Raiffeisen is the second-largest banking group in the Swiss banking market and Switzerland's retail bank with the closest proximity to its clients. It has over 2 million cooperative members, 3.73 million clients and maintains client relationships with around 225,000 companies in Switzerland. The Raiffeisen Group is present at 774 branches throughout Switzerland. The 218 legally independent Raiffeisen cooperative banks are members of the Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative.