36		NUMBER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1
			as of periods indicated
										2004		2005		2006						2007		2008	3	2009							2010
										Dec		Dec		Dec	Mar	Jun	Sep	Dec		Dec		Dec		Mar	3	Jun	Sep	3	Dec		Mar
	T o t a l									19,336		20,107		20,953	20,152	20,396	20,686	20,953		21,536		23,213		23,388		22,914	23,671		23,820		24,016
		Head Offices								6,912		7,082		7,264	7,102	7,181	7,230	7,264		7,367		7,397		7,372		7,375	7,360		7,355		7,364
		Branches/Agencies								12,424		13,025		13,689	13,050	13,215	13,456	13,689		14,169		15,816		16,016		15,539	16,311		16,465		16,652
			Banks							7,612		7,670		7,710	7,672	7,693	7,679	7,710		7,744		8,448		8,475		7,898	8,564		8,620		8,663
				Head Offices						893		879		862	872	871	865	862		847		818		811		804	797		785		779
				Branches/Agencies						6,719		6,791		6,848	6,800	6,822	6,814	6,848		6,897		7,630		7,664		7,094	7,767		7,835		7,884
						Universal and Commercial Banks				4,329		4,318		4,313	4,318	4,324	4,295	4,313		4,275		4,447		4,465		4,435	4,487		4,520		4,545
							Head Offices			42		41		39	41	41	39	39		38		38		38		38	38		38		38
							Branches/Agencies			4,287		4,277		4,274	4,277	4,283	4,256	4,274		4,237		4,409		4,427		4,397	4,449		4,482		4,507
						Thrift Banks				1,280		1,293		1,322	1,312	1,316	1,318	1,322		1,336		1,327		1,327		1,291	1,323		1,333		1,339
							Head Offices			87		84		84	85	85	84	84		82		77		76		74	73		73		74
							Branches/Agencies			1,193		1,209		1,238	1,227	1,231	1,234	1,238		1,254		1,250		1,251		1,217	1,250		1,260		1,265
								Savings Banks		784		817		844	833	837	843	844		861		843		849		840	856		864		866
									Head Offices	32		32		33	32	32	33	33		33		31		31		30	29		29		29
									Branches/Agencies	752		785		811	801	805	810	811		828		812		818		810	827		835		837
								Private Development Banks		302		298		300	300	300	300	300		300		299		299		302	302		304		308
									Head Offices	24		22		21	22	22	21	21		20		18		18		18	18		18		19
									Branches/Agencies	278		276		279	278	278	279	279		280		281		281		284	284		286		289
								Stock Savings and Loans Associations		191		162		165	162	162	162	165		161		158		152		130	138		138		138
									Head Offices	29		26		26	26	26	26	26		25		24		24		23	23		23		23
									Branches/Agencies	162		136		139	136	136	136	139		136		134		128		107	115		115		115
								Micro Finance		3		16		13	17	17	13	13		14		27		27		19	27		27		27
									Head Offices	2		4		4	5	5	4	4		4		4		3		3	3		3		3
									Branches/Agencies	1		12		9	12	12	9	9		10		23		24		16	24		24		24
						Rural Banks				2,003		2,059		2,075	2,042	2,053	2,066	2,075		2,133		2,674		2,683		2,172	2,754		2,767		2,779
							Head Offices			764		754		739	746	745	742	739		727		703		697		692	686		674		667
							Branches/Agencies			1,239		1,305		1,336	1,296	1,308	1,324	1,336		1,406		1,971		1,986		1,480	2,068		2,093		2,112
			Non-Banks 2							11,724		12,437		13,243	12,480	12,703	13,007	13,243		13,792		14,765		14,913		15,016	15,107		15,200		15,353
				Head Offices						6,019		6,203		6,402	6,230	6,310	6,365	6,402		6,520		6,579		6,561		6,571	6,563		6,570		6,585
				Branches/Agencies						5,705		6,234		6,841	6,250	6,393	6,642	6,841		7,272		8,186		8,352		8,445	8,544		8,630		8,768
	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., and Credit Card Companies which are under BSP supervision; also includes Private and Government Insurance Companies (i.e., SSS and GSIS).  Private Insurance Companies only cover
	the head offices and their foreign branches.
	3  Starting December 2009, data include other banking offices per Circular 505 and 624 dated 22 December 2005 and 13 October 2008, respectively;  December 2008, March 2009 and September 2009 data were revised for comparability
	of coverage with that of December 2009.  (Other banking offices refer to any office or place of business in the Philippines other than the head office, branch or extension office, which primarily engages in banking activities
	other than the acceptance of deposits and/or servicing of withdrawals thru tellers or other authorized personnel.)
	Source:  Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas