EXHIBIT 23.1

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Enterprise Financial Services Corp:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (Nos.
333-42204, 333-43365, 333-82087, and 333-100928) on Form S-8 of Enterprise
Financial Services Corp of our report dated February 21, 2003, with respect to
the consolidated balance sheets of Enterprise Financial Services Corp as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, shareholders' equity, cash flows, and comprehensive income for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, which report
appears in the December 31, 2002, annual report on Form 10-K of Enterprise
Financial Services Corp.

Our report refers to Enterprise Financial Services Corp changing its method of
accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in 2002.

St. Louis, Missouri
March 25, 2003

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