Description of Business	3 Months Ended
Description of Business	Mar. 31, 2026
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Description of Business	Description of Business The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Group Inc. or parent company), a Delaware corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the firm), is a leading global financial institution that delivers a broad range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Founded in 1869, the firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in all major financial centers around the world. Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2025, the firm made certain changes to its segments as the firm continued to narrow its strategic focus with respect to consumer-related activities within Platform Solutions. Prior periods are presented on a comparable basis. The firm manages and reports its activities in the following three business segments: Global Banking & Markets The firm provides a broad range of services to a diverse group of corporations, financial institutions, investment funds and governments. Services include strategic advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings and spin-offs, and equity and debt underwriting of public offerings and private placements. The firm facilitates client transactions and makes markets in fixed income, equity, currency and commodity products. In addition, the firm makes markets in and clears institutional client transactions on major stock, options and futures exchanges worldwide and provides prime financing (including securities lending, margin lending and swaps), portfolio financing and other types of equity financing (including securities-based loans to individuals). The firm also provides lending to corporate clients, including through relationship lending and acquisition financing, and secured lending, through structured mortgage and other asset-backed lending. In addition, the firm provides financing through securities purchased under agreements to resell (resale agreements) and other financing (including commodity financing to clients through structured transactions, facilitating institutional primary loans for syndication and providing structured letters of credit to corporate clients). Additionally, the firm provides transaction banking services, such as deposit taking, payments solutions and other cash management services, for corporate and institutional clients. The firm also makes investments related to Global Banking & Markets activities. Asset & Wealth Management The firm manages assets and offers investment products across all major asset classes to a diverse set of clients, both institutional and individuals, including through a network of third-party distributors around the world. The firm also provides investing and wealth advisory solutions, including financial planning and counseling, and executing brokerage transactions for wealth management clients. The firm issues loans to wealth management clients and raises deposits through its consumer banking digital platform, Marcus by Goldman Sachs, and through its private bank. The firm invests in public and private equity securities, debt securities and loans, related to corporate, real estate and infrastructure assets. The firm also makes investments through consolidated investment entities (CIEs), substantially all of which are engaged in real estate investment activities. Platform Solutions The firm issues credit cards through a partnership arrangement with Apple Inc. and raises deposits from Apple Card customers. In December 2025, the firm entered into an agreement to transition the Apple Card program to another issuer.