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Sonoma County, CA

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

Sonoma County, California, a core county of the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA market, holds $19.4B in deposits across 14 insured institutions and 94 branches. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the largest deposit holder at 25.5% share. The top three institutions hold 54.0% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have grown 15.8% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 18.3%. It produces $30.9B of output, ranking #153 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$30.9B
#153 of 1,523
Population
486,444
#152 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$63,459
#290 of 1,523
Deposit market
Total Deposits
$19.4B
#116 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$39,807
#184 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$206M
#91 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
14
#435 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
19.3
#1,053 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$783M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #15 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
45.2%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #1,043 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
54.0%
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+15.8% over 5 years
$16.7B
2020
$18.5B
2021
$19.4B
2022
$18.0B
2023
$17.7B
2024
$19.4B
2025

Branches: 115 in 2020 to 94 in 2025. Institutions: 20 to 14. Top-three share: 48.8% to 54.0%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Wells Fargo Bank$4.9B25.5%12+45%
Exchange Bank$2.8B14.6%16+8%
Poppy Bank$2.7B14.0%6+102%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$2.3B11.9%13+12%
Bank of America$2.0B10.3%7-7%
Washington Federal Bank$1.2B6.0%2no 2020 presence
Summit State Bank$923M4.8%5+30%
Westamerica Bank$643M3.3%9-14%
BMO Bank$548M2.8%8-36%
U.S. Bank$414M2.1%3+5%
Umpqua Bank$409M2.1%5-33%
Bank of Marin$394M2.0%5+34%
Mechanics Bank$73M0.4%2-12%
Tri Counties Bank$27M0.1%1-37%

The 14 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma market

Sonoma County is the only county in the Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #95 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 100.0% of the market’s output and holds 100.0% of its deposits.

MeasureSonoma CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$30.9B100.0%
Deposits$19.4B100.0%
Population486,444100.0%

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