Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWBK) is a bank holding company that owns Hawthorn Bank, a full-service financial institution founded in 1932 and headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri. The company's website is www.hawthornbancshares.com. From the company’s description.
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What Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. does
In the company’s own words
Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: HWBK) is a bank holding company that owns Hawthorn Bank, a full-service financial institution founded in 1932 and headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri. The company's website is www.hawthornbancshares.com.
The company operates through two reportable segments: the Bank segment and the Wealth Management segment, which was established as a separate reportable segment beginning in 2025. The Bank segment provides comprehensive banking services including checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, internet banking, debit cards, brokerage services, safety deposit boxes, and a broad range of lending services encompassing commercial and industrial loans, single payment personal loans, installment loans, and commercial and residential real estate loans. The Wealth Management segment offers financial and investment planning services for individuals and business owners, along with trust services.
As of December 31, 2025, the company employed approximately 255 full-time and 11 part-time employees. Hawthorn Bank operates 18 banking offices across central and west-central Missouri, extending into the Kansas City metropolitan statistical area. The company's primary service areas include Jefferson City, Columbia, Clinton, Warsaw, and Springfield, Missouri, with secondary service areas in nearby Missouri counties.
The company maintains two significant non-bank subsidiaries. Hawthorn Real Estate, LLC was formed to purchase and hold nonperforming assets for orderly disposition. HB Realty, LLC, established in 2018, qualifies as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code and holds mortgage loans contributed by the Bank, with an approximate aggregate book value of $578.4 million as of December 31, 2025.
Hawthorn Bancshares operates as a financial holding company registered with the Federal Reserve, having elected financial holding company status in 2001. The Bank's deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and operations are supervised by the FDIC and the Missouri Division of Finance. The company's business model focuses on community banking with an emphasis on serving small- and medium-sized businesses and individual customers in its core markets.
Company details
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry (SIC)
- Commercial Banks
- Headquarters
- JEFFERSON CITY, MO
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 893847
- SIC
- 6021
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.’s weight in each
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Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
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Recent filings
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