The 56 largest banks in the US by total assets

US banks play an important role in the global economy and finance. Given their importance, in this work with be presented the ranking of US banks by total assets, which is one of the most widely used indicators for the comparison of banks. The total assets are defined as resources owned by the bank from which future economic benefits are expected to be generated. They are the sum of non-current and current assets, and this total should equal the sum of stockholders’ equity and total liabilities combined. After this brief introduction, let’s see now the list of the largest banks in the US.

The first place in the ranking of US banks by total assets is occupied by JP Morgan Chase & Co., which is also the largest in terms of deposits and market capitalization. In second place it is Bank of America Corp, followed by Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co and Goldman Sachs. The last five places are occupied by Synovus Financial Corp, First Citizens Bancshares, TCF Financial Corporation, BOK Financial Corp and Mizuho Americas.

The data used in the ranking of US banks by total assets were collected in the main financial sites, are expressed in billions of USD and refer to 31/03/2021.