Dakota County, Minnesota, a core county of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI market, holds $10.0B in deposits across 32 insured institutions and 87 branches. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the largest deposit holder at 23.9% share. The top three institutions hold 52.9% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have grown 13.7% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 5. It produces $29.5B of output, ranking #161 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.
Deposit trend
Branches: 92 in 2020 to 87 in 2025. Institutions: 33 to 32. Top-three share: 49.1% to 52.9%.
Leading institutions by deposits
| Institution | Deposits | Share | 5‑yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $2.4B | 23.9% | +8% |
| U.S. Bank National Association | $1.5B | 15.5% | +13% |
| Old National Bank | $1.4B | 13.6% | +5% |
| Vermillion State Bank | $770M | 7.7% | +33% |
| The Huntington National Bank | $744M | 7.5% | +11% |
| Merchants Bank, National Association | $311M | 3.1% | -4% |
| Associated Bank, National Association | $260M | 2.6% | +7% |
| Castle Rock Bank | $236M | 2.4% | +23% |
| Choice Financial Group | $234M | 2.4% | -1% |
| Gateway Bank | $231M | 2.3% | +16% |
The 10 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of 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. Even so, a large gain can reflect acquisition rather than competitive growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.
Part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul market
Dakota County is one of 21 counties that make up the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #16 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 9.4% of the market’s output and holds 4.0% of its deposits.
| Measure | Dakota County | Share of Minneapolis-St. Paul market |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 GDP | $29.5B | 9.4% |
| Deposits | $10.0B | 4.0% |
| Population | 457,710 | 10.9% |
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Recruiting in Dakota County
Deposits are split among a moderate number of institutions. Who holds the deposits, and how contested the market is, shapes both the runway for growth and the competition you would be recruiting against. We recruit commercial relationship managers, banking teams, and market leaders for banks building in markets like Dakota County, on a retained basis.
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