| Industry: |
Banking |
| Ranking: | Russell 3000 |
| Revenues: |
$57.7 Million |
| Employees: |
245 |
Description
GB&T Bancshares, Inc. is a multi-bank holding company whose business is conducted by its wholly owned commercial bank subsidiaries: Gainesville Bank & Trust, United Bank & Trust, Community Trust Bank, HomeTown Bank of Villa Rica, First National Bank of the South, First National Bank of Gwinnett, and Mountain State Bank as well as a mortgage company: GB&T Mortgage. All are located in rapidly expanding growth counties surrounding metropolitan Atlanta. Gainesville Bank & Trust is located in Gainesville (Hall County), Georgia, with the main office and five banking facilities in Gainesville, one branch located in Oakwood, Georgia, and one branch located in Buford, Georgia. In addition, Southern Heritage Bank in Oakwood (GA) and Bank of Athens (GA) operate as divisions of Gainesville Bank & Trust. United Bank & Trust is located in Rockmart (Polk County), Georgia, with a branch in Cedartown, Georgia, and a branch in Cartersville (Bartow County), Georgia. Community Trust Bank is located in Hiram (Paulding County), Georgia with one branch in Dallas, Georgia, one branch in Marietta (Cobb County), Georgia, and one branch in Kennesaw (Cobb County), Georgia. HomeTown Bank of Villa Rica is located in Villa Rica (Carroll County), Georgia, with the main office and one additional branch in Villa Rica and one branch in Hiram (Paulding County), Georgia. First National Bank of the South's main office and one additional branch are in Milledgeville (Baldwin County), Georgia, with an additional branch located in the Lake Oconee community in Putnam County. First National Bank of Gwinnett's main office is located in Duluth (Gwinnett County), Georgia with an additional Mortgage Lending office also in Duluth. Mountain State Bank's main office is located in Dawsonville (Dawson County), Georgia with an additional branch located in Cumming (Forsyth County), Georgia and two additional branches in Dahlonega (Lumpkin County), Georgia. The banks provide a full range of banking services to individual and corporate customers in their primary market areas of Hall, Polk, Paulding, Cobb, Carroll, Bartow, Baldwin, Putnam, Clarke, Lumpkin, Gwinnett, Dawson, Forsyth and their surrounding counties. GB&T Mortgage is based out of Cumming, Georgia and services the mortgage needs of each of the GB&T Bancshares' affiliate banks. GB&T Mortgage also has a separate division, Lanier Mortgage, that focuses on online mortgage origination. Our current plans include aggressively exploring opportunities through mergers and acquisitions. Each affiliate maintains its own name and identity in its market, as well as its own senior management and board of directors. This provides affiliate banks a distinct advantage over regional competitors by enabling them to be attuned to their respective communities. While maintaining a high level of customer service, economies of scale enhances profitability in areas such as data processing, accounting, auditing, compliance, loan review, trust and investment services, human resources, training and internet banking. The mission of GB&T Bancshares, Inc. is to build shareholder value by creating profits sufficient to optimize the financial health and growth of the Company through delivering financial products and services at the highest possible levels of professionalism, quality service and integrity while satisfying our responsibilities to our employees, our stockholders and the communities we serve.