Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Additional Information) (Detail)

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Additional Information) (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Assets   $ 4,098,679,000us-gaap_Assets $ 3,520,699,000us-gaap_Assets
Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Of Deferred Income   3,359,858,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableNetOfDeferredIncome 2,858,868,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableNetOfDeferredIncome
Deposits   3,398,160,000us-gaap_Deposits 3,019,642,000us-gaap_Deposits
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent   406,961,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity 297,192,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
Metro [Member]      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Assets   211,000,000us-gaap_Assets
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
 
Loans and Leases Receivable, Net Of Deferred Income   154,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableNetOfDeferredIncome
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
 
Deposits   182,000,000us-gaap_Deposits
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
 
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent   28,000,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquity
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
 
Subsequent Event [Member] | Metro [Member]      
Subsequent Event [Line Items]      
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent 100.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByParent
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
   
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions 636,720us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
   
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross 20,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
   
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred $ 40,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= sfbs_MetroMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember