Following list shows the largest banking institutions in the United States in terms of total assets.
| Rank | Bank (Total assets, $b) | 12.31.2012 | 12.31.2011 | 12.31.2010 | 12.31.2009 | 12.31.2008 |
| 1 | J.P.Morgan Chase & Co | 2,359.141 | 2,265.792 | 2,117.605 | 2,031.989 | 2,175.052 |
| 2 | Bank of America Corp | 2,209.974 | 2,129.046 | 2,264.909 | 2,230.232 | 1,817.943 |
| 3 | Citigroup Inc | 1,864.660 | 1,873.878 | 1,913.902 | 1,856.646 | 1,938.470 |
| 4 | Wells Fargo & Company | 1,422.968 | 1,313.867 | 1,258.128 | 1,243.646 | 1,309.639 |
| 5 | Goldman Sachs Group | 938.555 | 923.225 | 911.332 | 848.942 | 884.547 |
| 6 | Morgan Stanley | 780.960 | 749.898 | 807.698 | 771.462 | 658.812 |
| 7 | Bank of New York Mellon | 358.990 | 325.266 | 247.259 | 212.224 | 237.512 |
| 8 | U.S. Bancorp | 353.855 | 340.122 | 307.786 | 281.176 | 265.912 |
| 9 | HSBC North America Holdings | 318.802 | 331.403 | 343.700 | 391.332 | 434.716 |
| 10 | Capital One | 312.918 | 206.019 | 197.503 | 169.646 | 165.914 |
| 11 | PNC Financial Services Group | 305.107 | 271.205 | 264.284 | 269.863 | 291.081 |
| 12 | State Street Corporation | 222.582 | 216.827 | 160.505 | 157.946 | 173.631 |
| 13 | TD Bank US Holding Company | 218.917 | 201.057 | 176.972 | 145.483 | 122.745 |
| 14 | BB&T Corporation | 184.499 | 174.579 | 157.081 | 165.764 | 152.015 |
| 15 | Ally Financial | 182.347 | 184.059 | 172.008 | 172.313 | - |
| 16 | Suntrust Banks | 173.442 | 176.859 | 172.874 | 174.165 | 189.138 |
| 17 | American Express Company | 153.140 | 153.337 | 146.689 | 125.145 | 126.074 |
| 18 | Charles Schwab Corporation | 133.637 | 108.553 | 92.568 | 75.431 | 51.675 |
| 19 | Citizens Financial Group | 127.053 | 129.654 | 129.970 | 148.012 | 160.444 |
| 20 | Fifth Third Bancorp | 121.894 | 116.967 | 111.007 | 113.380 | 119.764 |
| 21 | Regions Financial Corporation | 121.347 | 127.050 | 132.351 | 142.318 | 146.248 |
| 22 | BMO Financial Corp | 116.110 | 117.374 | 70.187 | 63.675 | 88.258 |
| 23 | USAA | 115.747 | 104.352 | 94.262 | 79.906 | 68.296 |
| 24 | Northern Trust Corporation | 97.464 | 100.224 | 83.844 | 82.142 | 82.054 |
| 25 | UnionBanCal Corporation | 96.993 | 89.676 | 79.097 | 85.196 | 70.121 |
| 26 | KeyCorp | 89.236 | 88.785 | 91.843 | 93.287 | 104.531 |
| 27 | Santander Holdings USA | 85.790 | 80.565 | 89.652 | 82.953 | - |
| 28 | M&T Bank Corporation | 83.009 | 77.924 | 68.021 | 68.880 | 65.816 |
| 29 | BancWest Corporation | 79.870 | 78.118 | 72.770 | 73.814 | 79.858 |
| 30 | Deutsche Bank Trust Corporation | 74.148 | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | Discover Financial Services | 73.491 | 69.117 | 60.785 | 46.021 | 39.892 |
| 32 | BBVA Compass Bancshares | 69.106 | 63.135 | 63.327 | 64.631 | 62.305 |
| 33 | Comerica Incorporated | 65.359 | 61.008 | 53.667 | 59.249 | 67.548 |
| 34 | Huntington Bancshares Inc | 56.153 | 54.451 | 53.820 | 51.555 | 54.353 |
| 35 | Zions Bancorporation | 55.512 | 53.149 | 51.035 | 51.123 | 55.093 |
| 36 | Utrecht - America Holdings | 48.642 | 46.527 | 42.744 | 40.579 | 40.892 |
| 37 | E*TRADE Financial Corp | 47.387 | 47.941 | 46.373 | 47.367 | 48.538 |
| 38 | New York Community Bancorp | 44.145 | 42.024 | 41.191 | 42.154 | 32.467 |
| 39 | CIT Group Inc | 44.012 | 45.263 | 51.420 | 60.027 | 80.449 |
| 40 | Hudson City Bancorp | 40.596 | 45.356 | 61.166 | 60.268 | 54.145 |
| 41 | First Niagara Financial Group | 36.806 | 32.811 | 21.084 | 14.585 | 9.331 |
| 42 | Popular, Inc | 36.508 | 37.348 | 38.815 | 34.736 | 38.883 |
| 43 | First Republic Bank | 34.389 | 27.792 | 22.378 | - | - |
| 44 | People's United Financial (PBCT) | 30.324 | 27.558 | 25.037 | 21.257 | 20.168 |
| 45 | City National Corp | 28.619 | 23.667 | 21.353 | 21.079 | 16.456 |
| 46 | BOK Financial Corporation | 28.149 | 25.494 | 23.942 | 23.517 | 22.735 |
| 47 | Synovus Financial Corp | 26.760 | 27.163 | 30.093 | 32.831 | 35.786 |
| 48 | IMB Holdco LLC | 25.939 | - | - | - | - |
| 49 | First Horizon National Corporation | 25.520 | 24.789 | 24.699 | 26.069 | 31.022 |
| 50 | Scottrade Financial Services | 25.126 | - | - | - | - |
| 51 | Associated Banc-Corp | 23.488 | 21.924 | 21.786 | 22.874 | 24.192 |
| 52 | Cullen/Frost Bankers | 23.124 | 20.317 | 17.617 | - | - |
| 53 | SVB Financial Group | 22.766 | 19.969 | 17.528 | 12.841 | 10.018 |
| 54 | East West Bancorp | 22.536 | 21.969 | 20.701 | 20.559 | 12.423 |
| 55 | Commerce Bancshares | 22.160 | 20.649 | 18.502 | - | - |