Credit Union Peer Benchmarks

About this dataset

Credit Union Peer Benchmarks is a Public dataset in the Credit Unions group of the BankRegReports Data API. The response carries 10 documented fields, sourced from NCUA.

Endpoint

GET /api/v1/cus/peer-benchmarks/

Parameters

Name	Required	Description
metric	optional	Metric id (see the `metrics` tool for valid ids). e.g. roa
asset_tier	optional	Asset-size tier label, one of '1: >= $250B' ... '6: < $100M' (same labels as `tier`). e.g. 4: $1B-10B

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
report_date	string (date), nullable	Report Date (date)
asset_tier	string, nullable	Asset Tier (text)
metric	string, nullable
n	integer, nullable
mean	string (decimal), nullable
p10	string (decimal), nullable
p25	string (decimal), nullable
p50	string (decimal), nullable
p75	string (decimal), nullable
p90	string (decimal), nullable

Example request

curl "https://api.bankregreports.com/api/v1/cus/peer-benchmarks/" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BANKREG_API_TOKEN"

Responses are JSON in a {"data": ..., "meta": {...}} envelope. Get a token on the setup page.

Example response shape

A successful call returns HTTP 200 with a JSON body. Each row in data carries the fields below, shown with their documented types rather than sample values.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "report_date": "string (date)",
      "asset_tier": "string",
      "metric": "string",
      "n": "integer",
      "mean": "string (decimal)",
      "p10": "string (decimal)",
      "p25": "string (decimal)",
      "p50": "string (decimal)"
      ... 2 more fields
    }
  ],
  "meta": { ... }
}

When to use it

Credit Union Peer Benchmarks sits in the Credit Unions group of the Data API. Reach for it when your work needs this data straight from the API: it comes back as JSON you can load into a notebook, a spreadsheet or a scheduled pipeline, with the dataset key cu_peer_benchmarks naming it the same way in the REST path, the Python SDK and the OpenAPI document.

Access and authentication

This dataset is in the Public tier. Send your API token in the Authorization header as a Bearer token, using a GET request to the endpoint above. The Free plan is the first plan that includes it. Check the plan comparison for request limits, and the data update schedule for when new filings reach the API.

Related datasets

• Credit Union Directory: Directory of NCUA-insured credit unions.
• Credit Union Snapshot: Latest snapshot for one credit union.
• Credit Union Trends: Quarterly metric time series for one credit union.
• Credit Union Branches: Branch network for one credit union.

Keep going

Browse every dataset, follow the setup walkthrough to make a first call, use the Excel add-in for formulas, or connect an assistant through the MCP server.

Python SDK

Install with pip install bankregreports and set BANKREG_API_TOKEN to your key.

import bankregreports

brr = bankregreports.BankReg()  # reads BANKREG_API_TOKEN
result = brr.cu_peer_benchmarks()