Trends · data through September 2026

Banks & Credit Unions in California

Iceflower tracks 938 stores from 207 banks & credit unions in California. Valley Strong Credit Union grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Nuvision Credit Union and Plumas Bank.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains: 207
Tracked stores: 938
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked banks & credit unions

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Valley Strong Credit Union and Nuvision Credit Union sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	V Valley Strong Credit Union	▲6	+19.5%
2	N Nuvision Credit Union	▲9	+17.0%
3	P Plumas Bank	▲9	+15.2%
4	A Altura Credit Union	▲8	+15.1%
5	E Educational Employees Credit Union	▲4	+14.0%
6	C Coast Central Credit Union	▲6	+13.8%
7	M Mission Federal Credit Union	▲10	+12.4%
8	U University Credit Union	▲5	+4.2%
9	F First U.S. Community CU	▲3	+3.3%
10	S SAFE Credit Union	▲6	+2.7%
11	E Exchange Bank	▲4	+1.0%
12	P Pacific Service Credit Union	▲7	-0.0%
13	V Valley First Credit Union	▲5	-0.4%
14	C Central State Credit Union	▲6	-2.6%
15	M Monterra Credit Union	▲3	-2.7%

Patelco Credit Union
Golden 1 Credit Union
Redwood Credit Union
First U.S. Community CU
SAFE Credit Union
1st United Credit Union
Provident Credit Union
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

938 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

Patelco Credit Union (33)
Golden 1 Credit Union (45)
Redwood Credit Union (17)
First U.S. Community CU (3)
SAFE Credit Union (21)
1st United Credit Union (10)
Provident Credit Union (18)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

1 B Bank of America ATM 108
2 W Wells Fargo 92
3 G Golden 1 Credit Union 45
4 U U.S. Bank 38
5 P Patelco Credit Union 33
6 B Bank of America 24
7 S SAFE Credit Union 21
8 P Provident Credit Union 18
9 R Redwood Credit Union 17
10 M Mechanics Bank 16
11 A Altura Credit Union 14
12 C Chase 14
13 S SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 14
14 C Citibank 13
15 T Travis Credit Union 12
16 W Westamerica Bank 12
17 S Sierra Central Credit Union 11
18 C California Coast Credit Union 11
19 C Capital One 10
20 1 1st United Credit Union 10
21 M Mission Federal Credit Union 10
22 C California Credit Union 10
23 N Navy Federal Credit Union 10
24 C CoastHills Credit Union 10
25 B BMO Bank of Montreal 9
26 V Valley Strong Credit Union 9
27 S Self-Help Federal Credit Union 8
28 B Bay Federal Credit Union 8
29 T Technology Credit Union 8
30 S SchoolsFirst FCU 7
31 F Frontwave Credit Union 6
32 P Plumas Bank 6
33 U Union Bank 5
34 N Nuvision Credit Union 5
35 P Pacific Service Credit Union 5
36 V Valley First Credit Union 5
37 S Star One Credit Union 5
38 C Coast Central Credit Union 5
39 L Logix 5
40 K KeyPoint Credit Union 5
41 B Bank of Marin 4
42 M Monterra Credit Union 4
43 T Tri Counties Bank 4
44 A AltaOne Federal Credit Union 4
45 F Fremont Bank 4
46 S San Diego County Credit Union 4
47 P Poppy Bank 4
48 U University Credit Union 4
49 C Comerica Bank 4
50 N Noble Credit Union 4

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