Annual Report 2012

Statistical Table 5

Table 5. Banking offices and banks affiliated with bank holding companies in the United States, December 31, 2011 and 2012
Type of office Total Commercial banks 1 State-chartered savings banks
Total Member Nonmember
Total National State
All banking offices
Banks
Number, Dec. 31, 2011 6,564 6,265 2,120 1,299 821 4,145 299
Changes during 2012
New banks 31 23 7 4 3 16 8
Banks converted into branches -169 -166 -61 -43 -18 -105 -3
Ceased banking operations 2 -68 -58 -15 -5 -10 -43 -10
Other 3 0 -1 0 -33 33 -1 1
Net change -206 -202 -69 -77 8 -133 -4
Number, Dec. 31, 2012 6,358 6,063 2,051 1,222 829 4,012 295
Branches and additional offices
Number, Dec. 31, 2011 84,252 81,666 58,255 43,706 14,549 23,411 2,586
Changes during 2012
New branches 2,344 2,261 1,714 1,472 242 547 83
Banks converted to branches 169 162 75 46 29 87 7
Discontinued2 -1,962 -1,903 -1,395 -1,045 -350 -508 -59
Other3 0 -9 65 104 -39 -74 9
Net change 551 511 459 577 -118 52 40
Number, Dec. 31, 2012 84,803 82,177 58,714 44,283 14,431 23,463 2,626
Banks affiliated with bank holding companies
Banks
Number, Dec. 31, 2011 5,328 5,203 1,860 1,136 724 3,343 125
Changes during 2012
BHC-affiliated new banks 55 48 12 8 4 36 7
Banks converted into branches -147 -144 -54 -38 -16 -90 -3
Ceased banking operations2 -56 -53 -15 -8 -7 -38 -3
Other3 0 -1 -3 -32 29 2 1
Net change -148 -150 -60 -70 10 -90 2
Number, Dec. 31, 2012 5,180 5,053 1,800 1,066 734 3,253 127

Note: Includes banks, banking offices, and bank holding companies in U.S. territories and possessions (affiliated insular areas).

1. For purposes of this table, banks are entities that are defined as banks in the Bank Holding Company Act, as amended, which is implemented by Federal Reserve Regulation Y. Generally, a bank is any institution that accepts demand deposits and is engaged in the business of making commercial loans or any institution that is defined as an insured bank in section 3(h) of the FDIC Act. Return to table

2. Institutions that no longer meet the Regulation Y definition of a bank. Return to table

3. Interclass changes and sales of branches. Return to table

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