In forceInstitutions: annual accounts and holdings (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

Annual report on the number of domestic branches (IZ (Section 24(1a) number 4 KWG))

A regulatory return listed by the Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany.

A yearly collective report of the number of the institution's branches in Germany, counting branches closed temporarily for up to twelve months and excluding temporary, automated-only and non-banking branches. Source

The facts

Who files
Institutions under the KWG; it goes to the Bundesbank, and to BaFin only on request. Source
How often
Yearly, as at 31 December of the previous year. Source
Deadline
By 31 January of the following year (AnzV Section 9(1)). Source
Format
PDF. PDF in the NExt topic 'Aufsichtliche Anzeigen und Meldungen - Upload Dokumente', file code IZ; no nil report if there are no reportable branches. Source
Status
In force
Group
Institutions: annual accounts and holdings (national)

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No form for this report was found on the pages checked. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. No rules published. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by the Bundesbank was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (5)

The Bundesbank's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.