Total assets grew by 25.2% between the end of 2015 and the end of 2025. This reflects an average annual growth rate of 2.4%. The largest increase in the period came in 2023 when assets increased by 9.5% year-on-year. Total assets decreased by 6.6% year-on-year in 2025.
| Cash and Bank Deposits | Debtors | Loans | Tangible Fixed Assets | Other | Tangible Fixed Assets and Other | Total Assets | |
| 2015 | 8.3 | 20.4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 201.7 |
| 2016 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 181.8 | 218.8 |
| 2017 | 8.6 | 9.2 | 15.2 | 0 | 0 | 181.9 | 214.8 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 192.3 | 224.3 |
| 2019 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 11.8 | 170.5 | 25.3 | 0 | 229.5 |
| 2020 | 8.8 | 13.2 | 12 | 158.9 | 21.8 | 0 | 214.7 |
| 2021 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 13.3 | 166.4 | 31.2 | 0 | 223.3 |
| 2022 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 168.5 | 30.5 | 0 | 226.1 |
| 2023 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 179.8 | 37.1 | 0 | 247.7 |
| 2024 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 16.8 | 196.5 | 40.1 | 0 | 270.4 |
| 2025 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 16 | 183.5 | 37.4 | 0 | 252.6 |
Tangible fixed assets recorded a decrease of 6.6% during the year, falling to €183.5bn by end-2025. This marks the first decrease in the category since 2020. Over the 10-year period, the largest recorded rise of any asset class was a 60.2% increase in loans. In comparison, the asset class debtors decreased over the period, falling from €20.4bn in 2015 to €7.3bn in 2025.
In 2015 the industry was financed primarily through loans (56.1%) and equity (20.9%). The proportion of loan-financing fell to 48.4% by 2025 while equity financing grew slightly to 22.1%. Bonds, notes and other funding have increased from a combined 15.2% to 25.8% during the period. The proportion of funding from creditors fell from 7.8% in 2015 to 3.7% in 2025.
| Bonds and Notes | Creditors | Loans | Equity Investments | Other | |
| 2015 | 13.3 | 16 | 115.8 | 43.2 | 18 |
| 2016 | 17.2 | 11.2 | 120.7 | 36.2 | 15.6 |
| 2017 | 12.8 | 9.6 | 126.1 | 38.1 | 15.5 |
| 2018 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 130.4 | 43.9 | 18.8 |
| 2019 | 14.2 | 10.6 | 135.5 | 39.9 | 19.5 |
| 2020 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 130.2 | 36.9 | 17 |
| 2021 | 31.8 | 8.7 | 123.4 | 38.3 | 19 |
| 2022 | 30.1 | 6.8 | 132.1 | 36.7 | 19.4 |
| 2023 | 29.6 | 7.5 | 133 | 47.7 | 28.4 |
| 2024 | 39.9 | 8 | 135.4 | 58.4 | 28.6 |
| 2025 | 39.1 | 9.4 | 122.3 | 55.8 | 26.2 |
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