Bank Holding Companies with the Most Employees

Full-time equivalent, as of March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

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Bank Holding Companies with the Most Employees
Rank Company City State March 30 Year earlier Change Assets
1 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Calif. $272,760 $268,571 1.6% $1,951,564,000
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York N.Y. 238,454 229,653 3.8 2,546,290,000
3 Citigroup Inc. New York N.Y. 229,361 241,745 -5.1 1,821,635,000
4 Bank of America Corp. Charlotte N.C. 208,573 213,183 -2.2 2,249,046,000
5 Hy-Vee Inc. West Des Moines Iowa 83,000 82,000 1.2 2,926,960
6 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Minn. 71,705 66,024 8.6 449,522,000
7 American Express Co. New York N.Y. 56,586 55,688 1.6 161,378,000
8 Morgan Stanley New York N.Y. 55,607 54,779 1.5 832,391,000
9 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. New York N.Y. 52,600 52,100 1.0 337,536,000
10 Capital One Financial Corp. McLean Va. 52,189 49,063 6.4 348,549,339
11 PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Pittsburgh Pa. 51,573 51,728 -0.3 371,278,327
12 United Services Automobile Association San Antonio Texas 42,491 36,870 15.2 152,252,002
13 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem N.C. 37,383 35,748 4.6 220,500,518
14 State Street Corp. Boston Mass. 34,817 32,527 7.0 236,805,204
15 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. New York N.Y. 34,100 36,500 -6.6 894,091,000
16 Synchrony Financial Stamford Conn. 26,773 21,083 27.0 89,050,082
17 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta Ga. 24,215 23,945 1.1 205,949,928
18 Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham Ala. 22,150 22,854 -3.1 124,739,162
19 KeyCorp Cleveland Ohio 19,447 14,472 34.4 134,972,587
20 First American Financial Corp. Santa Ana Calif. 18,341 17,175 6.8 8,874,436
21 Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati Ohio 17,763 18,200 -2.4 140,199,626
22 Citizens Financial Group Inc. Providence R.I. 17,515 17,902 -2.2 150,690,016
23 Northern Trust Corp. Chicago Ill. 17,278 16,306 6.0 121,488,675
24 Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco Calif. 16,526 15,597 6.0 227,061,000
25 M&T Bank Corp. Buffalo N.Y. 16,409 16,718 -1.8 123,223,251
26 Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus Ohio 16,141 12,231 32.0 100,045,506
27 Discover Financial Services Riverwoods Ill. 15,215 14,491 5.0 94,795,139
28 Raymond James Financial Inc. St. Petersburg Fla. 10,992 10,226 7.5 32,928,732
29 Zions Bancorp. Salt Lake City Utah 10,004 10,092 -0.9 65,462,677
30 Comerica Inc. Dallas Texas 8,044 8,869 -9.3 73,169,721
31 Popular Inc. Hato Rey Puerto Rico 7,820 7,812 0.1 40,259,000
32 Ally Financial Inc. Detroit Mich. 7,656 7,133 7.3 162,101,000
33 Stifel Financial Corp. St. Louis Mo. 7,307 7,228 1.1 19,135,892
34 First Citizens BancShares Inc. Raleigh N.C. 6,156 5,916 4.1 34,018,405
35 TCF Financial Corp. Wayzata Minn. 6,049 6,259 -3.4 21,848,246
36 Arvest Bank Group Inc. Bentonville Ark. 5,954 5,942 0.2 17,072,208
37 Hilltop Holdings Inc. Dallas Texas 5,379 5,268 2.1 12,338,427
38 People's United Financial Inc. Bridgeport Conn. 5,019 5,006 0.3 40,315,461
39 Woodforest Financial Group Inc. The Woodlands Texas 4,984 4,895 1.8 5,102,896
40 BOK Financial Corp. Tulsa Okla. 4,927 4,841 1.8 33,058,084
41 First National of Nebraska Inc. Omaha Neb. 4,856 4,796 1.3 19,272,983
42 F.N.B. Corp. Pittsburgh Pa. 4,678 3,476 34.6 30,190,695
43 CIT Group Inc. New York N.Y. 4,439 4,703 -5.6 63,094,385
44 Commerce Bancshares Inc. Kansas City Mo. 4,438 4,766 -6.9 25,329,288
45 Umpqua Holdings Corp. Portland Ore. 4,357 4,518 -3.6 24,861,480
46 Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay Wis. 4,349 4,385 -0.8 29,109,857
47 Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus Ga. 4,284 4,221 1.5 30,679,589
48 First Horizon National Corp. Memphis Tenn. 4,256 4,234 0.5 29,619,404
49 Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio Texas 4,244 4,251 -0.2 30,563,189
50 BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo Miss. 3,973 3,991 -0.5 14,869,618
51 Wintrust Financial Corp. Rosemont Ill. 3,892 3,715 4.8 25,782,093
52 Hancock Holding Co. Gulfport Miss. 3,819 3,819 0.0 25,492,923
53 Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Honolulu Hawaii 3,815 3,868 -1.4 12,543,275
54 E-Trade Financial Corp. New York N.Y. 3,743 3,605 3.8 55,879,348
55 Scottrade Financial Services Inc. St. Louis Mo. 3,714 3,738 -0.6 24,437,945
56 UMB Financial Corp. Kansas City Mo. 3,686 3,829 -3.7 20,576,137
57 Fulton Financial Corp. Lancaster Pa. 3,530 3,485 1.3 19,120,715
58 New York Community Bancorp Inc. Westbury N.Y. 3,511 3,466 1.3 48,824,564
59 MB Financial Inc. Chicago Ill. 3,494 3,056 14.3 19,146,062
60 Chemical Financial Corp. Midland Mich. 3,273 2,124 54.1 17,636,973
61 Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury Conn. 3,216 3,067 4.9 26,009,826
62 Iberiabank Corp. Lafayette La. 3,161 3,112 1.6 22,008,479
63 International Bancshares Corp. Laredo Texas 3,138 3,237 -3.1 11,965,858
64 Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Houston Texas 3,033 3,132 -3.2 22,481,666
65 Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Troy Mich. 2,948 2,771 6.4 15,377,080
66 First Community Bancshares Inc. Killeen Texas 2,867 2,901 -1.2 2,018,714
67 TIAA FSB Holdings Inc. Jacksonville Fla. 2,860 2,971 -3.7 27,776,579
68 East West Bancorp Inc. Pasadena Calif. 2,857 2,826 1.1 35,348,696
69 Valley National Bancorp Wayne N.J. 2,842 2,897 -1.9 23,220,456
70 Trustmark Corp. Jackson Miss. 2,799 2,946 -5.0 13,490,361
71 Old National Bancorp Evansville Ind. 2,659 2,615 1.7 14,869,731
72 First BanCorp. San Juan Puerto Rico 2,630 2,660 -1.1 11,890,398
73 Central Bancompany Inc. Jefferson City Mo. 2,604 2,588 0.6 13,031,747
74 FirstBank Holding Co. Lakewood Colo. 2,522 2,396 5.3 17,342,574
75 Cenlar Capital Corp. Ewing N.J. 2,475 1,902 30.1 1,002,017
76 Midland Financial Co. Oklahoma City Okla. 2,448 2,359 3.8 14,917,937
77 HomeStreet Inc. Seattle Wash. 2,431 2,264 7.4 6,400,888
78 Community Bank System Inc. DeWitt N.Y. 2,385 2,249 6.0 8,913,860
79 SVB Financial Group Santa Clara Calif. 2,347 2,170 8.2 46,419,773
80 Northwest Bancshares Inc. Warren Pa. 2,328 2,152 8.2 9,816,144
81 South State Corp. Columbia S.C. 2,277 2,039 11.7 11,150,070
82 Glacier Bancorp Inc. Kalispell Mont. 2,224 2,184 1.8 9,553,908
83 First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Itasca Ill. 2,135 1,910 11.8 13,773,471
84 Bank of Hawaii Corp. Honolulu Hawaii 2,115 2,139 -1.1 16,664,215
85 Banner Corp. Walla Walla Wash. 2,081 2,078 0.1 10,068,378
86 United National Corp. Sioux Falls S.D. 2,051 1,989 3.1 2,550,412
87 Renasant Corp. Tupelo Miss. 1,944 1,985 -2.1 8,764,711
88 WesBanco Inc. Wheeling W.Va. 1,934 1,624 19.1 9,804,620
89 United Community Banks Inc. Blairsville Ga. 1,915 1,876 2.1 10,733,390
90 Heartland Financial USA Inc. Dubuque Iowa 1,896 1,907 -0.6 8,361,845
91 Investors Bancorp Inc. Short Hills N.J. 1,885 1,741 8.3 23,899,592
92 Simmons First National Corp. Pine Bluff Ark. 1,876 1,917 -2.1 8,626,638
93 Bremer Financial Corp. St. Paul Minn. 1,860 1,806 3.0 11,457,069
94 Columbia Banking System Inc. Tacoma Wash. 1,822 1,852 -1.6 9,527,272
95 Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. Omaha Neb. 1,798 1,770 1.6 9,811,280
96 Washington Federal Inc. Seattle Wash. 1,797 1,837 -2.2 14,960,676
97 BancFirst Corp. Oklahoma City Okla. 1,785 1,752 1.9 7,189,645
98 Eastern Bank Corp. Boston Mass. 1,774 1,735 2.2 10,254,830
99 Park National Corp. Newark Ohio 1,751 1,797 -2.6 7,744,690
100 Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. Pittsfield Mass. 1,728 1,208 43.0 9,300,371
101 Banc of California Inc. Santa Ana Calif. 1,719 1,694 1.5 11,052,085
102 United Bankshares Inc. Charleston W.Va. 1,718 1,670 2.9 14,762,315
103 NBT Bancorp Inc. Norwich N.Y. 1,714 1,690 1.4 8,945,485
104 First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Billings Mont. 1,699 1,750 -2.9 9,058,000
105 Capital Bank Financial Corp. Charlotte N.C. 1,692 1,349 25.4 10,104,435
106 State Bankshares Inc. Fargo N.D. 1,682 1,515 11.0 4,536,287
107 PacWest Bancorp Beverly Hills Calif. 1,661 1,680 -1.1 21,927,259
108 BankUnited Inc. Miami Lakes Fla. 1,653 1,620 2.0 27,988,731
109 John Deere Capital Corp. Reno Nev. 1,620 1,590 1.9 33,481,559
110 Great Western Bancorp Inc. Sioux Falls S.D. 1,618 1,428 13.3 11,356,841
111 Western Alliance Bancorp. Phoenix Ariz. 1,591 1,490 6.8 18,122,506
112 Home BancShares Inc. Conway Ark. 1,530 1,426 7.3 10,717,468
113 Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. Dallas Texas 1,465 1,352 8.4 20,864,874
114 First Merchants Corp. Muncie Ind. 1,451 1,535 -5.5 7,328,455
115 OFG Bancorp San Juan Puerto Rico 1,440 1,449 -0.6 6,414,607
116 First Financial Bancorp. Cincinnati Ohio 1,424 1,390 2.4 8,531,170
117 Union Bankshares Corp. Richmond Va. 1,412 1,400 0.9 8,681,053
118 Durant Bancorp Inc. Durant Okla. 1,399 886 57.9 5,951,015
119 Ameris Bancorp Moultrie Ga. 1,369 1,318 3.9 7,094,856
120 Astoria Financial Corp. Lake Success N.Y. 1,364 1,479 -7.8 14,342,610
121 Hope Bancorp Inc. Los Angeles Calif. 1,352 945 43.1 13,465,863
122 Fidelity Southern Corp. Atlanta Ga. 1,317 1,266 4.0 4,526,567
123 First Financial Bankshares Inc. Abilene Texas 1,284 1,286 -0.2 6,930,370
124 First Commonwealth Financial Corp. Indiana Pa. 1,271 1,216 4.5 6,808,977
125 First Busey Corp. Champaign Ill. 1,251 788 58.8 5,438,935
126 Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. Nashville Tenn. 1,248 1,075 16.1 11,724,601
127 Johnson Financial Group Inc. Racine Wis. 1,187 1,135 4.6 4,471,442
128 Cadence Bancorp LLC Houston Texas 1,174 1,214 -3.3 9,721,301
129 WSFS Financial Corp. Wilmington Del. 1,138 948 20.0 6,852,899
130 Great Southern Bancorp Inc. Springfield Mo. 1,134 1,167 -2.8 4,436,876
131 1st Source Corp. South Bend Ind. 1,132 1,164 -2.7 5,502,436
132 FB Financial Corp. Nashville Tenn. 1,116 1,021 9.3 3,166,459
133 Cathay General Bancorp Los Angeles Calif. 1,113 1,095 1.6 14,223,957
134 Dickinson Financial Corp. II Kansas City Mo. 1,101 1,211 -9.1 2,260,290
135 S&T Bancorp Inc. Indiana Pa. 1,079 1,096 -1.6 7,065,098
136 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland Mass. 1,066 1,112 -4.1 7,738,114
137 First Banks Inc. Clayton Mo. 1,051 1,029 2.1 6,263,272
138 Tompkins Financial Corp. Ithaca N.Y. 1,042 1,020 2.2 6,280,047
139 TriCo Bancshares Chico Calif. 1,025 960 6.8 4,527,954
140 Green Dot Corp. Pasadena Calif. 1,020 999 2.1 1,873,002
141 First Security Bancorp Searcy Ark. 1,016 994 2.2 5,539,423
142 First Bancorp Southern Pines N.C. 1,009 814 24.0 4,442,625
143 MidCountry Financial Corp. Macon Ga. 1,004 1,030 -2.5 1,294,585
Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland MHC Cleveland Ohio 1,004 1,007 -0.3 13,406,145
145 Provident Financial Services Inc. Iselin N.J. 998 1,002 -0.4 9,509,663
146 CenterState Banks Inc. Winter Haven Fla. 997 1,011 -1.4 5,328,996
147 Community Trust Bancorp Inc. Pikeville Ky. 996 990 0.6 4,034,161
148 Sterling Bancorp Montebello N.Y. 978 1,078 -9.3 14,681,679
149 EB Acquisition Co. LLC Dallas Texas 975 453 115.2 5,423,198
150 Republic Bancorp Inc. Louisville Ky. 973 817 19.1 4,664,792
151 Cass Information Systems Inc. St. Louis Mo. 935 925 1.1 1,447,007
152 W.T.B. Financial Corp. Spokane Wash. 930 880 5.7 5,601,613
153 National Bank Holdings Corp. Greenwood Village Colo. 919 973 -5.5 4,728,295
154 Bessemer Group Inc. Woodbridge N.J. 901 873 3.2 3,258,582
155 Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. Boston Mass. 883 897 -1.6 8,215,281
156 MainSource Financial Group Inc. Greensburg Ind. 881 810 8.8 4,042,475
Waterstone Financial Inc. Wauwatosa Wis. 881 798 10.4 1,725,628
158 LegacyTexas Financial Group Inc. Plano Texas 865 850 1.8 8,439,571
159 First Financial Corp. Terre Haute Ind. 854 896 -4.7 2,959,743
160 Apple Financial Holdings Inc. New York N.Y. 843 828 1.8 12,768,697
161 Independent Bank Corp. Grand Rapids Mich. 835 779 7.2 2,596,482
162 City Holding Co. Cross Lanes W.Va. 833 856 -2.7 4,122,915
163 Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania Souderton Pa. 825 730 13.0 4,273,931
164 Capital City Bank Group Inc. Tallahassee Fla. 812 851 -4.6 2,881,666
165 TrustCo Bank Corp NY Glenville N.Y. 805 784 2.7 4,885,459
166 Fremont Bancorp. Fremont Calif. 801 791 1.3 3,672,073
167 Intrust Financial Corp. Wichita Kan. 798 836 -4.5 4,885,575
168 Byline Bancorp Inc. Chicago Ill. 794 743 6.9 3,290,842
169 Central Pacific Financial Corp. Honolulu Hawaii 792 798 -0.8 5,443,181
170 CVB Financial Corp. Ontario Calif. 790 789 0.1 8,559,121
171 Westamerica Bancorp. San Rafael Calif. 784 817 -4.0 5,398,475
172 Meta Financial Group Inc. Sioux Falls S.D. 782 635 23.1 3,985,646
173 Beneficial Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia Pa. 781 769 1.6 5,864,932
174 Peoples Bancorp Inc. Marietta Ohio 776 821 -5.5 3,459,276
175 Alerus Financial Corp. Grand Forks N.D. 770 814 -5.4 2,004,479
176 Heritage Financial Corp. Olympia Wash. 765 736 3.9 3,885,613
177 Farmers & Merchants Investment Inc. Lincoln Neb. 748 728 2.7 3,640,280
178 Bangor Bancorp MHC Bangor Maine 747 705 6.0 3,673,491
179 First Bancshares Inc. Merrillville Ind. 744 701 6.1 3,563,976
180 Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida Stuart Fla. 743 728 2.1 4,769,775
181 Customers Bancorp Inc. Wyomissing Pa. 742 536 38.4 9,906,636
182 Heartland Bancorp Inc. Bloomington Ill. 738 762 -3.1 3,018,787
183 State Bank Financial Corp. Atlanta Ga. 737 649 13.6 4,202,681
184 Brookline Bancorp Inc. Boston Mass. 733 716 2.4 6,512,115
185 First Western Mortgage Corp. Fort Worth Texas 727 706 3.0 1,187,549
Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. Olney Md. 727 719 1.1 5,201,164
187 Bridgeview Bancorp Inc. Bridgeview Ill. 724 705 2.7 1,088,964
188 BancPlus Corp. Ridgeland Miss. 717 794 -9.7 2,795,831
Community Bancshares of Mississippi Inc. Brandon Miss. 717 700 2.4 2,957,767
190 Triumph Bancorp Inc. Dallas Texas 716 492 45.5 2,635,358
191 OceanFirst Financial Corp. Toms River N.J. 707 379 86.5 5,216,433
192 RCB Holding Co. Inc. Claremore Okla. 704 638 10.3 2,832,237
193 Ocean Bankshares Inc. Miami Fla. 700 688 1.7 3,581,483
194 United Financial Bancorp Inc. Glastonbury Conn. 695 704 -1.3 6,711,206
195 Origin Bancorp Inc. Ruston La. 692 672 3.0 4,108,547
196 Landrum Co. Columbia Mo. 688 702 -2.0 2,679,165
197 Midland States Bancorp Inc. Effingham Ill. 687 713 -3.6 3,373,577
198 First Command Financial Services Inc. Fort Worth Texas 676 667 1.3 1,028,130
199 Amarillo National Bancorp Inc. Amarillo Texas 668 681 -1.9 3,887,756
200 Enterprise Financial Services Corp. Clayton Mo. 667 462 44.4 5,106,226

Note: Includes employees of holding companies and subsidiaries. Based on Y9C filings for top tier bank holding companies.
Figures for prior periods are not adjusted for mergers and acquisitions. Rankings include only companies current as of July 28, 2017.
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