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Belmont County, OH

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026
Market Intelligence › Wheeling, WV-OH › Belmont County

Belmont County, Ohio, a core county of the Wheeling, WV-OH market, holds $2.3B in deposits across 11 insured institutions and 28 branches. WesBanco Bank, Inc. is the largest deposit holder at 28.7% share. The top three banks hold 68% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 22.1% since 2021. It produced $2.8B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #806 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$2.8B
#806 of 1,523
Population
64,434
#808 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$42,771
#803 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$2.3B
#600 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$36,186
#252 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$83M
#896 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
11
#564 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
43.5
#162 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$68M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,250 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
71.2%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #737 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: Concentrated
68%
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, 2021 to 2026)+22.1% over 5 years
$1.9B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$2.1B
2024
$2.2B
2025
$2.3B
2026

Branches: 28 in 2021 to 28 in 2026. Institutions: 11 to 11. Top-three share: 65% to 68%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
WesBanco Bank, Inc.$669M28.7%6+11%
Belmont Savings Bank$497M21.3%4+55%
The Huntington National Bank$413M17.7%5+36%
Unified Bank$377M16.2%6+7%
PNC Bank$189M8.1%1+13%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$68M2.9%1-13%
United Bank$48M2.1%1+2%
Woodsfield Savings Bank$28M1.2%1+131%
The Citizens National Bank of Woodsfield$23M1.0%1+9%
Main Street Bank Corp.$14M0.6%1no 2021 presence
Woodforest National Bank$5M0.2%1-14%

The 11 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. 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 2021 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 Wheeling market

Belmont County is one of 3 counties that make up the Wheeling, WV-OH market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #204 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 29.8% of the market’s output and holds 42.6% of its deposits.

MeasureBelmont CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$2.8B29.8%
Deposits$2.3B42.6%
Population64,43448.1%

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