Columbia Bank - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Columbia Bank M&A Summary

Columbia Bank has acquired 9 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Columbia Bank’s largest acquisition to date was in 2017, when it acquired Pacific Continental for $644M. Columbia Bank has acquired in 4 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include financial services (100%).

Columbia Bank Business Overview

Where is Columbia Bank headquartered?

Columbia Bank is headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.

What is Columbia Bank’s revenue?

Columbia Bank disclosed revenue of 622M USD for 2021 and 605M USD for 2020.

How many employees does Columbia Bank have?

Columbia Bank has 2,260 employees.

What sector is Columbia Bank in?

Columbia Bank is a financial services company.

When was Columbia Bank founded?

Columbia Bank was founded in 1993.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 3

Columbia Bank

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

1301 A Street PO Box 2156,
Tacoma, Washington 98402
United States,
(253) 305-1900
www.columbiabank.com

Columbia Bank is a bank holding company whose wholly owned banking subsidiary is Columbia State Bank. Columbia State Bank provides a full range of banking services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals and individuals throughout Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Columbia Bank was incorporated in 1993 and is based in Tacoma, Washington.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 6 - 1 1 - - 8
vol $830M $266M $1.1B
Sell (0.2/yr) # - - - 1 - - 1
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Columbia Banking System - Seven Branches in Washington and Oregon 2022-11-07 - Divestiture
Newport, Oregon
First Northern Bank - Three Branches 2022-11-07 - Divestiture
, California
Bank of Commerce Holdings 2021-06-23 266M USD Merger
Sacramento, California · www.bankofcommerceholdings.com
Pacific Continental Corp. 2017-01-09 644M USD Add-on Acquisition
Eugene, Oregon · www.therightbank.com
Intermountain Community Bancorp. 2014-07-23 122M USD Merger
Sandpoint, Idaho · www.intermountainbank.com
West Coast Bancorp. 2012-09-26 - Merger
Lake Oswego, Oregon · www.wcb.com
Bank of Astoria 2004-10-01 46M USD Add-on Acquisition
Astoria, Oregon · www.bankofastoria.com
Cascade Bancorp. 1997-12-01 15M USD Add-on Acquisition
Bend, Oregon · www.botc.com
Columbia National Bankshares, Inc. 1993-08-16 3M USD Add-on Acquisition
, Washington
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Financial Services 8 (100%) 1.1B (100%) 1 (100%) -
Total 8 $1.1B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 8 1.1B 1 -
  Oregon 4 705M 1 -
  California 2 266M - -
  Washington 1 3M - -
  Idaho 1 122M - -
Total 8 $1.1B 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Keefe, Bruyette, & Woods, Inc.
 4
Legal Deals
Sullivan & Cromwell
 3
Graham & Dunn PC
 2

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.0B
< $100M 3 $64M
TOTAL $1.1B
Largest Pacific Continental Corp.
$644M (2017-01-09)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
25%
2 (25%)
Strategic(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Financial Services

Revenue

622   3% 2021
605   3% 2020
591   5% 2019
567   23% 2018
464   2017
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

2,260

Established

1993

Public

NASDAQ: COLB

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