Here are the Top banks in Arizona, based on public voting for the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona, the state’s biggest and most comprehensive business opinion poll. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion and ranks companies based on how voters answer this simple question: with whom would you recommend doing business?
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Top 10 banks in Arizona ($2 billion or more in market deposits)
Here are the Top 10 banks ($2 billion or more in market deposits) in Arizona, as featured in the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona:
1. National Bank of Arizona
Background: Founded in Tucson in 1984, National Bank of Arizona has grown to serve more than 44 communities across the state with 56 full-service branches. National Bank of Arizona has more than $6.8 billion in deposits and is a division of Zions Bancorporation, N.A., member of the S&P 400.
2. BMO
3. Wells Fargo & Company
4. JPMorganChase
5. UMB Bank Arizona
6. MidFirst Bank
7. Western Alliance Bank
8. Bank of America
9. PNC Bank
10. U.S. Bank NA
Top 10 banks in Arizona ($550 million-$1.9 billion in market deposits)
Here are the Top 10 banks ($550 million-$1.9 billion in market deposits) in Arizona, as featured in the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona:
1. Bell Bank
Background: Bell Bank was founded in 1966 with a single location in Fargo, North Dakota, and has grown steadily—at times exponentially — ever since. While on a path to becoming the largest privately owned bank in the nation, the bank remains true to its roots and committed to its core values of a family atmosphere, unequaled personal service, and giving back to the communities it serves. Through its mortgage division, Bell Bank has maintained a presence in Arizona since 1997 and, in 2019, began op
2. The Foothills Bank
3. BOK Financial
4. Southwest Heritage Bank
5. Western State Bank
6. Northern Trust
7. First International Bank & Trust
8. FirstBank
9. KS StateBank
Top 10 banks in Arizona ($549 million or less in market deposits)
Here are the Top 10 banks in Arizona ($549 million or less in market deposits), as featured in the 2026 edition of Ranking Arizona:
1. Alerus
Background: Alerus is a commercial wealth bank and national retirement provider that provides comprehensive financial solutions to clients, including business and consumer banking, mortgage, retirement and benefit services, and wealth management. Our purpose is to help clients achieve theirs, and we accomplish this by providing personalized service and the right products at the right times to help them achieve their immediate and long-term goals. Alerus is an SBA Preferred Lender and is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol ALRS.
2. Enterprise Bank & Trust
3. First Western Trust
4. Scottsdale Community Bank
5. Zenith Bank & Trust
6. West Valley National Bank
7. BNC National Bank
8. Comerica Bank
9. Meadows Bank
10. Pacific Premier Bank
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