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Bay County, FL

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Bay County, Florida, a core county of the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL market, holds $4.4B in deposits across 18 insured institutions and 50 branches. Trustmark National Bank is the largest deposit holder at 17.9% share. The top three banks hold 47% of deposits, which places the county in the Moderate band. Deposits have grown 12.9% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 2.0%. It produces $10.4B of output, ranking #348 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$10.4B
#348 of 1,523
Population
204,479
#351 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$51,060
#550 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$4.4B
#377 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$21,581
#793 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$88M
#764 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
18
#248 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
24.5
#744 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$120M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #722 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
68.3%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #847 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Moderate
47%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)+12.9% over 5 years
$3.9B
2020
$4.2B
2021
$4.5B
2022
$4.7B
2023
$4.5B
2024
$4.4B
2025

Branches: 51 in 2020 to 50 in 2025. Institutions: 17 to 18. Top-three share: 50% to 47%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Trustmark National Bank$788M17.9%7+39%
Regions Bank$768M17.4%9-9%
Hancock Whitney Bank$528M12.0%30%
Cadence Bank$508M11.5%2+29%
Ameris Bank$395M8.9%3+117%
Wells Fargo Bank$388M8.8%3+12%
Centennial Bank$285M6.4%4+10%
Truist Bank$242M5.5%2-25%
Community Bank of Mississippi$126M2.9%2+10%
First Federal Bank$114M2.6%1+156%
MidSouth Bank$79M1.8%2+116%
SmartBank$57M1.3%1+66%
PeoplesSouth Bank$55M1.2%4+17%
ServisFirst Bank$46M1.0%1no 2020 presence
Capital City Bank$19M0.4%3+3,824%
United Community Bank$8M0.2%1no 2020 presence
Renasant Bank$6M0.1%1no 2020 presence
Southeast First National Bank<$1M<0.1%1-86%

The 18 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Panama City-Panama City Beach market

Bay County is one of 2 counties that make up the Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #184 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 93.5% of the market’s output and holds 92.3% of its deposits.

MeasureBay CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$10.4B93.5%
Deposits$4.4B92.3%
Population204,47988.5%

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