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There were 2.34% fewer banks at the end of 2005, but there's still a branch on every corner
By Art Gillis
The trend has been consistent for at least the past five years. On average, there have been 2.7% fewer banks each year. The decline would have been larger if it wasn't for the de novos that entered in high growth states such as Texas and Florida (I haven't been to Iowa since 9/27/1993). During the past five years, an average of 140 de novos per year were established. About fifteen years ago, prominent industry pundits were predicting there would be 2,000 banks in the U.S. So
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