Explore the banking institutions serving the Los Angeles commercial real estate market. The rankings below use FDIC data to compare institutions by assets, deposits, branch presence, and CRE lending — not by CRE lending activity itself, which FDIC data can only establish for banks actually headquartered here.
Largest Banking Institutions in Los Angeles, by Assets
Institutions headquartered in the Los Angeles metro. Ranked by total (bank-wide) assets — not a measure of Los Angeles-specific size, which FDIC data can't establish (see Sources).
| # | Institution | Total assets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City National Bank | $99.10bn |
| 2 | East West Bank | $84.32bn |
| 3 | Banc of California | $34.90bn |
| 4 | Cathay Bank | $24.64bn |
| 5 | Bank of Hope | $18.99bn |
| 6 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach | $11.77bn |
| 7 | First American Trust, FSB | $9.23bn |
| 8 | Hanmi Bank | $7.95bn |
| 9 | Preferred Bank | $7.73bn |
| 10 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | $7.39bn |
| 11 | SMBC MANUBANK | $6.60bn |
| 12 | CTBC Bank Corp. (USA) | $5.87bn |
| 13 | American Business Bank | $4.42bn |
| 14 | Royal Business Bank | $4.27bn |
| 15 | Commercial Bank of California | $3.98bn |
Largest CRE Books, Headquartered in Los Angeles
Same population as the assets table above — not branch presence, which would seat a national bank's entire balance sheet here on the strength of a single branch. Ranked by current-quarter investor CRE loans (construction, multifamily, non-owner-occupied commercial), $100 million floor.
| # | Institution | CRE book |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East West Bank | $18.36bn |
| 2 | City National Bank | $12.14bn |
| 3 | Banc of California | $10.39bn |
| 4 | Cathay Bank | $7.93bn |
| 5 | Bank of Hope | $5.78bn |
| 6 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach | $4.43bn |
| 7 | Preferred Bank | $3.60bn |
| 8 | Hanmi Bank | $3.11bn |
| 9 | Commercial Bank of California | $1.89bn |
| 10 | CTBC Bank Corp. (USA) | $1.70bn |
| 11 | PCB Bank | $1.31bn |
| 12 | Royal Business Bank | $1.28bn |
| 13 | Malaga Bank F.S.B. | $1.16bn |
| 14 | SMBC MANUBANK | $1.13bn |
| 15 | American Business Bank | $0.92bn |
9 money-center/specialty charters excluded from population, same list as the state CRE-size pages.
Largest Banks in Los Angeles, by Deposits
Institutions with at least one Los Angeles branch. Ranked by deposits actually booked at a Los Angeles office — real local presence, unlike the assets table above.
| # | Institution | Los Angeles deposits | Los Angeles branches | Largest office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $124.10bn | 334 | 4% |
| 2 | Bank of America, National Association | $111.31bn | 276 | 6% |
| 3 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $87.12bn | 257 | 7% |
| 4 | City National Bank | $51.33bn | 35 | 53% |
| 5 | East West Bank | $37.43bn | 42 | 23% |
| 6 | Citibank, National Association | $34.26bn | 125 | 7% |
| 7 | U.S. Bank National Association | $27.34bn | 195 | 5% |
| 8 | Banc of California | $17.19bn | 41 | 64% |
| 9 | Cathay Bank | $11.69bn | 21 | 21% |
| 10 | BMO Bank National Association | $11.24bn | 62 | 23% |
| 11 | HSBC Bank USA, National Association | $9.91bn | 3 | 84% |
| 12 | Bank of Hope | $9.31bn | 22 | 33% |
| 13 | Pacific Premier Bank, National Associationnow Columbia Bank | $9.27bn | 21 | 65% |
| 14 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach | $8.61bn | 26 | 9% |
| 15 | Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | $7.48bn | 28 | 32% |
City National Bank: $27.1B of its Los Angeles deposits are booked at a single Los Angeles office; its other 34 Los Angeles branches hold $24.2B. Banc of California: $11.1B of its Los Angeles deposits are booked at a single Los Angeles office; its other 40 Los Angeles branches hold $6.1B. Pacific Premier Bank, National Association (now Columbia Bank): $6.0B of its Los Angeles deposits are booked at a single Irvine office; its other 20 Los Angeles branches hold $3.2B. Deposits are as FDIC reports them, by the office where they are booked - not necessarily where the underlying relationship or customer is.
Banks With the Most Los Angeles Branches
Same population as the deposits table above, ranked by branch count.
| # | Institution | Los Angeles branches | Los Angeles deposits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 334 | $124.10bn |
| 2 | Bank of America, National Association | 276 | $111.31bn |
| 3 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 257 | $87.12bn |
| 4 | U.S. Bank National Association | 195 | $27.34bn |
| 5 | Citibank, National Association | 125 | $34.26bn |
| 6 | BMO Bank National Association | 62 | $11.24bn |
| 7 | East West Bank | 42 | $37.43bn |
| 8 | Banc of California | 41 | $17.19bn |
| 9 | City National Bank | 35 | $51.33bn |
| 10 | Citizens Business Bank, National Association | 34 | $6.56bn |
| 11 | Comerica Banknow Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 33 | $6.77bn |
| 12 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 31 | $7.25bn |
| 13 | Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | 28 | $7.48bn |
| 14 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach | 26 | $8.61bn |
| 15 | First Bank | 23 | $1.66bn |
What does this mean for CRE borrowers?
Bank size, deposits, and local branch presence are useful indicators of an institution's scale and footprint in Los Angeles, but they don't tell you a bank's CRE lending appetite, property-type focus, or how it prices a deal like yours. A bank near the top of these lists may not lend on your property type at all; a bank you've never heard of may be exactly the right fit. Use Lender Compass to identify lenders based on property type, loan type, geography, and other deal characteristics — not bank size alone.
Sources & methodology
Geography: the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim MSA (FDIC MSA code 31080) — not statewide, not a hand-assembled county list. Every branch and institution figure above is scoped to this MSA using FDIC's own MSA classification.
Assets and CRE book tables use institutions whose main office is registered in the Los Angeles MSA, not merely a branch — a bank's total assets or CRE book has no geographic allocation to a single branch, so a branch-presence population would seat a national bank's entire balance sheet here on the strength of one office. Active institutions only, checked against FDIC's current status, not a fixed list — a bank that merges away next quarter drops out automatically.
Deposits and branch-count tables use any institution with a Los Angeles branch, since FDIC's Summary of Deposits survey specifically allocates deposits to the office where they're booked — the one figure that genuinely reflects local presence. Recently-merged institutions are shown under their prior charter with the successor named, since the historical Los Angeles presence is real regardless of what happened to the charter since; when the successor also lands in the same table, a note states the combined figure.
CRE book means investor commercial real estate loans — construction & land development, multifamily (5+ unit residential), and non-owner-occupied commercial property — per FDIC Call Report Schedule RC-C. It excludes owner-occupied CRE, which is reported separately and generally reflects a business's own real estate rather than third-party lending.