Dallas County, Iowa, a core county of the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA market, holds $2.4B in deposits across 28 insured institutions and 43 branches. Raccoon Valley Bank is the largest deposit holder at 15.4% share. The top three institutions hold 33.3% of deposits, which places the county in the fragmented band. Deposits have grown 50.2% since 2020 while the branch count rose by 6. It produces $8.6B of output, ranking #404 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.
Deposit trend
Branches: 37 in 2020 to 43 in 2025. Institutions: 23 to 28. Top-three share: 40.9% to 33.3%.
Leading institutions by deposits
| Institution | Deposits | Share | 5‑yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raccoon Valley Bank | $367M | 15.4% | +33% |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $217M | 9.1% | +26% |
| Earlham Savings Bank | $208M | 8.8% | +4% |
| Bank Iowa | $174M | 7.3% | +31% |
| Freedom Financial Bank | $161M | 6.8% | +14% |
| Bank of America, National Association | $155M | 6.5% | no 2020 presence |
| Luana Savings Bank | $144M | 6.0% | +307% |
| BMO Bank National Association | $125M | 5.2% | +43% |
| Lincoln Savings Bank | $104M | 4.3% | +4% |
| Farmers State Bank | $98M | 4.1% | +369% |
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 organic growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.
Part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames market
Dallas County is one of 10 counties that make up the Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames, IA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #53 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 11.7% of the market’s output and holds 5.8% of its deposits.
| Measure | Dallas County | Share of Des Moines-West Des Moines-Ames market |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 GDP | $8.6B | 11.7% |
| Deposits | $2.4B | 5.8% |
| Population | 118,457 | 12.6% |
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Recruiting in Dallas County
Deposits are spread across a competitive field of institutions, so the bankers worth recruiting are dispersed across more of them. 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 Dallas County, on a retained basis.
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