Bank failures by year
The FDIC lists 3,526 bank failures from 1934 to 2026. The worst year was 1989, with 530 closings. In five of those years no insured bank failed at all, most recently in 2022.
| Year | Failures | Total assets | Est. loss | Largest failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | $1.4 billion | $243 million | Nano Banc |
| 2025 | 2 | $126 million | $41.6 million | The Santa Anna National Bank |
| 2024 | 2 | $6.0 billion | $755 million | Republic First Bank dba Republic Bank |
| 2023 | 5 | $532 billion | $34.3 billion | First Republic Bank |
| 2020 | 4 | $455 million | $90.1 million | The First State Bank |
| 2019 | 4 | $209 million | $25.3 million | City National Bank of New Jersey |
| 2017 | 8 | $5.1 billion | $1.0 billion | First NBC Bank |
| 2016 | 5 | $277 million | $42.5 million | First CornerStone Bank |
| 2015 | 8 | $6.7 billion | $847 million | Doral Bank |
| 2014 | 18 | $2.9 billion | $375 million | The National Republic Bank of Chicago |
| 2013 | 24 | $6.0 billion | $1.2 billion | First National Bank also operating as The National Bank of El Paso |
| 2012 | 51 | $11.6 billion | $2.4 billion | Tennessee Commerce Bank |
| 2011 | 92 | $34.9 billion | $6.4 billion | Superior Bank |
| 2010 | 157 | $92.1 billion | $15.8 billion | Westernbank Puerto Rico |
| 2009 | 140 | $170 billion | $25.8 billion | Colonial Bank |
| 2008 | 25 | $372 billion | $17.7 billion | Washington Mutual Bank |
| 2007 | 3 | $2.6 billion | $157 million | NetBank |
| 2004 | 4 | $170 million | $3.9 million | Guaranty National Bank of Tallahassee |
| 2003 | 3 | $947 million | $62.6 million | Southern Pacific Bank |
| 2002 | 11 | $2.9 billion | $415 million | Hamilton Bank, N.A. |
| 2001 | 4 | $1.8 billion | $292 million | Superior Bank, FSB |
| 2000 | 7 | $410 million | $32.5 million | Hartford-Carlisle Savings Bank |
| 1999 | 8 | $1.6 billion | $591 million | The First National Bank of Keystone |
| 1998 | 3 | $290 million | $223 million | BestBank |
| 1997 | 1 | $27.9 million | $5.0 million | Southwest Bank |
| 1996 | 6 | $233 million | $60.6 million | The First National Bank of the Panhandle |
| 1995 | 8 | $1.2 billion | $113 million | Continental Savings of America, A Savings and Loan Association |
| 1994 | 15 | $1.6 billion | $191 million | The Bank of Hartford, Inc. |
| 1993 | 50 | $10.0 billion | $900 million | Western Federal Savings and Loan |
| 1992 | 179 | $89.6 billion | $7.0 billion | HomeFed Bank, Federal Savings Bank |
| 1991 | 268 | $143 billion | $15.2 billion | Bank of New England, National Association |
| 1990 | 381 | $147 billion | $18.8 billion | Imperial Savings Association |
| 1989 | 530 | $164 billion | $53.4 billion | Gibraltar Savings |
| 1988 | 232 | $48.4 billion | $12.6 billion | First RepublicBank Dallas, National Association |
| 1987 | 217 | $15.8 billion | $6.0 billion | Freedom Savings and Loan Association |
| 1986 | 162 | $15.3 billion | $8.2 billion | Western Savings Association |
| 1985 | 139 | $9.9 billion | $2.9 billion | Sunrise Savings and Loan Association |
| 1984 | 83 | $4.2 billion | $1.1 billion | San Marino Savings and Loan Association |
| 1983 | 50 | $3.8 billion | $1.1 billion | The First National Bank of Midland |
| 1982 | 34 | $4.7 billion | $388 million | LaSalle Bank, F.S.B. |
| 1981 | 9 | $1.4 billion | $31.0 million | First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rochester |
| 1980 | 10 | $239 million | $28.7 million | The Mission State Bank & Trust Company |
| 1979 | 10 | $133 million | none recorded | Fidelity Bank |
| 1978 | 7 | $994 million | none recorded | Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceno |
| 1977 | 5 | $42.4 million | none recorded | First Augusta Bank & Trust Company |
| 1976 | 16 | $1.0 billion | none recorded | The Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga |
| 1975 | 13 | $420 million | none recorded | American City Bank & Trust Company, National Association |
| 1974 | 4 | $3.8 billion | none recorded | Franklin National Bank |
| 1973 | 6 | $1.3 billion | none recorded | United States National Bank |
| 1972 | 1 | $22.1 million | none recorded | Surety Bank and Trust Company |
| 1971 | 6 | $197 million | none recorded | Birmingham Bloomfield Bank |
| 1970 | 7 | $62.1 million | none recorded | Eatontown National Bank |
| 1969 | 9 | $43.6 million | none recorded | The First State Bank |
| 1968 | 3 | $25.2 million | none recorded | Central National Bank of Jacksonville |
| 1967 | 4 | $12.0 million | none recorded | Bank of Pine Apple |
| 1966 | 7 | $121 million | none recorded | Public Bank |
| 1965 | 5 | $58.8 million | none recorded | San Francisco National Bank |
| 1964 | 7 | $25.8 million | none recorded | Crown Savings Bank |
| 1963 | 2 | $26.2 million | none recorded | Chatham Bank of Chicago |
| 1962 | 1 | none | none recorded | The First National Bank of Exeter |
| 1961 | 5 | $9.8 million | none recorded | The Sheldon National Bank |
| 1960 | 1 | $7.5 million | none recorded | The Capitol Hill State Bank |
| 1959 | 3 | $2.9 million | none recorded | First State Bank |
| 1958 | 4 | $8.9 million | none recorded | The Rushville Banking Company |
| 1957 | 1 | $1.3 million | none recorded | First State Bank of Yorktown |
| 1956 | 2 | $12.9 million | none recorded | The Home National of Ellenville |
| 1955 | 5 | $12.0 million | none recorded | Frontier Trust Company |
| 1954 | 2 | $1.1 million | none recorded | Bank of Whitesville |
| 1953 | 2 | $18.8 million | none recorded | First State Bank of Elmwood Park |
| 1952 | 3 | $2.4 million | none recorded | Thomasville Bank and Trust Co. |
| 1951 | 2 | $3.0 million | none recorded | The Parnassus National Bank |
| 1950 | 4 | $4.0 million | none recorded | The Farmers First National Bank of Minooka |
| 1949 | 4 | $4.9 million | none recorded | The First National Bank of Dyer |
| 1948 | 3 | $10.4 million | none recorded | Columbus Trust Company |
| 1947 | 5 | $6.8 million | none recorded | The First National Bank of Evanston |
| 1946 | 1 | $351 thousand | none recorded | Augusta County Bank, Inc. |
| 1945 | 1 | $6.4 million | none recorded | The Farmers & Merchants State Bank |
| 1944 | 2 | $2.1 million | none recorded | The First National Bank of Susquehanna |
| 1943 | 5 | $14.1 million | none recorded | The Jefferson County Nat Bk -Watertown |
| 1942 | 20 | $1.6 million | none recorded | Farmers Bank |
| 1941 | 15 | $17.8 million | none recorded | Banco Di Napoli Trust Co. of New York |
| 1940 | 43 | $8.0 million | none recorded | Bankers Trust Company |
| 1939 | 60 | $43.9 million | none recorded | The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co. |
| 1938 | 74 | $13.9 million | none recorded | Winooski Savings Bank |
| 1937 | 75 | $19.3 million | none recorded | Perth Amboy Trust Company |
| 1936 | 69 | $12.9 million | none recorded | The Union Bank |
| 1935 | 25 | $12.3 million | none recorded | The Commercial National Bank of Bradford |
| 1934 | 9 | $2.7 million | none recorded | Bank of America Trust Co. |