Fifth Third Bank will close 75 branches this summer in Michigan following its acquisition of Comerica Bank after final review.
A majority — 55 — are former Comerica locations, while the other 20 have been Fifth Third banks, according to a filing with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Despite the closures resulting from overlapping footprints between the two banks, both Fifth Third and former Comerica customers will have access to more sites than either group did prior to the $12.7 billion all-stock acquisition that closed in February.
“There were cases where two branches shared a parking lot,” Steve Davis, Fifth Third’s region president, said. “That’s not going to be a good business strategy for anybody, so we’ve got to fix a few of those, make sure that we’ve got coverage, make sure that we have the resources to put new branches and upgrades where we need them. It was more about being thoughtful in how we provide the best service we can to our customers.”
When the locations will close will depend on the site, but should be completed by Labor Day on Sept. 7. Fifth Third plans to convert Comerica’s customers to the Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp’s system over that long weekend, though customers already have interchangeable access to each of the brand’s ATMs.
Some employees will be offered opportunities to transfer to other branches. Others will be able to apply for a different position, Davis said.
“Our hope is that a lot of the employees in branches that are being closed move over to the branches that are consolidating,” he said, “so that when you walk in, you see a face that you recognize, and you get a similar level of service, and so our hope is that we’re going to keep a lot of those banking center employees, and in other positions, so I don’t think of it as much as a big cost savings.”
The conversion over Labor Day weekend will end the use of the name of Comerica Inc., which was founded in 1849 in Detroit as the Detroit Savings Fund Institute and moved its headquarters to Texas in 2007. The Comerica bank name has been around since 1982.
Following the closures, there will be 227 combined branches in Michigan, with 116 in Macomb, Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw counties. There were 163 Fifth Third branches and 143 Comerica branches in Michigan in the summer of 2025, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
The branches impacted in other states include one in Texas, one in California and four in Florida.
The finalized list of closures has approximately the same number as the initial list, but a few branches were removed and others added, Davis said. Metrics like foot traffic, facility age and quality, and bank performance were evaluated, he said.
Three Comerica branches will close within the city of Detroit, but 19 branches within its boundaries will remain.
Fifth Third last month notified the state that it plans to lay off 502 workers at Comerica’s Great Lakes Campus in Farmington Hills between July and November.
Fifth Third also will give a new name to Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play. Davis said the company is planning a reveal following the 2026 season.
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: These are the 75 Michigan sites Fifth Third is closing after Comerica deal
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