Charlotte, NC

The greater Charlotte area is home to 12 Fortune 1000 headquarters and the second-largest banking center in the United States. Mecklenburg County has a tech-focused workforce with more than 45 percent of employees having a bachelor’s degree or higher. Pinnacle’s team maintained the firm’s No. 8 deposit market share and grew loans 23.9 percent. They also crossed the $2 billion milestone in deposits with a 7 percent increase.