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List of bank failures: 2000 to 2026

A comprehensive list of every bank collapse since 2000.

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The past couple of years have been wild for bank failures. The beginning of 2023 saw Silicon Valley, Signature, First Republic go under, followed by Heartland Tri-State Bank and Citizen Bank collapse with assets totaling $548.7 billion. To put that in context, during the financial crisis in 2008, the collapse of 25 banks only added up to $372.6 billion (in 2008 dollars).

Bank failures in the US at a glance

  1. Number bank failures in 2026: 1 – Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust ($261.1 million).(1)
  2. Number bank failures in 2025: 2 – Pulaski Savings Bank ($49.5 million) & The Santa Anna National Bank ($77 million).(1)
  3. Number bank failures in 2024: 2 – Republic First Bank dba Republic Bank ($6 billion) & The First National Bank of Lindsay ($107.8 million).(1)
  4. Largest bank failure in last decade: First Republic Bank at $229.1 billion (2023).(1)
  5. Largest bank failure since 2000: Washington Mutual Bank $307 billion (2008).(1)
  6. Worst year for bank failures since 2000 ($): 2023, with assets totaling $549 billion.(1)
  7. Worst decade for banking failures ($): The 2020s, with $556 billion in assets lost. (1)
  8. Year with the most bank failures: 2010 with 157.(1)
  9. Decade with the most bank failures: 2010s with 367.(1)

Year with the most costly bank failures: 2000-2026

In 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC) stepped in to take over five banks with a combined $549 billion in total assets — the largest year on record since 2000. 2023 is followed by 2008 ($373 billion), 2009 ($170 billion), 2011 ($147 billion) and 2010 ($92 billion).

Adjusting for inflation

Even factoring in inflation, 2023 ($580 billion) was the worst year for bank collapses since 2000, beating out 2008’s adjusted $557 billion.

Year with the most bank failures: 2000-2026

However, 2023 did all this damage with just four banks going under. Comparatively, 2008 (the year with the second highest dollar value in collapsed banks) saw eight banks collapse, and 2010 saw 157 banks go under — the highest number of bank failures since 2000.

Average value of a collapsing bank

Looking at how bad these bank collapses were on average, the average bank going under in 2023 is just $261.1 million million compared to $110 billion in assets in 2023, and the next most of $15 billion in 2008.

Cost of bank failures: by decade

With 2023 being the worst year on record, it makes sense that the 2020s is the worst decade on record with banks going under with $556 billion in total assets beating out the 2000s and the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) where banks collapsed with $553 billion in assets.
However, if we adjust for inflation, the 2000s saw the equivalent of $829 billion wiped out by bank collapses.

Number of failed banks: by decade

While the 2000s may have been the decade with the most assets wiped out in bank collapses, the 2010s actually saw the most collapses at 367, almost twice as much as the 2000s and about 26 times the number of banks that have collapsed since the start to this decade (14).

Bank failures 2026

January saw its first collapse with Illinois-based Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust being shuttered with $261.1 million in assets.

Failed bank list

Below is a complete list of all bank failures since 2000.

Sources

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To make sure you get accurate and helpful information, this guide has been edited by Holly Jennings as part of our fact-checking process.
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Richard Laycock is Finder’s NYC-based lead editor & insights editor, spending the last decade data diving, writing and editing articles about all things personal finance. His musings can be found across the web including on NASDAQ, MoneyMag, Yahoo Finance and Travel Weekly. Richard studied Media at Macquarie University, including a semester abroad at The Missouri School of Journalism (MIZZOU). See full bio

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