This statistic displays the distribution of bank account holders according to the number of accounts they held in total in the United Kingdom (UK) as of the first quarter of 2015. It revealed that more than a half (52%) of respondents reported having only one personal current account, while 19 percent of the sample held three or more current accounts.
Number of current accounts per customer in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015
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Number of current accounts per customer in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015
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* Nearly 4.55 thousand completed interviews out of the 120 thousand sample drawn from the personal current account holders databank, provided by all major UK banks. Data was weighted to correct oversampling.
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GfK Media and Communication Research, & Competition and Markets Authority. (April 15, 2015). Number of current accounts per customer in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/467248/total-number-of-current-bank-accounts-held-uk/
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