Awards & Recognition

Pacific Continental Bank consistently ranks among the best places to work and as a leading corporate citizen in the Northwest. Recent honors we have received include:

2011

• One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies (Tied for #7 in the "Financial Services" category), Portland Business Journal
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Washington ( #35 in the small company category), Seattle Business magazine
  
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon ( #26 in the large company category), Oregon Business magazine
  
• Selected by Oregon Ethics in Business as a finalist in their 2011 awards ceremony
  
  

2010

• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon ( #18 in the large company category), Oregon Business magazine
  
• 2010 Outstanding Business Award, Northwest Christian University Center for Leadership and Ethics' Exemplary Ethical Leadership Awards 
  
• Regional SBA Lender of the year ('loan dollars" category, 2009), the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 
• One of the Top 20 Northwest Companies of the Decade, The Seattle Times
• Best of the Northwest list (#43 of 76), The Seattle Times
• Corporate Philanthropy Award (#4 in "corporate philanthropists" category for the small company category), Portland Business Journal
  
• One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies (Top ten in the "Financial Services" category), Portland Business Journal
   

2009

• Northwest 100 (#24 of 87), The Seattle Times
• Pacific Northwest region 2009 Director's Choice Award for Special Achievement Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon ( #21 in the large company category), Oregon Business magazine  
   

2008

• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon ( #11 in the large company category), Oregon Business magazine
• Northwest 100 (#28 of 120), The Seattle Times
• One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies (Top ten in the "Financial Services" category), Portland Business Journal
   

2007

• Fundraising for Foundations and Local Groups Award, America's Community Bankers
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon (#8 in the large company category), Oregon Business magazine
• Northwest 100 (#31 of 128), The Seattle Times
• Corporate Philanthropy Award (Top 10 mid-size company), Portland Business Journal
• One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies 2007 (Top 10), Portland Business Journal

2006

• Top 200 Community Banks (#17 of 200), US Banker magazine
• Business of the Year Finalist (Top 10), Better Business Bureau of Oregon, Southwest Washington and Alaska
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon (#41 in the small company category), Oregon Business magazine
• Northwest 100 (#71 of 126), The Seattle Times
• Sandler O'Neill's "Bank and Thrift Sm-All Stars" (#34 of 573)

2005

• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon (#28 in the small company category), Oregon Business magazine
• Sandler O'Neill's "Bank and Thrift Sm-All Stars" (#38 of 573)
• Northwest 100 (#35 of 126), The Seattle Times

2004

• Community Involvement Award (#1), Better Business Bureau of Oregon, Southwest Washington and Alaska
• Business of the Year Finalist (Top 10), Better Business Bureau of Oregon, Southwest Washington and Alaska
• Profiles of Excellence Award (#1), Daily Journal Of Commerce
• Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon (#1 in the small company category), Oregon Business magazine
• Sandler O'Neill's "Bank and Thrift Sm-All Stars" (#30 of 592)
• Northwest 100 (#27 of 114), The Seattle Times