FDIC BankFind - Bank & Thrift Financial Data, Failures & Institution Search

Search 27,800+ FDIC-insured banking institutions. Filter by state, name, active status, and minimum asset size. Look up any bank by FDIC certificate number to retrieve full quarterly financial history: total assets, total deposits, net income, return on assets, and return on equity. Browse 4,100+ bank failures since 1934 with resolution types and estimated costs.

Data is sourced from the FDIC BankFind public API. No API key required.

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Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
cert	integer	FDIC certificate number
name	string	Institution name
city	string	City
state	string	State
active	boolean	Whether the institution is currently active
totalAssets	integer	Total assets (in thousands of dollars)
totalDeposits	integer	Total deposits (in thousands of dollars)
netIncome	integer	Net income (in thousands of dollars)
roa	number	Return on assets (%)
roe	number	Return on equity (%)

For certificate lookup (lookup search type), each record also includes quarterly financial data for as many periods as maxResults allows.

For the failures search type, records include failure date, resolution type, and estimated cost.

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Use Cases

• Banking sector research and analysis — Screen institutions by asset size, location, and financial performance. Build datasets of banks in a specific state or asset tier.
• Financial due diligence — Pull a specific bank's quarterly financial history before a merger, acquisition, or correspondent banking relationship.
• Credit and counterparty risk — Assess ROA, ROE, and deposit trends for institutions in your exposure set.
• Bank failure and stress analysis — Browse the full historical record of U.S. bank failures since 1934, including resolution costs and timing.
• Community reinvestment and policy research — Identify active community banks and thrifts in specific markets for CRA analysis or grant targeting.
• Investment and fintech BD — Build lists of active banks by asset size and state for partnership or sales outreach.

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How to Use

Choose from three search modes: institution search with filters, direct lookup by certificate number, or bank failure history.

Example input — active banks in California:

{
  "searchType": "institutions",
  "state": "California",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "minAssets": 0,
  "maxResults": 25
}

Example input — large banks (over $1B in assets) by state:

{
  "searchType": "institutions",
  "state": "New York",
  "activeOnly": true,
  "minAssets": 1000000,
  "maxResults": 25
}

Example input — look up JPMorgan Chase by certificate number:

{
  "searchType": "lookup",
  "cert": 628,
  "maxResults": 20
}

Example input — bank failures in Texas:

{
  "searchType": "failures",
  "state": "TX",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Search Types

Value	Description
institutions	Search and filter the full institution database
lookup	Retrieve a specific institution plus quarterly financial history by FDIC certificate number
failures	Browse bank failure records since 1934

State format note: Use full state name for institution search (e.g. California). Use 2-letter code for failures search (e.g. CA).

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Cost

Approximately $0.10 per run (platform start fee) plus minimal compute. Most runs complete in under 20 seconds.

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Output Formats

Results are available as JSON, CSV, and Excel from the Apify dataset interface.

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FAQ

Does this require an FDIC API key? No. The FDIC BankFind API is public and requires no authentication.

What is an FDIC certificate number? A unique identifier assigned to each insured institution by the FDIC. Use it with the lookup search type to pull a specific bank's full financial history. JPMorgan Chase's certificate number is 628, for example.

Are credit unions included? No. The FDIC database covers banks and thrift institutions only. Credit unions are regulated by the NCUA and are not in this dataset.

What does totalAssets represent? Total assets as reported in the institution's most recent quarterly Call Report or Thrift Financial Report, in thousands of dollars. A value of 1000000 equals $1 billion.

How far back does failure data go? The FDIC failure database includes all insured institution failures since 1934, covering the Great Depression era through the 2008 financial crisis and beyond.

What is the resolution type in failure records? The method the FDIC used to resolve the failure: Purchase and Assumption (P&A), payout to depositors, or open bank assistance. This affects the estimated cost to the deposit insurance fund.