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Jefferson County, AL

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

Jefferson County, Alabama, a core county of the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL market, holds $44.1B in deposits across 40 insured institutions and 181 branches. Regions Bank is the largest deposit holder at 32.8% share. The top three institutions hold 56.2% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have fallen 3.4% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 14. It produces $51.2B of output, ranking #89 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$51.2B
#89 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$44.1B
#68 of 1,523
Population
665,742
#108 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$76,845
#152 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
40
#40 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$243M
#69 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$66,194
#51 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
27.2
#599 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$149M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #535 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
24.3%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #1,314 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 Deposit Share: moderately concentrated
56.2%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 2020 to 2025-3.4% over 5 years
$45.6B
2020
$47.4B
2021
$42.4B
2022
$39.9B
2023
$41.3B
2024
$44.1B
2025

Branches: 195 in 2020 to 181 in 2025. Institutions: 38 to 40. Top-three share: 69.7% to 56.2%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Regions Bank$14.4B32.8%410%
PNC Bank, National Association$5.8B13.2%18-59%
ServisFirst Bank$4.5B10.2%2+16%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association$3.3B7.4%19-18%
Synovus Bank$3.0B6.9%8+52%
Truist Bank$3.0B6.8%9+185%
Oakworth Capital Bank$1.2B2.8%1+92%
Cadence Bank$1.2B2.7%9-33%
First Horizon Bank$1.2B2.7%7+18%
SouthPoint Bank$991M2.2%5+174%

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 Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega market

Jefferson County is one of 10 counties that make up the Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega, AL market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #50 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 64.8% of the market’s output and holds 77.6% of its deposits.

MeasureJefferson CountyShare of Birmingham-Cullman-Talladega market
2024 GDP$51.2B64.8%
Deposits$44.1B77.6%
Population665,74248.1%

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Recruiting in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County, on a retained basis.

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