Bank Holding Companies with the Most Employees

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Bank Holding Companies with the Most Employees

Bank Holding Companies with the Most EmployeesFull-time equivalent, as of March 31, 2015. Dollars in thousands
Published November 24, 2015

Rank   March 31 Year earlier Change Assets
1 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco 266,043 265,300 0.3% $1,737,737,000
2 Citigroup Inc. New York 261,683 270,330 -3.2 1,831,801,000
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York 233,162 238,602 -2.3 2,577,148,000
4 Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, N.C. 219,658 238,560 -7.9 2,145,027,000
5 Hy-Vee Inc. West Des Moines, Iowa 75,361 69,618 8.2 2,610,931
6 General Electric Capital Corp. Norwalk, Conn. 68,035 65,499 3.9 481,614,979
7 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis 66,653 65,450 1.8 410,233,000
8 H&R Block Inc. Kansas City, Mo. 62,189 61,496 1.1 4,359,564
9 Morgan Stanley New York 56,087 55,883 0.4 829,099,000
10 American Express Co. New York 53,234 64,025 -16.9 154,674,000
11 PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Pittsburgh 52,995 53,273 -0.5 351,162,105
12 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. New York 50,500 51,400 -1.8 399,088,000
13 Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, Va. 49,337 41,125 20.0 306,501,324
14 United Services Automobile Association San Antonio 34,944 32,630 7.1 132,978,355
15 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. New York 34,400 32,600 5.5 865,512,000
16 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. 32,109 33,765 -4.9 189,227,838
17 State Street Corp. Boston 30,495 29,530 3.3 279,480,161
18 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta 24,466 25,925 -5.6 190,223,316
19 Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala. 23,062 23,687 -2.6 122,515,877
20 Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati 18,471 19,080 -3.2 140,469,916
21 Citizens Financial Group Inc. Providence, R.I. 17,792 18,527 -4.0 136,905,651
22 First American Financial Corp. Santa Ana, Calif. 16,393 16,530 -0.8 7,819,492
23 Northern Trust Corp. Chicago 15,581 14,897 4.6 106,952,000
24 M&T Bank Corp. Buffalo, N.Y. 15,263 15,316 -0.3 98,379,397
25 Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco 14,938 13,996 6.7 160,169,000
26 KeyCorp Cleveland 14,008 14,559 -3.8 94,296,497
27 Discover Financial Services Riverwoods, Ill. 14,001 13,696 2.2 84,177,508
28 Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus, Ohio 11,947 11,848 0.8 68,002,661
29 Zions Bancorp. Salt Lake City 10,355 10,482 -1.2 57,555,931
30 Raymond James Financial Inc. St. Petersburg, Fla. 9,568 9,261 3.3 24,965,509
31 Comerica Inc. Dallas 8,831 8,907 -0.9 69,420,233
32 Popular Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 8,203 8,053 1.9 35,625,000
33 Ally Financial Inc. Detroit 6,938 6,961 -0.3 153,524,000
34 TCF Financial Corp. Wayzata, Minn. 6,335 6,634 -4.5 19,999,495
35 Stifel Financial Corp. St. Louis 6,274 5,982 4.9 9,373,137
36 First Citizens BancShares Inc. Raleigh, N.C. 6,103 4,630 31.8 30,853,649
37 Arvest Bank Group Inc. Bentonville, Ark. 5,857 5,831 0.4 15,844,167
38 First Niagara Financial Group Inc. Buffalo, N.Y. 5,322 5,750 -7.4 38,912,925
39 Hilltop Holdings Inc. Dallas 5,192 4,401 18.0 12,562,893
40 People's United Financial Inc. Bridgeport, Conn. 5,093 5,159 -1.3 36,406,341
41 Commerce Bancshares Inc. Kansas City, Mo. 4,769 4,745 0.5 24,060,276
42 Woodforest Financial Group Inc. The Woodlands, Texas 4,749 4,828 -1.6 4,655,865
43 BOK Financial Corp. Tulsa, Okla. 4,715 4,626 1.9 30,371,794
44 First National of Nebraska Inc. Omaha 4,584 4,649 -1.4 17,163,986
45 Umpqua Holdings Corp. Portland, Ore. 4,485 2,491 80.0 22,961,973
46 Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay, Wis. 4,463 4,466 -0.1 27,088,806
47 Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga. 4,331 4,494 -3.6 27,633,784
48 Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio 4,292 4,077 5.3 28,196,667
49 First Horizon National Corp. Memphis, Tenn. 4,210 4,240 -0.7 25,716,964
50 FirstMerit Corp. Akron, Ohio 4,103 4,521 -9.2 25,125,546
51 Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. Honolulu 3,954 3,951 0.1 11,273,447
52 BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo, Miss. 3,907 3,976 -1.7 13,635,049
53 Hancock Holding Co. Gulfport, Miss. 3,776 3,974 -5.0 20,728,010
54 Scottrade Financial Services Inc. St. Louis 3,692 3,538 4.4 23,463,270
55 UMB Financial Corp. Kansas City, Mo. 3,639 3,481 4.5 16,730,123
56 City National Corp. Los Angeles 3,578 3,587 -0.3 32,698,899
57 Wintrust Financial Corp. Rosemont, Ill. 3,540 3,331 6.3 20,392,598
58 Fulton Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. 3,513 3,569 -1.6 17,315,750
59 New York Community Bancorp Inc. Westbury 3,440 3,403 1.1 48,251,715
60 CIT Group Inc. New York 3,360 3,200 5.0 46,416,005
61 E-Trade Financial Corp. New York 3,250 3,013 7.9 46,828,405
62 International Bancshares Corp. Laredo, Texas 3,137 3,240 -3.2 12,374,402
63 EverBank Financial Corp Jacksonville, Fla. 3,084 3,772 -18.2 23,347,219
64 Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Houston 3,081 2,888 6.7 21,608,960
65 Trustmark Corp. Jackson, Miss. 3,038 3,114 -2.4 12,179,164
66 Old National Bancorp Evansville, Ind. 2,983 2,570 16.1 11,951,362
67 First Community Bancshares Inc. Killeen, Texas 2,967 3,133 -5.3 1,659,121
68 F.N.B. Corp. Pittsburgh 2,964 3,015 -1.7 16,278,848
69 Valley National Bancorp Wayne, N.J. 2,934 2,688 9.2 18,980,010
70 Iberiabank Corp. Lafayette, La. 2,883 2,576 11.9 16,420,009
71 MB Financial Inc. Chicago 2,867 1,777 61.3 14,328,310
72 Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. 2,812 2,757 2.0 23,115,627
73 Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Troy, Mich. 2,680 2,794 -4.1 11,571,146
74 First BanCorp. San Juan, Puerto Rico 2,650 2,516 5.3 13,147,919
75 Central Bancompany Inc. Jefferson City, Mo. 2,575 2,477 4.0 11,621,045
76 East West Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, Calif. 2,473 2,486 -0.5 29,907,424
77 Midland Financial Co. Oklahoma City 2,419 2,448 -1.2 10,843,278
78 FirstBank Holding Co. Lakewood, Colo. 2,289 2,107 8.6 15,092,422
79 Bank of Hawaii Corp. Honolulu 2,156 2,181 -1.1 15,206,800
80 Simmons First National Corp. Pine Bluff, Ark. 2,076 1,321 57.2 7,817,824
81 South State Corp. Columbia, S.C. 2,051 2,104 -2.5 8,028,704
82 Northwest Bancshares Inc. Warren, Pa. 2,041 2,050 -0.4 7,936,827
83 Glacier Bancorp Inc. Kalispell, Mont. 1,995 1,844 8.2 8,475,096
84 Chemical Financial Corp. Midland, Mich. 1,982 1,755 12.9 7,551,635
85 Community Bank System Inc. DeWitt, N.Y. 1,962 1,978 -0.8 7,576,039
86 Columbia Banking System Inc. Tacoma, Wash. 1,930 1,642 17.5 8,552,902
87 SVB Financial Group Santa Clara, Calif. 1,930 1,737 11.1 39,703,565
88 United National Corp. Sioux Falls, S.D. 1,926 1,852 4.0 2,362,820
89 Washington Federal Inc. Seattle 1,865 1,846 1.0 14,611,019
90 HomeStreet Inc. Seattle 1,829 1,491 22.7 4,602,561
91 First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Itasca, Ill. 1,802 1,619 11.3 9,498,596
92 Park National Corp. Newark, Ohio 1,799 1,830 -1.7 7,308,269
93 Heartland Financial USA Inc. Dubuque, Iowa 1,776 1,668 6.5 6,506,276
94 Bremer Financial Corp. St. Paul, Minn. 1,769 1,648 7.3 9,896,279
95 First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Billings, Mont. 1,726 1,640 5.2 8,524,514
96 WesBanco Inc. Wheeling, W.Va. 1,713 1,442 18.8 8,236,352
97 NBT Bancorp Inc. Norwich, N.Y. 1,708 1,740 -1.8 7,863,861
98 United Bankshares Inc. Charleston, W.Va. 1,708 1,790 -4.6 12,141,519
99 Investors Bancorp Inc. Short Hills, N.J. 1,704 1,621 5.1 19,298,905
100 John Deere Capital Corp. Reno, Nev. 1,693 1,703 -0.6 34,189,333
101 BancFirst Corp. Oklahoma City 1,679 1,701 -1.3 6,570,125
102 Eastern Bank Corp. Boston 1,659 1,571 5.6 9,665,706
103 Pinnacle Bancorp Inc. Central City, Neb. 1,627 1,563 4.1 8,507,010
104 BankUnited Inc. Miami Lakes, Fla. 1,601 1,626 -1.5 19,983,395
105 National Penn Bancshares Inc. Allentown, Pa. 1,596 1,591 0.3 9,597,954
106 Astoria Financial Corp. Lake Success, N.Y. 1,582 1,539 2.8 15,535,572
107 Bank of the Ozarks Inc. Little Rock, Ark. 1,560 1,306 19.4 8,303,407
108 Banc of California Inc. Irvine 1,541 1,214 26.9 6,097,355
109 United Community Banks Inc. Blairsville, Ga. 1,522 1,451 4.9 7,665,442
110 OFG Bancorp San Juan, Puerto Rico 1,510 1,546 -2.3 7,364,155
111 Hudson City Bancorp Inc. Paramus, N.J. 1,498 1,535 -2.4 36,129,290
112 Union Bankshares Corp. Richmond, Va. 1,445 1,640 -11.9 7,393,866
113 Renasant Corp. Tupelo, Miss. 1,438 1,457 -1.3 5,881,849
114 First Merchants Corp. Muncie, Ind. 1,431 1,417 1.0 5,878,357
115 PacWest Bancorp Los Angeles 1,426 1,095 30.2 16,644,622
116 Capital Bank Financial Corp. Coral Gables, Fla. 1,417 1,573 -9.9 6,981,421
117 Cenlar Capital Corp. Ewing, N.J. 1,378 1,144 20.5 843,989
118 Dickinson Financial Corp. II Kansas City, Mo. 1,357 1,477 -8.1 1,976,448
119 First Financial Bancorp. Cincinnati 1,353 1,286 5.2 7,245,796
120 Home BancShares Inc. Conway, Ark. 1,340 1,397 -4.1 7,513,974
121 Talmer Bancorp Inc. Troy, Mich. 1,339 1,694 -21.0 6,280,916
122 Cadence Bancorp LLC Houston 1,337 1,317 1.5 8,144,809
123 First Commonwealth Financial Corp. Indiana, Pa. 1,328 1,331 -0.2 6,331,842
124 Banner Corp. Walla Walla, Wash. 1,248 1,094 14.1 5,211,690
125 Great Southern Bancorp Inc. Springfield, Mo. 1,214 1,015 19.6 4,073,217
126 First Banks Inc. Clayton, Mo. 1,171 1,150 1.8 6,008,292
127 PrivateBancorp Inc. Chicago 1,165 1,130 3.1 16,361,348
128 Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. Dallas 1,161 1,058 9.7 17,325,504
129 Western Alliance Bancorp. Phoenix 1,155 1,105 4.5 11,251,943
130 First Financial Bankshares Inc. Abilene, Texas 1,138 1,114 2.2 6,025,372
131 1st Source Corp. South Bend, Ind. 1,137 1,104 3.0 4,862,714
132 Johnson Financial Group Inc. Racine, Wis. 1,117 1,093 2.2 3,972,249
133 Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. Pittsfield, Mass. 1,088 1,047 3.9 6,578,434
134 S&T Bancorp Inc. Indiana, Pa. 1,074 942 14.0 5,971,293
135 Fidelity Southern Corp. Atlanta 1,060 928 14.2 3,203,718
136 Cathay General Bancorp Los Angeles 1,048 1,107 -5.3 11,910,089
137 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland, Mass. 1,042 974 7.0 6,911,085
138 Ameris Bancorp Moultrie, Ga. 1,022 946 8.0 4,159,709
139 Community Trust Bancorp Inc. Pikeville, Ky. 1,007 1,024 -1.7 3,759,348
140 Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland MHC 998 994 0.4 12,133,651
141 Tompkins Financial Corp. Ithaca, N.Y. 997 997 0.0 5,357,533
142 MidCountry Financial Corp. Macon, Ga. 988 1,011 -2.3 1,179,293
143 First Security Bancorp Searcy, Ark. 987 972 1.5 4,870,643
144 Green Dot Corp. Pasadena, Calif. 979 581 68.5 1,723,549
145 TriCo Bancshares Chico, Calif. 976 728 34.1 3,895,860
146 Provident Financial Services Inc. Iselin, N.J. 962 875 9.9 8,525,137
147 Guaranty Financial MHC Milwaukee 958 1,103 -13.1 1,052,135
148 First Financial Corp. Terre Haute, Ind. 942 946 -0.4 2,988,848
149 BBCN Bancorp Inc. Los Angeles 933 861 8.4 7,267,905
150 Cass Information Systems Inc. St. Louis 927 931 -0.4 1,400,748
151 National Bank Holdings Corp. Greenwood Village, Colo. 923 983 -6.1 4,991,050
152 SKBHC Holdings LLC Seattle 918 951 -3.5 4,630,189
153 State Bankshares Inc. Fargo, N.D. 917 927 -1.1 3,493,807
154 Capital City Bank Group Inc. Tallahassee, Fla. 886 895 -1.0 2,680,197
155 Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. 872 769 13.4 6,870,160
156 Westamerica Bancorp. San Rafael, Calif. 870 916 -5.0 5,036,755
157 W.T.B. Financial Corp. Spokane, Wash. 852 847 0.6 4,853,477
158 Yadkin Financial Corp. Raleigh, N.C. 849 494 71.9 4,267,362
159 City Holding Co. Charleston, W.Va. 847 929 -8.8 3,553,218
  Peoples Bancorp Inc. Marietta, Ohio 847 557 52.1 3,247,031
161 WSFS Financial Corp. Wilmington, Del. 846 774 9.3 4,946,480
162 Bessemer Group, Inc. Woodbridge, N.J. 840 802 4.7 2,658,051
  Sterling Bancorp Montebello, N.Y. 840 921 -8.8 7,734,391
164 Durant Bancorp Inc. Okla. 839 751 11.7 3,007,578
  Intrust Financial Corp. Wichita, Kan. 839 852 -1.5 4,470,322
166 First Busey Corp. Champaign, Ill. 828 822 0.7 3,937,184
167 Central Pacific Financial Corp. Honolulu 819 838 -2.3 4,965,925
168 Metro Bancorp Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. 817 918 -11.0 2,974,658
169 Byline Bancorp Inc. Chicago 812 774 4.9 2,488,374
170 First South Bancorp Inc. Nashville, Tenn. 807 679 18.9 2,522,682
171 Southside Bancshares Inc. Tyler, Texas 804 636 26.4 4,732,393
172 Apple Financial Holdings Inc. New York 800 803 -0.4 11,882,771
173 First Bancorp Southern Pines, N.C. 799 854 -6.4 3,220,777
174 MainSource Financial Group Inc. Greensburg, Ind. 797 770 3.5 3,152,830
175 Independent Bank Corp. Grand Rapids, Mich. 795 824 -3.5 2,329,296
176 LegacyTexas Financial Group Inc. Plano 794 549 44.6 6,512,225
177 Beneficial Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia 784 NA NA 4,774,660
178 CenterState Banks Inc. Davenport, Fla. 783 732 7.0 3,888,572
179 Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. Nashville, Tenn. 775 744 4.2 6,314,346
180 Fremont Bancorp. Calif. 762 723 5.4 2,983,877
181 BancPlus Corp. Ridgeland, Miss. 759 754 0.7 2,636,214
182 CVB Financial Corp. Ontario, Calif. 750 735 2.0 7,442,951
183 TrustCo Bank Corp NY Glenville 747 709 5.4 4,745,128
184 Republic Bancorp Inc. Louisville, Ky. 745 735 1.4 3,952,187
185 Waterstone Financial Inc. Wauwatosa, Wis. 733 855 -14.3 1,764,824
186 Heritage Financial Corp. Olympia, Wash. 730 358 103.9 3,459,349
187 Farmers & Merchants Investment Inc. Lincoln, Neb. 724 695 4.2 3,165,281
188 Cardinal Financial Corp. McLean, Va. 723 808 -10.5 3,446,770
189 Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. Olney, Md. 714 719 -0.7 4,401,380
190 BNC Bancorp High Point, N.C. 713 616 15.7 4,173,462
191 Bancorp Inc. Wilmington, Del. 709 628 12.9 4,905,486
192 Community Trust Financial Corp. Ruston, La. 707 652 8.4 3,777,560
  State Bank Financial Corp. Atlanta 707 551 28.3 3,351,908
194 Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania Souderton 696 626 11.2 2,757,495
195 Bangor Bancorp MHC Maine 692 664 4.2 3,160,881
196 Brookline Bancorp Inc. Boston 691 705 -2.0 5,770,507
197 First Bancshares Inc. Merrillville, Ind. 690 635 8.7 2,785,017
198 Community Bancshares of Mississippi Inc. Brandon 685 657 4.3 2,608,849
  Ocean Bankshares Inc. Miami 685 676 1.3 3,249,203
200 First Western Mortgage Corp. Fort Worth, Texas 684 693 -1.3 1,173,838


List includes employees of holding companies and subsidiaries. Based on Y-9C 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 Aug. 17, 2015.

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