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per share exchange ratio.

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Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Cash Paid Per Acquiree Share

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Amount of loans due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of deposits due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Number Of Branches

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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Amount of other assets expected to be realized or consumed after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to other nondeductible expenses.

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Business Combinations - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Oct. 19, 2018 branch $ / shares	Nov. 03, 2017 USD ($) branch $ / shares	Oct. 20, 2017 USD ($) branch $ / shares	Apr. 07, 2017 USD ($) branch $ / shares
Gulf Shore Banc shares Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches acquired \| branch				3
Other assets acquired				$ 358.0
Loans acquired				251.0
Deposits acquired				$ 285.0
Percentage of common stock acquired				100.00%
Cash portion, cash per share for common stock converted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 1.47
Common stock portion, number of Seacoast stock for each share of stock converted (in shares)				0.4807
Multiplied by common stock price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 23.94
Goodwill recognized from acquisition, nondeductible				$ 37.1
NorthStar Bank
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches acquired \| branch			3
Other assets acquired			$ 216.0
Loans acquired			137.0
Deposits acquired			$ 182.0
Percentage of common stock acquired			100.00%
Cash portion, cash per share for common stock converted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 2.40
Common stock portion, number of Seacoast stock for each share of stock converted (in shares)			0.5605
Multiplied by common stock price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 24.92
Goodwill recognized from acquisition, nondeductible			$ 12.3
Palm Beach Community Bank
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Other assets acquired		$ 357.0
Loans acquired		270.0
Deposits acquired		$ 269.0
Percentage of common stock acquired		100.00%
Cash portion, cash per share for common stock converted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 6.26
Common stock portion, number of Seacoast stock for each share of stock converted (in shares)		0.924
Multiplied by common stock price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 24.31
Goodwill recognized from acquisition, nondeductible		$ 34.8
First Green Bancorp, Inc. \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches acquired \| branch	7
Percentage of common stock acquired	100.00%
Common stock portion, number of Seacoast stock for each share of stock converted (in shares)	0.7324
Multiplied by common stock price per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 26.87
Palm Beach Community Bank
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of branches operated \| branch		4