Country · North America

United States

Check who the institutions in the United States are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. One tracked register covers the United States, FinCEN’s MSB Registrant Search, so institutions without a BIC appear where it lists them.

35,023
Institutions
Active · inactive not published
3,950
Hold a BIC
11% of institutions
31,098
On a tracked register
89% of institutions
2,362
LEI mapped
6.7% of institutions
23
ECB-supervised
21 significant, 2 less significant

United States at a glance

Every row is the same 35,023 institutions, split by one attribute

Type

  • Money service business 31,091 · 89%
  • Financial institution 3,324 · 9.5%
  • Other 608 · 1.7%

Identification

Regulation level

LEI

  • LEI mapped 2,362 · 6.7%
  • No LEI mapped 32,661 · 93%
View as table
AttributeInstitutionsShare
Type
Money service business31,09189%
Financial institution3,3249.5%
Non-financial corporate5491.6%
Credit institution490.1%
Crypto100%
Identification
BIC only3,92511%
BIC and a register licence250.1%
Register only, no BIC31,07389%
Regulation level
Prudential licence490.1%
AML registration only31,09889%
Not on a tracked register3,87611%
LEI
LEI mapped2,3626.7%
No LEI mapped32,66193%

An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.

BIC data as at 23 September 2026 · Registers retrieved 24 September 2026

Institutions in the United States

The first 25 of 35,023 institutions in the United States, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in the United States.

See all 35,023 institutions in United States →

Regulation and supervision

One tracked register covers the United States, retrieved 24 September 2026. Of the 35,023 institutions here, 31,098 are on it. By regulation level: 49 prudentially supervised, 31,098 registered for AML only, 3,876 not on a tracked register.

Registers covering the United States

Institutions in the United States holding an active licence or registration on each register

RegisterPublisherInstitutions hereOf which hold a BICInactiveAs at
MSB Registrant SearchFINCEN-MSBFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)31,09825Not published by the register24 September 2026

Institutions that hold a BIC and are on a tracked register

Their register licences are shown on their page

See all 25 institutions that hold a BIC and are on a tracked register →

Supervisors

Authorities named on the ECB list and on the active licences of institutions here

AuthorityBasisInstitutions
FinCENLicences on the tracked registers31,098
FINTRACLicences on the tracked registers16
Customs and Excise Department (C&ED)Licences on the tracked registers2
AUSTRACLicences on the tracked registers1

ECB banking supervision

Significant institutions

The ECB list of supervised entities covers 23 institutions here that hold a BIC: 21 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 2 less significant.

See all 23 ECB-supervised institutions →

Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere

249 institutions registered in other countries give the United States as their head office. Each counts in the country of its register. 29 institutions in the United States also hold licences registered in other countries; they count here only.

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Groups and systemic importance

Institutions in the United States belong to 29 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 139 corporate groups in the directory here. For 182 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country.

Largest other groups

GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country

Groups headquartered here

Largest of 139, by legal entities in the directory

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Parents abroad

Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent)

GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control.

Payments and connectivity

Of the 3,950 institutions in the United States that hold a BIC, 40.4% are connected to Swift and 37 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. Network data does not exist for the 31,073 that do not hold a BIC.

Connection to Swift

Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory

  • Connected to Swift1,597 · 40.4%
  • Reverse billing459 · 11.6%
  • Passive participant (no connection)1,894 · 47.9%

A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network.

Payment schemes

Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme

Reachable in a SEPA scheme
1 institution
T2 participants
1 institution
Swift GPI members
37 institutions
Swift GPI members, live
30 institutions
See all 37 Swift GPI members →

Trading venues

190 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category

  • Not specifiedNSPD77
  • Systematic internaliserSINT49
  • Alternative trading systemATSS31
  • OtherOTHR18
  • Regulated marketRMKT7
  • Designated contract marketDCMS6
  • Swap execution facilitySEFS2

All BIC codes in the United States

Look up any of the 7,891 BIC codes registered in the United States: the head offices and branch codes of the 3,950 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags.

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Where branch codes cluster

Branch codes by city, top 8

  • New York1,185
  • Chicago465
  • North Quincy462
  • Boston313
  • Miami295
  • Oaks223
  • Buffalo Grove115
  • Windsor114

Other countries in North America

The directory has pages for 3 other countries and territories in North America.

BermudaCanadaSt. Pierre & Miquelon

Sources & method

Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page.

Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists.

Read the methodology →

Sources for this page

  • Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
  • MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · register ↗ retrieved 24 September 2026
  • ECB list of supervised entities · ECB ↗ published 20 August 2026
  • FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks · FSB ↗ published 27 November 2025
  • GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026

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