FDIC Cert #34598 · Grand Rapids, Michigan · Est. 1997

Mercantile Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Mercantile Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$6.2B
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.61%
Return on assets
12.8%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Mercantile Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (92/100), with well-capitalized at 12.77% Tier 1, profitable at 1.61% ROA, efficient (51% cost ratio).

#244
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
94th
percentile by asset size, nationally
12.77%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
79th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 34598 · MI A · 92/100

GRADE-A · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (92/100)
  • UPPER-Q #527/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Alliance Bank · MO
  • TIER1-WELL 12.8% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.9% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.61% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Michigan: Alliance Bank, MO (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around Mercantile Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Michigan, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Alliance Bank · MO · near92/100First Commercial Ban… · CA ·…92/100Mercantile Bank · MI · this …92/100Virginia National Bank · VA …92/100WEX Bank · UT · near92/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Mercantile Bank · July 2026

Call Report read for Mercantile Bank in a high-failure state

Mercantile Bank (FDIC Cert #34598) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 92/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #527 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 12.77%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.88%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.61%. Balance-sheet scale is $6.2B, 244th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Alliance Bank (MO), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around Mercantile Bank

14 FAILURE resolutions in Michigan since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

Mercantile Bank sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (14 resolutions; latest year 2012). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about Mercantile Bank's current Call Report.

  • FIDELITY BANK DEARBORN, MI 2012 → THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
  • COMMUNITY CENTRAL BANK MOUNT CLEMENS, MI 2011 → TALMER BANK AND TRUST
  • PEOPLES STATE BANK HAMTRAMCK, MI 2011 → FIRST MICHIGAN BANK

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Michigan banks.

How Mercantile Bank's 92/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10092/100
Mercantile Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (12.77%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.61%) 25/25
Texas Ratio (0.88%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (50.71%) 12/15

92 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$6.2B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$4.9B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$4.6B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$99M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 11.37% 12.77% 14.17%
Basel III capital ratios - Mercantile Bank

Where Mercantile Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Mercantile Bank's score of 92/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Mercantile Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

92 Top 12% higher than 88% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Below this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). This entry sits in this band. Mercantile Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Mercantile Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Mercantile Bank's $6.2B falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at Mercantile Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

12.77% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
12.77%
Texas Ratio
0.88%
Equity Capital
$726M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Mercantile Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
79th percentile nationally
1.61%
Return on Equity (ROE)
13.86%
Efficiency Ratio
50.71%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Mercantile Bank

$330M
Interest Income
$41M
Non-Interest Income
$126M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Mercantile Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.88% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.88% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Mercantile Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Michigan by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Michigan
  1. 1
    Northpointe Bank $7.0B

    Grand Rapids, MI · Grade B

  2. 2
    First National Bank of America $6.7B

    East Lansing, MI · Grade A

  3. 3
    Mercantile Bank $6.2B

    Grand Rapids, MI · Grade A

  4. 4
    Independent Bank $5.5B

    Grand Rapids, MI · Grade B

  5. 5
    ChoiceOne Bank $4.4B

    Sparta, MI · Grade B

Top 5 banks in Michigan ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($6.2B here), outside Michigan so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Five Star Bank $6.2B · NY Shore United Bank $6.3B · MD MidWestOne Bank $6.3B · IA United Fidelity Bank, fsb $6.3B · IN

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Mercantile Bank (FDIC Cert #34598) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

Mercantile Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Michigan FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Michigan

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Northpointe BankGrand Rapids $7.0B B 1.39%
First National Bank of AmericaEast Lansing $6.7B A 2.94%
Independent BankGrand Rapids $5.5B B 1.33%
ChoiceOne BankSparta $4.4B B 0.79%
Macatawa Bank, National AssociationHolland $3.7B A 1.39%
Bank of Ann ArborAnn Arbor $3.3B A 1.72%
Isabella BankMount Pleasant $2.2B B 1.02%
Southern Michigan Bank & TrustColdwater $1.7B B 0.91%