The Landesbank Baden-Württemberg [LBBW - State Bank of the State of Baden-Württemberg] is an international business bank with a pronounced retail and wholesale business. It is the central bank of the savings banks in Baden-Württemberg. In the urban area of Stuttgart, it performs the tasks of a savings bank. 

The state of Baden-Württemberg has a 39.5% stake in the LBBW's capital stock, the Sparkassen Verband Baden-Württemberg [Savings Bank Association Baden-Württemberg] a 39.5% interest and the regional capital of Stuttgart 21%. With its total assets, 199 branches in Baden-Württemberg and further bases in all of Germany's important centers as well as about 10,000 staff members, it is the largest bank in south-west Germany. In the Federal Republic of Germany, it is one of the ten largest financial institutions, and one of the world's 50 largest banks.