46 NUMBER OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1                                      
          as of periods indicated                                          
                                                             
   
  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 3 2010 2011  
   
  Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec   Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun  
                                                             
  T o t a l 19,337 20,108 20,954 21,537 23,214 23,821 24,017 24,192 24,470 24,874 25,082 25,548  
  Head Offices 6,913 7,083 7,265 7,368 7,398 7,356 7,365 7,365 7,353 7,390 7,383 7,415  
  Branches/Agencies 12,424 13,025 13,689 14,169 15,816 16,465 16,652 16,827 17,117 17,484 17,699 18,133  
   
  Banks 7,612 7,670 7,710 7,744 8,448 8,620 8,663 8,685 8,740 8,869 8,870 8,915  
  Head Offices 893 879 862 847 818 785 779 773 764 758 746 739  
  Branches/Agencies 6,719 6,791 6,848 6,897 7,630 7,835 7,884 7,912 7,976 8,111 8,124 8,176  
  Universal and Commercial Banks   4,329 4,318 4,313 4,275 4,447 4,520 4,545 4,596 4,615 4,679 4,695 4,764  
  Head Offices 42 41 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38  
  Branches/Agencies 4,287 4,277 4,274 4,237 4,409 4,482 4,507 4,558 4,577 4,641 4,657 4,726  
  Thrift Banks 1,280 1,293 1,322 1,336 1,327 1,333 1,339 1,329 1,395 1,419 1,419 1,381  
  Head Offices 87 84 84 82 77 73 74 74 73 73 73 72  
  Branches/Agencies 1,193 1,209 1,238 1,254 1,250 1,260 1,265 1,255 1,322 1,346 1,346 1,309  
  Savings Banks 784 817 844 861 843 864 866 856 922 939 894 854  
  Head Offices 32 32 33 33 31 29 29 29 29 29 28 27  
  Branches/Agencies 752 785 811 828 812 835 837 827 893 910 866 827  
  Private Development Banks 302 298 300 300 299 304 308 308 309 313 357 358  
  Head Offices 24 22 21 20 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20  
  Branches/Agencies 278 276 279 280 281 286 289 289 290 294 337 338  
  Stock Savings and Loans Associations 191 162 165 161 158 138 138 138 137 140 141 142  
  Head Offices 29 26 26 25 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 22  
  Branches/Agencies 162 136 139 136 134 115 115 115 115 118 119 120  
  Micro Finance 3 16 13 14 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27  
  Head Offices 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  
  Branches/Agencies 1 12 9 10 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24  
  Rural Banks 2,003 2,059 2,075 2,133 2,674 2,767 2,779 2,760 2,730 2,771 2,756 2,770  
  Head Offices 764 754 739 727 703 674 667 661 653 647 635 629  
  Branches/Agencies 1,239 1,305 1,336 1,406 1,971 2,093 2,112 2,099 2,077 2,124 2,121 2,141  
   
  Non-Banks 2 11,725 12,438 13,244 13,793 14,766 15,201 15,354 15,507 15,730 16,005 16,212 16,633  
  Head Offices 6,020 6,204 6,403 6,521 6,580 6,571 6,586 6,592 6,589 6,632 6,637 6,676  
  Branches/Agencies 5,705 6,234 6,841 7,272 8,186 8,630 8,768 8,915 9,141 9,373 9,575 9,957  
                                                             
   
  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 Assns., Venture   
       Capital Corps., 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 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