# FDIC BankFind, free, API key: Company discovery API

> Returns a list of financial institutions.

FDIC BankFind's API key plan for the company discovery API costs $0.00 per 1,000 companies. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields. FDIC BankFind's docs list 3: Type and status, Headquarters, Parents.
FDIC BankFind limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
We haven't run FDIC BankFind through [our company discovery API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt) yet.
We rank 1,165 plans for company discovery APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.525 or less per 1,000 companies. This plan and 170 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 companies of the 1,165 plans. [See the best free company discovery API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of companies. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than StackScan's $189 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/49-monthly/llms.txt), [Hunter](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/49-monthly-starter-post-discover/llms.txt) and [PeopleSearch.im](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack/llms.txt) are the best company discovery API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key
- [Company discovery API: the best of 100+ providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-company-discovery-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.fdic.gov/banks/institutions`
- API key: with the plan, on https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing#/Structure/searchInstitutions
- Sold by: FDIC BankFind (https://banks.data.fdic.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 23%
- Type and status: ✓
- Headquarters: ✓
- Parents: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 companies: $0.00
- Per: page of 10,000
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Returns a list of financial institutions.

## Data

- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: nothing required. Optional: filters, search, fields, sort_by, sort_order, limit, offset
- Method: GET
- Path: /institutions

## About the plan

- Plan: API key
- Who can get it: anyone who requests an API key on the FDIC Information and Support Center form

## The 83 fields the plan's answer can hold

FDIC certificate number, institution name, previous names, institution status, street address, city, county, state, state code, ZIP code, latitude, longitude, website, other website URLs, trade names, established date, end date, deposit insurance date, deposit insurance end date, legal entity identifier, FDIC unique number, Federal Reserve ID number, OCC charter number, OTS docket number, institution class, chartering agency, primary regulator, secondary regulator, FDIC supervisory region, Federal Reserve district, state charter flag, federal charter flag, ownership type, bank holding company, bank holding company city, bank holding company state, bank holding company RSSD ID, bank holding company type, parent certificate number, ultimate certificate number, new certificate number, total assets, total deposits, domestic deposits, equity capital, net income, quarterly net income, return on assets, quarterly return on assets, pretax return on assets, return on equity, quarterly return on equity, number of domestic offices, number of foreign offices, number of US offices, number of offices, specialization group, asset concentration hierarchy, core based statistical area name, core based statistical area number, combined statistical area name, combined statistical area number, metropolitan division name, metropolitan division number, community bank flag, minority depository institution status, trust powers, conservatorship, de novo institution, Subchapter S corporation flag, credit card institution flag, agricultural lending flag, insurance fund membership, structure change codes, last structure change effective date, last structure change process date, CFPB flag, CFPB effective date, CFPB end date, report date, last update date, run date, total results

## FDIC BankFind's plans (2)

- [FDIC BankFind, free, API key](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete
- [FDIC BankFind, free, No API key](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-no-api-key/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete

## FDIC BankFind's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /institutions`: [FDIC BankFind, free, API key](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key/llms.txt)

## FDIC BankFind's APIs (3)

- [FDIC BankFind: business verification API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key/llms.txt)
- [FDIC BankFind: company discovery API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key/llms.txt)
- [FDIC BankFind: local business search API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/fdic-bankfind/free-api-key/llms.txt)

## FDIC BankFind: company discovery API alternatives

- [GetProspect, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/getprospect/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 62% complete, stored
- [Hunter, free, POST /discover](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/hunter/free-post-discover/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 54% complete, stored
- [PeopleSearch.im, free](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/peoplesearch-im/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 38% complete, stored
- [AnVendor, free, POST /v1/leads/search](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/anvendor/free-post-v1-leads-search/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs/institution_properties.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs/location_properties.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://api.fdic.gov/banks/docs/swagger.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://ask.fdic.gov/fdicinformationandsupportcenter/s/fdicdirform?app=BankAPI&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing
- https://www.fdic.gov/about/website-policies?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=company-discovery-api-pricing