Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

As of December 31, 2019

BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation, is a FHC. The table below sets forth BB&T's subsidiaries as to State or Jurisdiction of Organization.

Subsidiary				State or Jurisdiction of Organization	Additional Names Under Which it does Business
Truist Bank				North Carolina	BB&T BB&T Capital Markets BB&T Mortgage Warehouse Lending Cohen Financial Cohen Financial Services LightStream LightStream Lending Pillar Financial Sheffield Financial Company SunTrust SunTrust Bank SuntTrust Dealer Financial Services SunTrust Mortgage
	BB&T Institutional Investment Advisers, Inc.			South Carolina
	BB&T Insurance Holdings, Inc.			Delaware
		CRC Insurance Services, Inc.		Alabama
		Crump Life Insurance Services, Inc		Pennsylvania
		McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.		North Carolina
		McGriff, Seivels & Williams, Inc.		Alabama
	CB Finance, Inc.			Delaware
		CM Finance, L.L.C		Delaware
			STB Real Estate Holdings (Commercial), Inc	Delaware
			STB Real Estate Holdings (Household Lending), Inc	Delaware
	SunTrust Community Capital, LLC			Georgia
BB&T Securities, LLC				Delaware	BB&T Capital Markets BB&T Investments BB&T Scott & Stringfellow BB&T Sterling Advisors
GFO Advisory Services, LLC				Florida	GenSpring GenSpring Family Offices, LLC
MBT, Ltd				Bermuda
Sterling Capital Management LLC				North Carolina
SunTrust Advisory Services, Inc				Delaware
SunTrust Delaware Trust Company				Delaware
SunTrust Insurance Services, Inc				Georgia	SunTrust Insurance Agency
Sun Trust Investment Services, Inc				Georgia
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc				Tennessee