Access to microdata from the ECB and national central banks
The ECB has launched a pilot project to grant research access to anonymised data on balance sheets and interest rates offered by individual banks in the euro area. Eligible researchers are invited to submit their applications for data access by 22 June 2025. More information is available on the pilot project page.
Researchers can request access to microdata from the ECB and several national central banks (NCBs).
Below we provide an overview of research data services within the European System of Central Banks (that is, the ECB and all central banks in the EU), the datasets that are available and how to access them.
The datasets are grouped into the following seven categories: financial institutions data, non-financial institutions data, credit and loan data, securities and financial market data, company finance and business surveys, household finance surveys, and banking supervisory data.
Several research data centres provide detailed information on individual datasets. A consolidated catalogue of all these datasets is available at the bottom of this page.
List of research data centres
European Central Bank
- Research data service
- Datasets available: company finance and business surveys, household finance surveys
- Access modes: remote access, scientific use files
- Service provider: central bank
Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique
- Research data service
- Dataset catalogue
- Datasets available: non-financial institutions data, company finance and business surveys
- Access mode: remote access
- Service provider: central bank
Deutsche Bundesbank
- Research data service
- Dataset catalogue
- Datasets available: financial institutions data, non-financial institutions data, credit and loan data, securities and financial market data, household finance surveys, banking supervisory data
- Access modes: secure on-site, remote execution, scientific use files
- Service provider: central bank
Eesti Pank
- Research data service
- Datasets available: financial institutions data, non-financial institutions data, household finance surveys
- Access mode: scientific use files
- Service provider: central bank