Bank and Thrift Holding Companies with the Most Assets

May 19, 2006, 10:08 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

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Bank and Thrift Holding Companies with the Most Assets
Yearend totals. Dollars in thousands* Published May 19, 2006
Rank		Type of holding company	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
1	Citigroup Inc. New York	bank	$1,494,037,000	$1,484,101,000	$1,264,032,000	$1,097,190,000	$1,051,450,000
2	Bank of America Corp. Charlotte	bank	1,294,312,241	1,112,035,486	736,487,404	660,458,000	621,764,000
3	JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York	bank	1,198,942,000	1,157,248,000	770,912,000	758,800,000	693,575,000
4	Wachovia Corp. Charlotte	bank	520,755,000	493,324,000	401,032,000	341,839,000	330,452,000
5	Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco	bank	481,741,000	427,849,000	387,798,000	349,259,000	307,569,000
6	MetLife Inc. New York	bank	481,645,114	356,807,967	326,841,959	277,385,705	256,897,467
7	HSBC Holdings PLC London	foreign	406,673,039	341,545,831	NA	NA	NA
8	Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle	thrift	365,696,006	301,956,039	235,442,148	237,346,542	207,659,811
9	Deutsche Bank Frankfurt	foreign	364,693,000	336,675,000	291,375,000	224,278,000	227,229,000
10	U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis	bank	209,465,000	195,104,000	189,286,000	180,027,000	171,390,000
11	SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta	bank	179,712,841	158,869,784	125,393,153	117,322,523	104,740,644
12	Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif.	bank	175,085,370	128,495,705	97,957,619	58,034,697	37,216,805
13	Royal Bank of Scotland Group Edinburgh	foreign	155,439,714	136,778,262	77,707,015	62,353,855	53,097,974
14	ABN Amro Amsterdam	foreign	144,073,691	134,479,442	127,153,684	139,604,943	171,795,842
15	National City Corp. Cleveland	bank	142,410,520	139,280,377	113,933,460	118,256,381	106,894,340
16	Golden West Financial Corp. Oakland, Calif.	thrift	124,384,506	106,816,527	82,049,858	68,046,100	58,443,622
17	BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C.	bank	109,169,759	100,508,641	90,466,613	80,216,816	70,869,945
18	Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati	bank	105,225,054	94,455,731	91,143,023	80,899,212	71,026,340
19	Bank of New York Co. Inc.	bank	102,157,000	94,572,074	92,404,942	77,564,035	81,025,323
20	John Hancock Holding¹ Wilmington, Del.	foreign	101,335,209	101,648,600	NA	NA	NA
21	State Street Corp. Boston	bank	97,995,766	94,047,042	87,534,065	85,793,809	69,895,857
22	KeyCorp Cleveland	bank	92,844,997	90,653,059	84,146,964	84,709,907	80,399,503
23	PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Pittsburgh	bank	91,992,332	79,742,776	68,193,348	66,409,507	69,570,206
24	Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, Va.	bank	88,701,411	53,747,255	NA	NA	NA
25	Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala.	bank	84,786,331	84,366,269	48,881,023	48,181,371	45,545,287
26	Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. New York	thrift	71,068,407	80,262,351	81,220,608	84,068,306	81,708,384
27	BNP Paribas Group Paris	foreign	66,345,204	50,054,026	38,359,947	34,748,148	21,646,514
28	Sovereign Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia	thrift	63,658,270	54,454,684	43,610,071	39,750,759	35,631,606
29	MBNA Corp. Wilmington, Del.	bank	61,862,462	61,714,140	59,126,089	52,866,944	45,450,837
30	North Fork Bancorp. Inc. Melville, N.Y.	bank	57,616,871	60,667,055	20,961,641	21,413,101	17,232,103
31	Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc.	foreign	58,833,827	60,748,052
32	M&T Bank Buffalo	bank	55,146,406	52,938,721	49,826,081	33,174,525	31,450,196
33	Comerica Inc. Detroit	bank	53,682,457	52,375,773	52,943,676	53,409,881	50,949,608
34	Northern Trust Corp. Chicago, Ill.	bank	53,413,797	45,276,690	41,450,173	39,478,150	39,664,457
35	ING USA Holding² Wilmington, Del.	thrift	53,128,800	36,023,828	19,145,012	11,903,989	3,637,638
36	AmSouth Bancorp Birmingham, Ala.	bank	52,619,315	49,757,521	45,670,092	40,598,394	38,622,252
37	Rabobank Nederland Utrecht	foreign	51,008,151	29,048,357	27,050,374	NA	NA
38	Harris Financial³ Wilmington, Del.	foreign	50,006,022	41,814,385	38,766,844	36,689,749	34,641,608
39	Popular Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico	bank	48,624,000	44,402,000	36,426,000	33,660,000	30,731,000
40	Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco	bank	47,351,142	47,132,922	45,866,220	39,704,560	40,463,921
41	Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee	bank	46,295,972	40,479,185	34,394,445	32,933,051	27,272,753
42	Zions Bancorp Salt Lake City	bank	42,762,673	31,472,754	28,558,238	26,565,722	24,304,164
43	Toronto-Dominion Bank	foreign	42,568,606	40,222,047	33,929,128	29,335,571	27,164,367
44	Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh	bank	38,773,216	37,315,548	34,048,947	36,306,472	35,771,807
45	Commerce Bancorp Inc. Cherry Hill, N.J.	bank	38,496,335	30,509,365	22,744,869	16,455,131	11,342,241
46	First Horizon National Corp. Memphis	bank	36,581,677	29,773,975	24,507,953	23,824,869	20,618,320
47	E-Trade Financial Corp. New York	thrift	33,011,722	25,548,964	20,288,424	17,039,747	13,546,604
48	Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus, Ohio	bank	32,758,006	32,566,899	30,565,542	27,701,850	28,496,659
49	Morgan Stanley New York	thrift	32,404,076	27,488,005	23,373,148	28,362,890	26,998,614
50	American Express Co. New York	thrift	31,477,594	25,007,985	20,419,191	18,765,674	17,674,026
51	Compass Bancshares Inc. Birmingham, Ala.	bank	30,858,429	28,287,984	27,032,300	23,979,451	23,078,952
52	Hudson City Bancorp Inc. Paramus, N.J.	thrift	28,076,183	20,145,900	NA	NA	NA
53	Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga.	bank	27,634,551	25,061,114	21,597,189	19,047,394	16,657,947
54	New York Community Bancorp Inc. Westbury	bank	26,285,042	24,051,636	23,503,762	11,320,069	9,205,221
55	Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. New York	thrift	22,481,092	19,456,642	14,165,872	11,370,323	8,493,920
56	Astoria Financial Corp. Lake Success, N.Y.	thrift	22,229,335	23,170,238	22,419,375	21,448,460	22,463,688
57	Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay, Wis.	bank	22,117,591	20,546,358	15,268,429	15,058,273	13,640,285
58	Colonial BancGroup Inc. Montgomery, Ala.	bank	21,440,300	18,922,008	16,294,053	15,839,775	13,202,561
59	Royal Bank of Canada Toronto	foreign	20,364,063	18,448,125	19,231,626	15,923,562	13,922,298
60	IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, Calif.	thrift	20,329,938	15,675,394	13,189,979	9,508,220	7,445,115
61	United Services Automobile Association San Antonio	thrift	19,653,232	16,675,614	13,721,232	12,348,756	10,620,772
62	Independence Community Bank Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y.	bank	19,010,100	17,692,983	9,504,001	7,984,570	7,590,323
63	UBS AG Zurich	foreign	18,585,794	17,561,547	11,212,871	NA	NA
64	Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn.	bank	17,839,831	17,028,429	NA	NA	NA
65	Temple-Inland Inc. Diboll, Tex.	thrift	17,675,590	16,085,790	17,275,395	17,652,326	15,391,795
66	Doral Financial San Juan, Puerto Rico	bank	17,608,277	15,140,693	NA	NA	NA
67	Downey Financial Corp. Newport Beach, Calif.	thrift	17,094,008	15,648,458	11,637,674	11,973,483	11,100,256
68	Mercantile Bankshares Corp. Baltimore	bank	16,421,729	14,425,690	13,695,472	10,790,376	9,928,786
69	BOK Financial Corp. Tulsa	bank	16,273,288	14,408,708	13,669,551	12,239,653	11,217,719
70	Ohio Savings Financial Corp. Cleveland	thrift	16,241,462	13,770,188	11,298,870	12,811,549	10,380,889
71	W Holding Co. Inc. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico	bank	16,149,557	14,336,662	11,519,440	8,205,135	5,887,478
72	Westcorp Irvine, Calif.	thrift	15,878,043	13,342,013	12,598,692	11,440,705	8,274,293
73	Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, Ohio	bank	15,688,573	14,948,763	12,896,494	11,013,943	9,220,228
74	Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Troy, Mich.	thrift	15,054,001	13,119,409	10,551,758	8,190,484	6,703,091
75	New York Private Bank and Trust Corp.	bank	14,642,982	10,335,719	9,211,061	NA	NA

*Worldwide assets for U.S. companies. U.S. assets for foreign holding companies. Data for bank holding companies based on Y-9C filings; data for thrifts holding companies based on filings by their subsidiaries.

¹ Owned by Manulife Financial Corp.
² U.S. Assets of this unit of the Dutch ING Group NV.
³ Owned by bank of Montreal.

Source: SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va. (www.snl.com)