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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 22.4%. It produces $50.1B of output, ranking #93 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$50.1B
#93 of 1,523
Population
946,288
#60 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$52,903
#502 of 1,523
Deposit market
Total Deposits
$15.0B
#148 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$15,892
#1,147 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$120M
#379 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
22
#185 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
13.2
#1,376 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$181M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #385 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
19.2%
of county 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.

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+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%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Umpqua Bank$2.7B18.0%17-16%
Bank of America$2.5B16.7%12+17%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$1.9B12.7%14+40%
Wells Fargo Bank$1.7B11.6%10-11%
KeyBank$1.6B10.8%21-25%
U.S. Bank$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%
HomeStreet Bank$184M1.2%3+3%
Kitsap Bank$179M1.2%2+5%
Armed Forces Bank$146M1.0%2+42%
Bank of Hope$133M0.9%1+34%
1st Security Bank of Washington$125M0.8%2+27%
UniBank$82M0.5%1+23%
Washington Federal Bank$81M0.5%2-6%
Sound Community Bank$74M0.5%2+4%
Banner Bank$56M0.4%1-4%
Sound Banking Company$46M0.3%1-16%
US Metro Bank$38M0.3%1no 2020 presence
BMO Bank$13M0.1%1-69%

The 22 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 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 parent market
2024 GDP$50.1B9.0%
Deposits$15.0B9.6%
Population946,28818.5%

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