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Faulkner County, AR

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026

Faulkner County, Arkansas, a county in the Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR market, holds $3.6B in deposits across 17 insured institutions and 44 branches. Centennial Bank is the largest deposit holder at 33.4% share. The top three banks hold 64% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 28.8% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 15.4%. It produced $4.6B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #634 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$4.6B
#634 of 1,523
Population
133,979
#492 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$34,291
#1,087 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$3.6B
#436 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$26,768
#551 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$82M
#918 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
17
#290 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
32.8
#377 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$90M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #1,009 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
89.1%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #386 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
64%
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)+28.8% over 5 years
$2.8B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.0B
2023
$3.3B
2024
$3.4B
2025
$3.6B
2026

Branches: 52 in 2021 to 44 in 2026. Institutions: 17 to 17. Top-three share: 67% to 64%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Centennial Bank$1.2B33.4%10+21%
First Security Bank$825M23.0%8+20%
First Service Bank$287M8.0%3+139%
Arvest Bank$220M6.1%3+14%
Simmons Bank$214M6.0%2+8%
Bank OZK$212M5.9%4+58%
Regions Bank$157M4.4%2-8%
Bank of America$139M3.9%1+5%
First Community Bank$90M2.5%1+587%
U.S. Bank$79M2.2%1+66%
First Arkansas Bank and Trust$70M1.9%3+54%
Chambers Bank$37M1.0%1+268%
The Malvern National Bank$20M0.6%1+306%
The Huntington National Bank$17M0.5%1+90%
Eagle Bank and Trust Company$15M0.4%1+65%
Partners Bank$9M0.3%1no 2021 presence
FSNB$1M<0.1%1-32%

The 17 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock market

Faulkner County is one of 9 counties that make up the Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #76 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 9.6% of the market’s output and holds 8.6% of its deposits.

MeasureFaulkner CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$4.6B9.6%
Deposits$3.6B8.6%
Population133,97914.4%

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