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Marion County, GA

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

Marion County, Georgia, a county in the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL market, holds $96M in deposits across 2 insured institutions and 2 branches. The Peoples Bank of Georgia is the largest deposit holder at 52.4% share. The top three institutions hold 100.0% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 46.5% since 2020. It produces $108M of output, ranking #1,517 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$108M
#1,517 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$96M
#1,486 of 1,523
Population
7,676
#1,470 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$14,134
#1,519 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
2
#1,453 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$48M
#1,390 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$12,564
#1,322 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
26.1
#660 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$48M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #1,420 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
100.0%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #117 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: concentrated
100.0%
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+46.5% over 5 years
$66M
2020
$72M
2021
$80M
2022
$76M
2023
$90M
2024
$96M
2025

Branches: 2 in 2020 to 2 in 2025. Institutions: 2 to 2. Top-three share: 100.0% to 100.0%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
The Peoples Bank of Georgia$51M52.4%1+87%
Ameris Bank$46M47.6%1+18%

The 2 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 Columbus-Auburn-Opelika market

Marion County is one of 10 counties that make up the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #115 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 0.4% of the market’s output and holds 0.6% of its deposits.

MeasureMarion CountyShare of Columbus-Auburn-Opelika market
2024 GDP$108M0.4%
Deposits$96M0.6%
Population7,6761.3%

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Recruiting in Marion County

Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small 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 Marion County, on a retained basis.

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