Erste Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Erste Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Vienna, Austria that owns 7 consumer brands.[1]
Erste Group Bank AG is an Austrian bank whose shares trade on the Vienna Stock Exchange. Its 2025 annual report lists core-market banks in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, and records that it acquired 49% of Santander Bank Polska, with the transaction closing on 9 January 2026.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Erste Group Bank AG
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇦🇹 Vienna, Austria
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Erste Group in numbers
- Erste Group owns 7 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is finance & insurance with 7 brands.[1]
- 6 of its brands originated outside Austria.
Everything Erste Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
- Santander Bank Polska — minority stake 49% since 2026[1]Erste Group holds 49% of Santander Bank Polska and reports it as a controlling interest.
Recent changes to this record
- · Banca Comercială Română added to the dataset
- · Česká spořitelna added to the dataset
- · Erste Bank Croatia added to the dataset
- · Erste Bank Hungary added to the dataset
- · Erste Bank Oesterreich added to the dataset
- · Erste Bank Serbia added to the dataset
- · Slovenská sporiteľňa added to the dataset
Erste Group in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- PQOH26KWDF7CG10L6792
- Registered name
- ERSTE GROUP BANK AG (AT)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 15 September 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Erste Group own?
Erste Group owns 7 consumer brands tracked here, including Erste Bank Croatia, Erste Bank Oesterreich, Erste Bank Serbia, Česká spořitelna, Banca Comercială Română and Slovenská sporiteľňa.
Is Erste Group an Austrian company?
Yes. Erste Group is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
Who owns Erste Group?
Erste Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Erste Group Annual Report 2025 (ESEF) — Erste Group Bank AG, Annual report; retrieved 20 October 2026.
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