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Montgomery County, KY

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

Montgomery County, Kentucky, a core county of the Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY market, holds $807M in deposits across 6 insured institutions and 13 branches. Traditional Bank, Inc. is the largest deposit holder at 53.4% share. The top three institutions hold 83.7% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 18.0% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 1. It produces $1.1B of output, ranking #1,173 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$1.1B
#1,173 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$807M
#1,027 of 1,523
Population
28,822
#1,172 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$37,736
#974 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
6
#1,104 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$62M
#1,214 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$28,001
#467 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
45.1
#156 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$95M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #937 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. #134 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
83.7%
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+18.0% over 5 years
$684M
2020
$740M
2021
$729M
2022
$703M
2023
$693M
2024
$807M
2025

Branches: 14 in 2020 to 13 in 2025. Institutions: 6 to 6. Top-three share: 82.8% to 83.7%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Traditional Bank, Inc.$431M53.4%5+13%
Community Trust Bank, Inc.$136M16.9%2+36%
Whitaker Bank$108M13.3%3+25%
Peoples Exchange Bank$83M10.3%10%
Peoples Bank of Kentucky, Inc.$28M3.5%1+126%
City National Bank of West Virginia$21M2.6%1-5%

The 6 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 Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort market

Montgomery County is one of 14 counties that make up the Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort, KY market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #81 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 2.6% of the market’s output and holds 3.8% of its deposits.

MeasureMontgomery CountyShare of Lexington-Fayette--Richmond--Frankfort market
2024 GDP$1.1B2.6%
Deposits$807M3.8%
Population28,8223.6%

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Recruiting in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, on a retained basis.

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