Wells Fargo & Company

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Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is one of the largest financial services companies in the United States. It is one of the Big Four banks in the country along with JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup. One in three households in America does business with Wells Fargo. It operates through three main business lines: Community Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement (WBR) segment. With approximately 205,000 active employees and 4,090 retail bank branches at December 31, 2025, the company serves customers in North America and internationally. In 2008, Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia Corporation, one of the leading retail banks with more than 3,290 branches. In the Federal Reserve tabulation of large commercial banks at March 31, 2026, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ranked fourth in the United States by consolidated assets, with $1,852 billion, behind JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A. Wells Fargo is one of the world’s most valuable banks by market capitalization. It is also #1 Retail mortgage lender, #1 Mortgage servicer, #1 Auto lender, #1 Small business lender and #1 provider of private student loans among banks in the United States. The company was named America's Best Consumer Internet Bank by Global Finance, the Best U.S. Bank by The Banker magazine, Most Respected Bank by Barron's and Best Insurance Broker in the U.S. by Global Finance magazine. The firm was founded on March 18, 1852 in New York City, and opened for business on July 13 of that same year. In February 2018 the Federal Reserve imposed an asset growth restriction on Wells Fargo, capping its total assets at their end-2017 level. The Board terminated that restriction on June 3, 2025, while other provisions of the 2018 enforcement action remained in force. As of September 30, 2017, Wells Fargo & Company had $1.935 trillion in total assets, $941 billion in net loans and $1.307 trillion in deposits. At June 30, 2026, the company reported total assets of $2.282 trillion.

 Key Statistics:

Total assets $2.282 trillion (June 30, 2026)
Total Revenue $88.267 billion (2016)
Net income $21.938 billion (2016)
Total equity $200.497 billion (2016)
Market capitalization $269 billion (November 22, 2017)
Company Size 205,000 employees (December 31, 2025)

Wells Fargo International Locations

Head office address:
333 Market Street
San Francisco
California 94105
United States
Phone number: 1-800-869-3557
Website: www.wellsfargo.com

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