Recruiting power and differentiated model lead to significant growth in FDIC deposit data
Pinnacle Financial Partners (Nasdaq/NGS: PNFP) remains the largest bank in the Nashville MSA by deposits, marking eight consecutive years at No. 1. According to FDIC data, the firm held $21.34 billion in local deposits at June 30, 2025, which is 21.72 percent of the total market and more than 64 percent above its closest competitor. Despite an already massive lead, the firm added more deposit dollars than any other bank in the market during the preceding 12 months.
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Pinnacle was also the biggest deposit grower in Tennessee, holding the No. 2 spot statewide at June 30, 2025 with 12.94 percent market share—less than half a percentage point behind the leader and the only bank in the state’s top five to have grown share In the preceding 12 months. Such dominant growth shows that Pinnacle is the top choice for people seeking a local bank to trust with their finances.
“Pinnacle is and will remain Nashville’s hometown bank, and this data drives home just how much Tennessee trusts and relies on us for financial safe keeping,” said Pinnacle President and CEO Terry Turner. “We’ve worked for 25 years to build a track record of delivering unmatched local service, and our capabilities have grown substantially more sophisticated. It’s an experience that clients literally cannot get anywhere else and has proven effective everywhere we’ve taken it across the Southeast. We fully intend to continue delivering it into the next leg of this race.”
Firmwide, Pinnacle grew deposits in 23 out of 27 MSAs measured by the FDIC, including eight with double-digit growth and three with triple-digit growth. The firm grew share in 22 of those markets and was a top five grower in 15 of those.
“The power of our model to attract and retain the very best banking talent in every market is the engine for this growth,” Turner said. “Our significant investment in people pays off long-term as they bring their clients to us over time, adding deposits and loans to our balance sheet for years after their first day. That’s fueled core deposit growth at nine times the rest of the industry and five times our peers during the current rate cycle and why our model has proven to be sustainable through nearly any economic environment.”
Pinnacle hired 161 revenue producing associates in 2024 and another 71 in the first half of 2025. This model for rapid growth is one of the primary factors that led to the merger agreement between Pinnacle and Synovus, announced in July. The two firms will come together with similar cultures, complementary footprints, heavy investments in operational excellence and a banking model that will propel the combined firm to be the Southeast growth champion.
Highlights from other Pinnacle markets in the most recent FDIC report include*:
Tennessee
Knoxville
- No. 3 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 4 at June 30, 2024
- $3.36 billion in deposits, 12.65% market share
- $509.22 million added
- 17.84% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
Chattanooga
- No. 2 biggest bank by market share
- $2.35 billion in deposits, 15.32% market share
- $153.42 million added
- 6.98% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
Cleveland
- No. 1 biggest bank by market share
- $512.31 million in deposits, 18.51% market share
- $21.53 million added
- 4.39% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
Memphis
- No. 3 biggest bank by market share
- $2.47 billion in deposits, 5.87% market share
- $125.07 million added
- 5.34% annual growth rate
- No. 3 in dollar growth
Georgia
Atlanta
- No. 23 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 25 at June 30, 2024
- $1.06 billion in deposits, 0.43% market share
- $314.68 million added
- 42.15% annual growth rate
- No. 5 in growth rate
Virginia / Maryland
Washington, D.C. / Northern Virginia
- No. 16 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 23 at June 30, 2024
- $2.19 billion in deposits, 0.70% market share
- $1.20 billion added
- 120.22% annual growth rate
- No 3 in growth rate
- No. 4 in dollar growth
Roanoke
- No. 4 biggest bank by market share
- $890.76 million in deposits, 10.28% market share
- $89.67 million added
- 11.19% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
- No. 4 in growth rate
Lynchburg
- No. 12 biggest bank by market share
- $85.50 million in deposits, 1.40% market share
- $2.09 million added
- 2.51% annual growth rate
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
- No. 5 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 6 at June 30, 2024
- $1.11 billion in deposits, 7.49% market share
- $89.95 million added
- 8.81% annual growth rate
- No. 2 in dollar growth
Greensboro-High Point
- No. 3 biggest bank by market share
- $2.14 billion in deposits, 13.21% market share
- $107.12 million added
- 5.26% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
Raleigh-Cary
- No. 13 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 15 at June 30, 2024
- $928.33 million in deposits, 0.91% market share
- $235.77 million added
- 34.04% annual growth rate
- No. 3 in dollar growth
- No. 5 in growth rate
Durham-Chapel Hill
- No. 10 biggest bank by market share, down from No. 9 at June 30, 2024
- $325.77 million in deposits, 1.89% market share
- $2.57 million added
- 0.79% annual growth rate
Charlotte
- No. 8 biggest bank by market share, down from No. 7 at June 30, 2024
- $1.99 billion in deposits, 0.42% market share
- $4.19 million loss
- -4.55% annual growth rate
Asheville
- No. 14 biggest bank by market share, down from No. 13 at June 30, 2024
- $62.43 million in deposits, 0.59% market share
- $7.94 million added
- 14.56% annual growth rate
Burlington
- No. 7 biggest bank by market share
- $143.31 million in deposits, 5.30% market share
- $11.24 million added
- 8.51% annual growth rate
- No. 2 in dollar growth
- No 3 in growth rate
South Carolina
- Greenville
- No. 12 biggest bank by market share, down from No. 11 at June 30, 2024
- $401.20 million in deposits, 1.54% market share
- $1.20 million loss
- -0.30% annual growth rate
Spartanburg
- No. 13 biggest bank by market share
- $119.18 million in deposits, 1.84% market share
- $2.12 million added
- 1.81% annual growth rate
Charleston
- No. 6 biggest bank by market share
- $1.24 billion in deposits, 5.37% market share
- $123.68 million added
- 11.07% annual growth rate
- No. 5 in dollar growth
Myrtle Beach
- No. 12 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 13 at June 30, 2024
- $476.43 million in deposits, 3.98% market share
- $36.07 million added
- 8.19% annual growth rate
- No. 5 in growth rate
Hilton Head
- No. 15 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 14 at June 30, 2024
- $63.49 million in deposits, 0.91% market share
- $8.33 million loss
- -11.60% annual growth rate
Florida
Jacksonville
- No. 30 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 31 at June 30, 2024
- $76.78 million in deposits, 0.06% market share
- $47.97 million added
- 166.48% annual growth rate
- No. 2 in growth rate
Alabama
Birmingham
- No. 19 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 22 at June 30, 2024
- $485.20 million in deposits, 0.92% market share
- $163.00 million added
- 50.59% annual growth rate
- No. 4 in growth rate
Huntsville
- No. 8 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 11 at June 30, 2024
- $524.54 billion in deposits, 4.29% market share
- $176.74 million added
- 50.82% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in dollar growth
Kentucky
Bowling Green
- No. 12 biggest bank by market share
- $172.88 million in deposits, 3.63% market share
- $26.71 million added
- 18.27% annual growth rate
- No. 2 in growth rate
- No. 5 in dollar growth
Louisville
- No. 23 biggest bank by market share, up from No. 31 at June 30, 2024
- $262.67 billion in deposits, 0.58% market share
- $214.11 million added
- 440.91% annual growth rate
- No. 1 in growth rate
- No. 4 in dollar growth
*All according to FDIC data as of and for the 12 months ended June 30, 2025
Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2025 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 9 on FORTUNE magazine’s 2025 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its ninth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 12 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2024.
The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $54.8 billion in assets as of June 30, 2025. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.
Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.
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