Data as of October 28, 2026 · FDIC records from 1934 to 2026
Every U.S. bank failure since 1934
3,526 insured banks closed, who took them over, and what each cost the deposit insurance fund
The latest closing
Nano Banc
Friday, September 25, 2026 · Irvine, California
Sunwest Bank took over the deposits. It was failure number 6 of 2026; 19 banks have failed since the start of 2020.
Earlier in 2026
- Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank
- Small Business Bank
- Kentland Federal Savings and Loan Association
- Community Bank and Trust - West Georgia
- Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust
Ninety-three years of closings
The peak came in 1989, when 530 banks failed. The costliest year for the funds was 1989, at an estimated $53.4 billion. The longest stretch without a single failure ran 952 days, from June 25, 2004 to February 2, 2007.
The biggest, drawn to scale
Each square's area is the bank's total assets at its last report before closing. Washington Mutual Bank alone accounts for 16% of the assets of every bank that failed since 1934. Five of these eight failed in 2008 or 2023.
2008 · $307 billion
2023 · $213 billion
2023 · $209 billion
2023 · $110 billion
2008 · $30.7 billion
2009 · $25.5 billion
1988 · $17.1 billion
2009 · $13.5 billion
Three waves
Savings and loan crisis
2,359failures from 1980 to 1994, with an estimated $128 billion in losses to the funds.
State by state
Failures since 1934 in each state. Texas stands out for the savings and loan years; Georgia for the closings after 2008.
- 1 to 19
- 20 to 59
- 60 to 149
- 150 to 399
- 400 or more
Where the figures come from
Every record is the FDIC's own: its failure and assistance data in BankFind, the Failed Bank List for names and acquirers since October 2000, and each bank's quarterly Call Reports for the years before it closed. Losses are the FDIC's estimates as of July 31, 2026 and still move as receiverships wind down. How to read the data explains every figure and rank.