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US Banks with Highest Net Interest Margin (NIM) in Tennessee

Ranked among banks headquartered in Tennessee. Re-ranked 1-100 within the state from the same national ranking population.

#1 Net Interest Margin (NIM): Bank of Cleveland — 6.87% . Net Interest Margin (NIM) measures the spread between interest earned on assets and interest paid on liabilities — the core unit economics of a commercial bank.

Ranked: 111 banks with reported data Showing: Top 100 Source: FFIEC call reports (Q1 2026) What is this metric? See the US Banks with … glossary entry Go deeper: What Is Net Interest Margin? A Bank Profitability Guide
# Bank HQ US Banks with … Total Assets
1 Bank of Cleveland Cleveland , TN 6.87% $381.2M
2 Foundation Bank Mckenzie , TN 5.91% $218.1M
3 Apex Bank Camden , TN 5.40% $1.41B
4 Peoples Bank of the South Lafollette , TN 5.32% $231.4M
5 Peoples Bank Clifton , TN 5.25% $428.9M
6 Bank of Lincoln County Fayetteville , TN 5.20% $232.2M
7 First Community Bank of Tennessee Shelbyville , TN 5.10% $854.0M
8 Peoples Bank of East Tennessee Madisonville , TN 4.90% $456.1M
9 Centennial Bank Trezevant , TN 4.89% $1.06B
10 People's Bank and Trust Company of Pickett County Byrdstown , TN 4.85% $318.6M
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11 Peoples Bank & Trust Company Manchester , TN 4.81% $170.4M
12 Wayne County Bank Waynesboro , TN 4.74% $582.8M
13 Builtwell Bank Chattanooga , TN 4.71% $2.30B
14 Independent Bank Memphis , TN 4.71% $1.68B
15 Coffee County Bank Manchester , TN 4.64% $430.4M
16 Farmers Bank, the Portland , TN 4.55% $950.9M
17 First Commerce Bank Lewisburg , TN 4.54% $937.4M
18 Greeneville Federal Bank, F.S.B. Greeneville , TN 4.47% $205.6M
19 Millennium Bank Ooltewah , TN 4.41% $789.1M
20 First National Bank Oneida , TN 4.39% $367.9M
21 Citizens Bank Elizabethton , TN 4.38% $1.40B
22 Tower Community Bank Jasper , TN 4.37% $385.2M
23 First Peoples Bank of Tennessee Jefferson City , TN 4.32% $223.4M
24 First Century Bank Tazewell , TN 4.29% $780.9M
25 Tennessee State Bank Pigeon Forge , TN 4.23% $956.1M
26 Sonata Bank Brentwood , TN 4.21% $282.7M
27 Insouth Bank Brownsville , TN 4.20% $568.4M
28 First Freedom Bank Lebanon , TN 4.18% $781.1M
29 Bank of Perry County Lobelville , TN 4.16% $249.8M
30 Community Bank, Lexington, Tennessee Lexington , TN 4.14% $361.4M
31 Bank of Tennessee Kingsport , TN 4.12% $2.12B
32 First Community Bank of East Tennessee Rogersville , TN 4.12% $206.4M
33 Citizens Community Bank Winchester , TN 4.11% $356.1M
34 Ubank Knoxville , TN 4.10% $180.1M
35 One Bank of Tennessee Cookeville , TN 4.08% $1.67B
36 Andrew Johnson Bank Greeneville , TN 4.07% $626.1M
37 Security Federal Savings Bank of Mcminnville Mcminnville , TN 4.07% $378.5M
38 First National Bank of Tennessee Livingston , TN 4.03% $1.37B
39 Heritage Bank & Trust Columbia , TN 4.03% $417.9M
40 Central Bank Savannah , TN 4.00% $164.3M
41 Bank of Crockett Bells , TN 4.00% $301.1M
42 Southern Bank of Tennessee Mount Juliet , TN 4.00% $490.1M
43 First Farmers and Commercial Bank Pikeville , TN 3.99% $223.8M
44 Peoples Bank, the Sardis , TN 3.96% $112.5M
45 Legends Bank Clarksville , TN 3.94% $939.5M
46 Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank Cookeville , TN 3.93% $176.7M
47 Bank of Fayette County, the Piperton , TN 3.91% $1.12B
48 Decatur County Bank Decaturville , TN 3.90% $321.2M
49 Firstbank Nashville , TN 3.90% $16.43B
50 Mountain Valley Bank Dunlap , TN 3.90% $256.4M
51 Hardin County Bank, the Savannah , TN 3.89% $677.8M
52 Heritage Community Bank Greeneville , TN 3.89% $180.8M
53 Commercial Bank Harrogate , TN 3.88% $2.31B
54 First Vision Bank of Tennessee Tullahoma , TN 3.88% $423.7M
55 Paragon Bank Memphis , TN 3.87% $892.3M
56 Carroll Bank and Trust Huntingdon , TN 3.86% $658.1M
57 Tnbank Oak Ridge , TN 3.85% $310.9M
58 Lawrence Bank Nashville , TN 3.84% $3.07B
59 Citizens Bank Carthage , TN 3.82% $834.4M
60 Wellworth Bank Lafayette , TN 3.75% $1.78B
61 Wilson Bank & Trust Lebanon , TN 3.75% $5.99B
62 Banktennessee Collierville , TN 3.75% $615.7M
63 Traditions First Bank Erin , TN 3.73% $339.4M
64 Farmers State Bank Mountain City , TN 3.72% $229.9M
65 Bank of Gleason Gleason , TN 3.72% $134.3M
66 Greenfield Banking Company Greenfield , TN 3.71% $149.3M
67 Bank of Frankewing Frankewing , TN 3.71% $434.0M
68 Citizens Tri-county Bank Dunlap , TN 3.68% $1.65B
69 Security Bank and Trust Company Paris , TN 3.64% $1.60B
70 Home Banking Company Selmer , TN 3.62% $129.6M
71 Bank of Bartlett Bartlett , TN 3.62% $557.5M
72 F&M Bank Clarksville , TN 3.62% $1.55B
73 First National Bank of Pulaski Pulaski , TN 3.59% $1.51B
74 Tristar Bank Dickson , TN 3.55% $555.2M
75 Smartbank Pigeon Forge , TN 3.55% $5.90B
76 Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company Nashville , TN 3.54% $185.6M
77 Cbbc Bank Maryville , TN 3.54% $556.4M
78 First Horizon Bank Memphis , TN 3.51% $83.82B
79 First Farmers and Merchants Bank Columbia , TN 3.50% $1.79B
80 First National Bank of Middle Tennessee Mcminnville , TN 3.47% $940.5M
81 Pinnacle Bank Nashville , TN 3.47% $122.63B
82 Commercial Bank & Trust Company Paris , TN 3.46% $1.10B
83 Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Grainger County Rutledge , TN 3.45% $274.6M
84 Insbank Nashville , TN 3.43% $1.08B
85 Bank of Dickson Dickson , TN 3.39% $284.7M
86 Security Bank Newbern , TN 3.38% $233.2M
87 Macon Bank and Trust Company Lafayette , TN 3.38% $825.4M
88 Citizens National Bank Sevierville , TN 3.38% $1.96B
89 Patriot Bank Millington , TN 3.38% $430.2M
90 Peoples Bank of Middle Tennessee Shelbyville , TN 3.34% $188.8M
91 Bank of Milan, the Milan , TN 3.31% $104.5M
92 Southeast Bank Farragut , TN 3.31% $3.58B
93 Studio Bank Nashville , TN 3.29% $1.36B
94 Elizabethton Federal Savings Bank Elizabethton , TN 3.26% $324.2M
95 Volunteer Federal Savings Bank Madisonville , TN 3.26% $396.2M
96 First Federal Bank Dickson , TN 3.25% $1.10B
97 Homeland Community Bank Mcminnville , TN 3.24% $236.6M
98 Bank of Halls Halls , TN 3.20% $134.9M
99 Rockpointbank, N.A. Chattanooga , TN 3.18% $349.3M
100 Bank3 Memphis , TN 3.15% $491.1M

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