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Pierce County, WA

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

Pierce County, Washington, a core county of the Seattle-Tacoma, WA market, holds $15.0B in deposits across 22 insured institutions and 125 branches. Umpqua Bank is the largest deposit holder at 18.0% share. The top three institutions hold 47.4% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have grown 1.3% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 36. It produces $50.1B of output, ranking #93 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$50.1B
#93 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$15.0B
#148 of 1,523
Population
946,288
#60 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$52,903
#502 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
22
#185 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$120M
#379 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$15,892
#1,147 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
13.2
#1,376 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$181M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #385 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
19.2%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #1,377 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
47.4%
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+1.3% over 5 years
$14.8B
2020
$16.9B
2021
$17.9B
2022
$15.6B
2023
$14.8B
2024
$15.0B
2025

Branches: 161 in 2020 to 125 in 2025. Institutions: 25 to 22. Top-three share: 47.4% to 47.4%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Umpqua Bank$2.7B18.0%17-16%
Bank of America, National Association$2.5B16.7%12+17%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association$1.9B12.8%14+40%
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association$1.7B11.6%10-11%
KeyBank National Association$1.6B10.8%21-25%
U.S. Bank National Association$1.4B9.2%13+21%
Heritage Bank$1.1B7.2%9+3%
Timberland Bank$383M2.5%5+14%
Commencement Bank$315M2.1%3+34%
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company$212M1.4%2+43%

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 Seattle-Tacoma market

Pierce County is one of 9 counties that make up the Seattle-Tacoma, WA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #9 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 9.0% of the market’s output and holds 9.6% of its deposits.

MeasurePierce CountyShare of Seattle-Tacoma market
2024 GDP$50.1B9.0%
Deposits$15.0B9.6%
Population946,28818.5%

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Recruiting in Pierce County

Deposits are split among a moderate 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 Pierce County, on a retained basis.

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