Bank failures by year

FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions recorded 530 failures, the most in any year the FDIC records, in 1989, according to the FDIC.

530 banks and savings institutions failed in 1989, the most in any year since 1934; 2 failed in 2025.

530 banks and savings institutions failed in 1989, the most in any year since 1934; 2 failed in 2025

Failures of FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions each year, and the assistance transactions in which the FDIC kept an institution open, as the FDIC records them.

The FDIC’s file includes savings institutions resolved by the FSLIC and the Resolution Trust Corporation as well as banks, each counted as the FDIC records it.

2026 is not drawn: it is a year still running, counted to the newest closing on the bank failures page.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934

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530 banks and savings institutions failed in 1989, the most in any year since 1934; 2 failed in 2025. Failures of FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions each year, and the assistance transactions in which the FDIC kept an institution open, as the FDIC records them.
Year	Failures	Assistance transactions
1934	9	0
1935	25	0
1936	69	0
1937	75	0
1938	74	0
1939	60	0
1940	43	0
1941	15	0
1942	20	0
1943	5	0
1944	2	0
1945	1	0
1946	1	0
1947	5	0
1948	3	0
1949	4	0
1950	4	0
1951	2	0
1952	3	0
1953	2	0
1954	2	0
1955	5	0
1956	2	0
1957	1	0
1958	4	0
1959	3	0
1960	1	0
1961	5	0
1962	1	0
1963	2	0
1964	7	0
1965	5	0
1966	7	0
1967	4	0
1968	3	0
1969	9	0
1970	7	0
1971	6	1
1972	1	1
1973	6	0
1974	4	0
1975	13	0
1976	16	1
1977	5	1
1978	7	0
1979	10	0
1980	10	12
1981	9	31
1982	34	85
1983	50	49
1984	83	23
1985	139	41
1986	162	42
1987	217	45
1988	232	238
1989	530	4
1990	381	1
1991	268	3
1992	179	2
1993	50	0
1994	15	0
1995	8	0
1996	6	0
1997	1	0
1998	3	0
1999	8	0
2000	7	0
2001	4	0
2002	11	0
2003	3	0
2004	4	0
2005	0	0
2006	0	0
2007	3	0
2008	25	5
2009	140	8
2010	157	0
2011	92	0
2012	51	0
2013	24	0
2014	18	0
2015	8	0
2016	5	0
2017	8	0
2018	0	0
2019	4	0
2020	4	0
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	5	0
2024	2	0
2025	2	0

Every year

A sum covers the records of the year that carry the figure; where some do not, the count it covers is beside it. 2026 is counted through the newest closing, September 25, 2026; the full list is on the failures page.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Failures and assistance transactions of FDIC-insured banks and savings institutions by year, newest first
Year	Failures	Assistance	Assets at failure	Estimated cost
2026	6	0	$643.7 million (4 of 6)	$123.8 million (4 of 6)
2025	2	0	$126.4 million	$41.6 million
2024	2	0	$6.0 billion	$754.7 million
2023	5	0	$532.2 billion	$34.3 billion
2022	0	0	—	—
2021	0	0	—	—
2020	4	0	$455.0 million	$90.1 million
2019	4	0	$208.8 million	$25.3 million
2018	0	0	—	—
2017	8	0	$5.1 billion	$1.0 billion
2016	5	0	$277.2 million	$42.5 million
2015	8	0	$6.7 billion	$847.0 million
2014	18	0	$2.9 billion	$375.1 million
2013	24	0	$6.0 billion	$1.2 billion
2012	51	0	$11.6 billion	$2.4 billion
2011	92	0	$34.9 billion	$6.4 billion
2010	157	0	$92.1 billion	$15.8 billion
2009	140	8	$2.1 trillion	$25.8 billion (140 of 148)
2008	25	5	$1.7 trillion	$17.7 billion (25 of 30)
2007	3	0	$2.6 billion	$157.4 million
2006	0	0	—	—
2005	0	0	—	—
2004	4	0	$170.1 million	$3.9 million
2003	3	0	$947.3 million	$62.6 million
2002	11	0	$2.9 billion	$415.3 million
2001	4	0	$1.8 billion	$292.5 million
2000	7	0	$410.2 million	$32.5 million
1999	8	0	$1.6 billion	$590.9 million (7 of 8)
1998	3	0	$290.2 million	$223.0 million
1997	1	0	$27.9 million	$5.0 million
1996	6	0	$232.6 million	$60.6 million
1995	8	0	$1.2 billion	$112.7 million
1994	15	0	$1.6 billion	$190.5 million
1993	50	0	$10.0 billion	$900.2 million
1992	179	2	$89.6 billion	$7.0 billion
1991	268	3	$143.5 billion	$15.2 billion
1990	381	1	$146.6 billion	$18.8 billion
1989	530	4	$164.1 billion	$53.4 billion
1988	232	238	$152.0 billion	$52.2 billion (465 of 470)
1987	217	45	$24.5 billion	$7.6 billion (250 of 262)
1986	162	42	$25.3 billion	$10.5 billion (197 of 204)
1985	139	41	$32.7 billion	$9.3 billion (179 of 180)
1984	83	23	$49.0 billion	$2.5 billion (103 of 106)
1983	50	49	$17.3 billion	$1.8 billion (97 of 99)
1982	34	85	$39.8 billion	$2.7 billion (98 of 119)
1981	9	31	$17.6 billion (39 of 40)	$2.6 billion (34 of 40)
1980	10	12	$9.5 billion	$63.2 million (18 of 22)
1979	10	0	$133.0 million	Not published
1978	7	0	$994.0 million	Not published
1977	5	1	$232.6 million	Not published
1976	16	1	$1.0 billion (16 of 17)	Not published
1975	13	0	$419.9 million	Not published
1974	4	0	$3.8 billion	Not published
1973	6	0	$1.3 billion	Not published
1972	1	1	$1.3 billion	Not published
1971	6	1	$196.5 million (6 of 7)	Not published
1970	7	0	$62.1 million	Not published
1969	9	0	$43.6 million	Not published
1968	3	0	$25.2 million	Not published
1967	4	0	$12.0 million	Not published
1966	7	0	$120.6 million	Not published
1965	5	0	$58.8 million	Not published
1964	7	0	$25.8 million	Not published
1963	2	0	$26.2 million	Not published
1962	1	0	Not published	Not published
1961	5	0	$9.8 million	Not published
1960	1	0	$7.5 million	Not published
1959	3	0	$2.9 million	Not published
1958	4	0	$8.9 million	Not published
1957	1	0	$1.3 million	Not published
1956	2	0	$12.9 million	Not published
1955	5	0	$12.0 million	Not published
1954	2	0	$1.1 million	Not published
1953	2	0	$18.8 million	Not published
1952	3	0	$2.4 million	Not published
1951	2	0	$3.0 million	Not published
1950	4	0	$4.0 million	Not published
1949	4	0	$4.9 million	Not published
1948	3	0	$10.4 million	Not published
1947	5	0	$6.8 million	Not published
1946	1	0	$351.0 thousand	Not published
1945	1	0	$6.4 million	Not published
1944	2	0	$2.1 million	Not published
1943	5	0	$14.1 million	Not published
1942	20	0	$1.6 million (6 of 20)	Not published
1941	15	0	$17.8 million (8 of 15)	Not published
1940	43	0	$8.0 million (19 of 43)	Not published
1939	60	0	$43.9 million (32 of 60)	Not published
1938	74	0	$13.9 million (50 of 74)	Not published
1937	75	0	$19.3 million (50 of 75)	Not published
1936	69	0	$12.9 million (42 of 69)	Not published
1935	25	0	$12.3 million (24 of 25)	Not published
1934	9	0	$2.7 million	Not published

Sources

FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved September 27, 2026

Compiled automatically from FDIC failures — every bank failure and assistance transaction since 1934 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 30, 2026