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Santa Rosa County, FL

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

Santa Rosa County, Florida, a core county of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL market, holds $1.9B in deposits across 12 insured institutions and 23 branches. Regions Bank is the largest deposit holder at 33.8% share. The top three banks hold 56% of deposits, which places the county in the Moderate band. Deposits have grown 7.4% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 11.5%. It produces $6.1B of output, ranking #519 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$6.1B
#519 of 1,523
Population
211,115
#340 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$28,993
#1,269 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$1.9B
#676 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$8,796
#1,448 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$81M
#884 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
12
#541 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
10.9
#1,435 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$112M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #787 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
45.4%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,155 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: Moderate
56%
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, 2020 to 2025)+7.4% over 5 years
$1.7B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$1.9B
2024
$1.9B
2025

Branches: 26 in 2020 to 23 in 2025. Institutions: 14 to 12. Top-three share: 50% to 56%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Regions Bank$627M33.8%5+21%
Hancock Whitney Bank$206M11.1%2+17%
Synovus Bank$204M11.0%3+16%
United Bank$190M10.2%3+69%
Truist Bank$152M8.2%20%
SouthState Bank$119M6.4%1-22%
Bank of America$106M5.7%1+7%
Wells Fargo Bank$95M5.1%1+35%
Centennial Bank$58M3.1%1+46%
Renasant Bank$51M2.7%2no 2020 presence
PNC Bank$35M1.9%1-75%
FNBT Bank$14M0.8%1+6%

The 12 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent market

Santa Rosa County is one of 2 counties that make up the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #112 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 24.5% of the market’s output and holds 22.7% of its deposits.

MeasureSanta Rosa CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$6.1B24.5%
Deposits$1.9B22.7%
Population211,11538.7%

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