Who lends on commercial real estate in Denton County
156 lenders have closed 1,934 commercial mortgages recorded in Denton County since Oct 2023, counting only institutions with 3 or more here. The three most active: SOUTHSTATE BANK, FIRST UNITED BANK, HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK. Every row below is what a lender has recorded, dated to its last closing here — not a credit box, and not a promise that it is lending on the same terms today.
Counted from the County Clerk record for Denton County: one row per loan, the originator of record only, every spelling of an institution folded together, loans of $1M and up on commercial collateral. The last 36 months, as of Oct 2026. Denton County has 6,249 active commercial loans on file today.
The most active lenders
| Lender | Type | Closings in Denton County | In Dallas–Fort Worth | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSTATE BANK | Bank | 77 | 295 | $2M–$14.9M | Oct 2026 |
| FIRST UNITED BANK | Bank | 66 | 242 | $1.7M–$6.3M | Sep 2026 |
| HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK | Bank | 53 | 288 | $1.5M–$5M | Sep 2026 |
| FROST BANK | Bank | 40 | 270 | $1.5M–$6.5M | Sep 2026 |
| THIRD COAST BANK | Bank | 38 | 83 | $10M–$20M | Oct 2026 |
| POINTBANK | — | 31 | 52 | $1.6M–$5M | Oct 2026 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK | Bank | 30 | 160 | $14.2M–$164.8M | Oct 2026 |
| AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST | Bank | 30 | 74 | $1.7M–$5.5M | May 2026 |
| PLAINSCAPITAL BANK | Bank | 28 | 205 | $1.8M–$5.2M | Sep 2026 |
| TEXAS BANK & TRUST | Bank | 28 | 81 | $1.5M–$4.5M | Aug 2026 |
Top 10 of 156 lenders with 3+ closings in Denton County on this cut. All 156, with their lending desks — free seat.
Ranked by closings in Denton County, then across Dallas–Fort Worth. Typical size is the middle half of the lender's recorded amounts across Dallas–Fort Worth. Active as of = the month of its last recorded closing in Denton County.
By property type
Appraisal District publishes no building class, so the property types Circlemark shows for Denton County are estimates read from what is on record at each address, marked ≈ wherever they appear. This page does not rank lenders on an estimate; the cut by type is on the signed-in search, labelled as such.
By loan size
The five most active lenders in each size band, by the original principal recorded. A lender that leads at $1M–$3M is rarely the one to call at $25M.
$1M–$3M · 843 closings, 75 lenders
| Lender | Type | Closings in Denton County | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST UNITED BANK | Bank | 35 | $1.2M–$2.5M | Aug 2026 |
| HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK | Bank | 34 | $1.3M–$2M | Sep 2026 |
| FROST BANK | Bank | 20 | $1.3M–$2.2M | Sep 2026 |
| POINTBANK | — | 20 | $1.3M–$2.4M | Sep 2026 |
| SOUTHSTATE BANK | Bank | 19 | $1.4M–$2.4M | Sep 2026 |
Top 5 of 75 lenders with 3+ closings in Denton County on this cut. All 75, with their lending desks — free seat.
$3M–$10M · 545 closings, 56 lenders
| Lender | Type | Closings in Denton County | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSTATE BANK | Bank | 22 | $3.7M–$8M | Sep 2026 |
| HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK | Bank | 15 | $3.8M–$6.5M | May 2026 |
| FIRST UNITED BANK | Bank | 15 | $3.8M–$6.3M | Sep 2026 |
| POINTBANK | — | 11 | $3.9M–$6.4M | Oct 2026 |
| FROST BANK | Bank | 10 | $3.7M–$7M | Sep 2026 |
Top 5 of 56 lenders with 3+ closings in Denton County on this cut. All 56, with their lending desks — free seat.
$10M–$25M · 253 closings, 18 lenders
| Lender | Type | Closings in Denton County | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIRD COAST BANK | Bank | 30 | $20M–$20M | Aug 2026 |
| SOUTHSTATE BANK | Bank | 21 | $10.1M–$25M | Sep 2026 |
| FIRST UNITED BANK | Bank | 13 | $14.2M–$19M | Apr 2026 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK | Bank | 11 | $15M–$19.4M | Oct 2026 |
| FROST BANK | Bank | 8 | $10.1M–$16M | Jul 2026 |
Top 5 of 18 lenders with 3+ closings in Denton County on this cut. All 18, with their lending desks — free seat.
$25M and up · 363 closings, 37 lenders
| Lender | Type | Closings in Denton County | Typical size | Active as of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTHSTATE BANK | Bank | 37 | $27.5M–$44.2M | Oct 2026 |
| FIFTH THIRD BANK | Bank | 13 | $98.3M–$100M | Sep 2026 |
| WELLS FARGO BANK | Bank | 12 | $56.6M–$500M | Jun 2026 |
| TEXAS CAPITAL BANK | Bank | 9 | $28.7M–$40M | Feb 2026 |
| BERKADIA COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE | Agency (Fannie/Freddie/HUD) | 7 | $34.9M–$69M | Mar 2025 |
Top 5 of 37 lenders with 3+ closings in Denton County on this cut. All 37, with their lending desks — free seat.
Every lender in Denton County, with the desk to call
The lender search opens on Denton County: all 156 institutions with closings here and the rest of Dallas–Fort Worth's 606 behind them, any property type and size band, each one's recorded footprint by county and quarter, and the commercial lending people their own team pages name — with published work emails where there are any.
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How these lenders are counted
- Source of record. Every closing is a mortgage recorded in County Clerk for Denton County, credited to the lender the instrument names. A nominee, servicer or trustee in that position is not counted — MERS has never lent anyone anything.
- One institution, many spellings. A bank records under dozens of names; they are grouped into one institution, and a successor or trade name is folded by the lender crosswalk on the methodology page. The clerk never updates a name after a merger, so a bank that no longer exists still appears on the record under its old name until a crosswalk row folds it.
- One loan, one closing. A blanket loan over several lots, or a facility recorded once per property, counts once.
- Revealed, not stated. This is what each lender has done, not what it says it wants. No lender has told us its credit box, and the page never guesses one from the sizes it has closed.
- Dated. The window is the last 36 months to Oct 2026; a lender's row ends with its last closing here. Re-counted every six hours from the weekly re-read of the record.
When these loans come due is on the Denton County maturities page.