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Orange County, CA

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

Orange County, California, a core county of the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA market, holds $163.3B in deposits across 72 insured institutions and 535 branches. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association is the largest deposit holder at 18.2% share. The top three institutions hold 51.5% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have grown 6.3% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 89. It produces $277.5B of output, ranking #9 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$277.5B
#9 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$163.3B
#19 of 1,523
Population
3,149,507
#6 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$88,115
#88 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
72
#7 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$305M
#42 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$51,836
#87 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
17.0
#1,178 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$305M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #157 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
28.9%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #1,260 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
51.5%
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+6.3% over 5 years
$153.6B
2020
$177.2B
2021
$193.8B
2022
$179.2B
2023
$165.7B
2024
$163.3B
2025

Branches: 624 in 2020 to 535 in 2025. Institutions: 75 to 72. Top-three share: 49.1% to 51.5%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association$29.8B18.2%90+25%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association$27.9B17.1%75+5%
Bank of America, National Association$26.4B16.2%76-3%
U.S. Bank National Association$9.5B5.8%66-22%
Citibank, National Association$8.3B5.1%27+56%
Pacific Premier Bank, National Association$7.1B4.4%9-14%
First Foundation Bank$6.5B4.0%4+51%
First American Trust, FSB$5.5B3.4%1+89%
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Long Beach$4.7B2.9%15+31%
Zions Bancorporation, N.A.$2.8B1.7%9-8%

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach market

Orange County is one of 5 counties that make up the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #2 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 20.5% of the market’s output and holds 21.2% of its deposits.

MeasureOrange CountyShare of Los Angeles-Long Beach market
2024 GDP$277.5B20.5%
Deposits$163.3B21.2%
Population3,149,50717.1%

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Recruiting in Orange County

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