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Banks and credit unions

Side by side, never added together

# Banks and credit unions

Deposit-takers, where trust and accuracy are the product. Each region’s population is its own cohort, drawn from that country’s own register and scored against the same Index. There is no figure across regions: it would be a number about whichever region has more sites.

Index 12.1 · Census Q4 2026

Region

- [United States](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4)
- [United Kingdom](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk)
- [Canada](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/ca)
- [Compare regions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare)

2 populations, 2 measured

## Banks and credit unions in each region

| Region | Population | Median and spread | Scanned | Gated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | [US Banks and Credit Unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/us/financial-services/banks-credit-unions) Every active FDIC-insured bank and federally insured credit union, largest by total assets first. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) | **55** · 16–78 | 7198/8519 | 2722 of 7198 |
| United Kingdom | [UK Banks, Building Societies and Credit Unions](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/uk/financial-services/banks) Every bank, building society and credit union authorized to take deposits in the UK. Bank of England (Prudential Regulation Authority); Wikidata | **57** · 27–74 | 124/666 | 40 of 124 |

Purple line is the median. Grey band is the middle half of the range. A population drawn from a different kind of register is not the same population: the UK’s schools are schools, where the US cohort is the districts that run them.

Comparisons

## The other comparisons

- [Universities and colleges](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/universities) · Higher education in each region, measured against the same Index.
- [Schools and school systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/schools) · The bodies that run public schooling, and in the UK the schools themselves.
- [Hospitals and health systems](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/hospitals) · Where patients look for care.
- [National government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/national-government) · The websites central governments run on hosts of their own.
- [Legislators](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/legislators) · Elected members and the websites each publishes.
- [States, provinces and devolved governments](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/regional-government) · The level between national and local government.
- [Local government](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/local-government) · Counties, cities, councils and municipalities.
- [Charities and nonprofits](https://readinessindex.io/census/2026-Q4/compare/charities) · The largest charitable organizations.