ho					Head Offices						5,394		5,522		5,788		6,019		6,203		6,230	6,310	6,365	6,402		6,413	6,449	6,490		6,520		6,545
f:\fof_fa\nbfis[number]brs					Branches/Agencies						4,453		4,968		5,362		5,705		6,234		6,250	6,393	6,642	6,841		6,913	6,962	7,033		7,272		7,348
		1   Refers to the number of financial establishments which includes the head offices and branches; excludes the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
		2   Includes Investment Houses, Finance Companies, Investment Companies, Securities Dealers/Brokers, Pawnshops, Lending Investors, Non-Stock Savings and Loan Assn., Mutual Building and
		Loan Assn., Venture Capital Corp., Credit Card Companies and others; also includes Private and Government Insurance Companies (i.e., SSS and GSIS).  Private Insurance Companies only cover
		the head offices and their foreign branches.
		r   Revised
		Source:  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas