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Niagara County, NY

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

Niagara County, New York, a core county of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY market, holds $3.7B in deposits across 8 insured institutions and 30 branches. KeyBank is the largest deposit holder at 40.1% share. The top three banks hold 79% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have fallen 5.2% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 11.8%. It produced $10.5B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #346 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$10.5B
#346 of 1,523
Population
208,912
#346 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$50,400
#581 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$3.7B
#431 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$17,722
#1,055 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$123M
#369 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
8
#888 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
14.4
#1,322 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$272M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #195 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
24.8%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,382 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
79%
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)-5.2% over 5 years
$3.9B
2021
$3.6B
2022
$3.5B
2023
$3.6B
2024
$3.6B
2025
$3.7B
2026

Branches: 34 in 2021 to 30 in 2026. Institutions: 8 to 8. Top-three share: 81% to 79%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
KeyBank$1.5B40.1%12-20%
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$754M20.4%4+7%
Northwest Bank$675M18.2%5+15%
Bank of America$308M8.3%1-14%
Citizens Bank$236M6.4%3+16%
CNB Bank$170M4.6%3+55%
NBT Bank$69M1.9%1-9%
Woodforest National Bank$4M0.1%1-2%

The 8 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean market

Niagara County is one of 3 counties that make up the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #51 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 13.7% of the market’s output and holds 5.4% of its deposits.

MeasureNiagara CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$10.5B13.7%
Deposits$3.7B5.4%
Population208,91217.0%

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