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Bell County, TX

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

Bell County, Texas, a core county of the Killeen-Temple, TX market, holds $5.4B in deposits across 19 insured institutions and 64 branches. First National Bank Texas is the largest deposit holder at 22.9% share. The top three banks hold 54% of deposits, which places the county in the Moderate band. Deposits have grown 18.3% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 1.5%. It produces $20.4B of output, ranking #217 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$20.4B
#217 of 1,523
Population
402,248
#191 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$50,595
#572 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$5.4B
#319 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$13,489
#1,280 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$85M
#824 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
19
#226 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
15.9
#1,241 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$188M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #363 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
77.1%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #656 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
54%
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)+18.3% over 5 years
$4.6B
2020
$5.1B
2021
$5.2B
2022
$5.0B
2023
$5.2B
2024
$5.4B
2025

Branches: 65 in 2020 to 64 in 2025. Institutions: 17 to 19. Top-three share: 48% to 54%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
First National Bank Texas$1.2B22.9%20+109%
Extraco Banks$1.0B18.7%7+25%
Cadence Bank$677M12.5%7+73%
Bank of America$407M7.5%2+17%
PNC Bank$343M6.3%5-56%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$326M6.0%2+54%
First Texas Bank$279M5.1%3no 2020 presence
Central National Bank$260M4.8%1+26%
Horizon Bank, SSB$213M3.9%3+100%
VeraBank$188M3.5%4+4%
Wells Fargo Bank$164M3.0%10%
Alliance Bank Central Texas$107M2.0%1no 2020 presence
First United Bank and Trust Company$82M1.5%1+53%
Security Bank of Texas$49M0.9%2+7%
The Buckholts State Bank$38M0.7%1+63%
SouthStar Bank, S.S.B.$21M0.4%1+103%
Grandview Bank$8M0.1%1no 2020 presence
Citizens National Bank$4M0.1%1no 2020 presence
The First National Bank of Moody$2M<0.1%1no 2020 presence

The 19 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 Killeen-Temple market

Bell County is one of 3 counties that make up the Killeen-Temple, TX market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #120 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 89.7% of the market’s output and holds 77.4% of its deposits.

MeasureBell CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$20.4B89.7%
Deposits$5.4B77.4%
Population402,24878.6%

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