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Penobscot County, ME

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025
Market IntelligenceBangor, ME › Penobscot County

Penobscot County, Maine, a core county of the Bangor, ME market, holds $5.1B in deposits across 9 insured institutions and 42 branches. Bangor Savings Bank is the largest deposit holder at 51.3% share. The top three institutions hold 70.5% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 37.3% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 2.3%. It produces $7.5B of output, ranking #441 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$7.5B
#441 of 1,523
Population
157,967
#444 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$47,673
#650 of 1,523
Deposit market
Total Deposits
$5.1B
#329 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$32,517
#294 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$122M
#359 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
9
#802 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
26.6
#635 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$370M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #95 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
86.0%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #398 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
70.5%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions 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

Total county deposits (nominal), 2020 to 2025+37.3% over 5 years
$3.7B
2020
$4.2B
2021
$4.2B
2022
$4.4B
2023
$4.4B
2024
$5.1B
2025

Branches: 43 in 2020 to 42 in 2025. Institutions: 9 to 9. Top-three share: 67.7% to 70.5%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Bangor Savings Bank$2.6B51.3%12+69%
TD Bank$496M9.7%4-18%
Machias Savings Bank$488M9.5%3+34%
The Camden National Bank$477M9.3%6+33%
Katahdin Trust Company$370M7.2%4+12%
Bar Harbor Bank & Trust$234M4.6%6+9%
KeyBank$224M4.4%4+11%
First National Bank$143M2.8%2+169%
Skowhegan Savings Bank$67M1.3%1+37%

The 9 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. “No 2020 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 Bangor market

Penobscot County is the only county in the Bangor, ME market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #233 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 100.0% of the market’s output and holds 100.0% of its deposits.

MeasurePenobscot CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$7.5B100.0%
Deposits$5.1B100.0%
Population157,967100.0%

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