Fact · finance · 2025-12-31
Number of licensed banks
持牌銀行數目
Figure and reference date
149 (end-2025)
149 間（2025年底）
Notes and definition
HKMA Annual Report 2025: plus 16 restricted licence banks and 11 deposit-taking companies, 176 authorized institutions in total.
Other figures in this group (finance)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Finance & monetary realities.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official foreign currency reserves 官方外匯儲備資產 | US$433.0bn (end-Sept 2026) 4 330 億美元（2026年9月底） | 2026-09-30 | HKMA: latest official foreign currency reserve assets |
| Listed companies 上市公司總數 | 2,686 (Main Board + GEM, end-2025) 2 686 間（主板＋GEM，2025年底） | 2025-12-31 | HKEX: market statistics |
| Total market capitalisation (Main Board + GEM) 主板＋GEM整體市值 | HK$47,392.5bn (end-2025) 47 392.5 十億港元（2025年底） | 2025-12-31 | HKEX: market statistics |
| Exchange Fund total assets 外匯基金總資產 | HK$4,463.6bn (30 Jun 2026) 4,463.6 十億港元（2026-06-30） HKMA monthly abridged balance sheet. | 2026-06-30 | HKMA: Exchange Fund abridged balance sheet (30 Jun 2026) |
| Hong Kong dollar monetary base 港元貨幣基礎組成 | HK$2.04tn (31 Dec 2025) 2.04 萬億港元（2025-12-31） CIs HK$636.4bn + EFBNs HK$1.34tn and others. | 2025-12-31 | HKMA annual report: Monetary Stability (monetary base composition) |
| HKEX IPO proceeds 港交所 IPO 集資 | HK$285.8bn (2025) 2,858.4 億港元（2025） Per HKEX 2025 market statistics (provisional). | 2025 | HKEX: market statistics |
| Listed companies by board 上市公司總數 | Main Board 2,374 + GEM 312 = 2,686 (31 Dec 2025) 主板 2,374＋GEM 312＝2,686（2025-12-31） GEM is the secondary board, far fewer than the Main Board. | 2025-12-31 | HKEX: market statistics |
| Total MPF scheme net asset value 強積金總資產值 | HK$1,665.47bn (30 Jun 2026) 16,654.66 億港元（2026-06-30） MPFA Statistical Digest: total net asset value of all MPF schemes; about 4.97m scheme members. | 2026-06-30 | Statistical Digest on MPF Scheme Statistics |
| Total annual insurance premium 保險業保費總額（年度統計） | HK$635.2bn (2024) 6,352 億港元（2024年） IA annual statistics compiled from regulatory returns. Provisional figure was HK$637.8bn. | 2024 | Insurance Statistics |
| Foreign exchange reserves 外匯儲備資產 | US$427.9 billion 4,279 億美元 HKMA foreign exchange reserves at end-December 2025. | 2025年12月底 | Hong Kong Monetary Authority: foreign exchange reserves |
| Number of HKEX listed companies 港交所上市公司數目 | 2,686 2,686 間 HKEX Fact Book. | 2025年12月31日 | Hong Kong Exchanges: Fact Book (number & market cap of listed companies) |
| Total market capitalisation of HKEX-listed companies 港交所上市公司總市值 | HK$47,392.5 billion 47,392.5 十億港元 HKEX Fact Book. | 2025年12月31日 | Hong Kong Exchanges: Fact Book (number & market cap of listed companies) |
15 more figures in this group are listed in Finance & monetary realities.
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “HKMA Annual Report” (Hong Kong Monetary Authority). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets of authorised institutions (end-2025) 認可機構總資產（2025年底） | HK$33,671bn 33 671 億港元 HKMA Annual Report 2025: total assets of all authorised institutions of about HK$33.7 trillion. | 2025-12-31 | HKMA Annual Report |
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Number of licensed banks”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/fin-licensed-banks-2025, data as at 2025-12-31 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈持牌銀行數目〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/fin-licensed-banks-2025，資料時點 2025-12-31（查閱日期 ＿）。
Machine-readable: /api/v1/facts.json (id = fin-licensed-banks-2025) · OpenAPI 3.1 ·/llms.txt
Registered source
Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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