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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 21. It produces $30.9B of output, ranking #153 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$30.9B
#153 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$19.4B
#116 of 1,523
Population
486,444
#152 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$63,459
#290 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
14
#435 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$206M
#91 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$39,807
#184 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
19.3
#1,053 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$783M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #15 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
45.2%
of market 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.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 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%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association$4.9B25.5%12+45%
Exchange Bank$2.8B14.6%16+8%
Poppy Bank$2.7B14.0%6+102%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association$2.3B11.9%13+12%
Bank of America, National Association$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 National Association$548M2.8%8-36%
U.S. Bank National Association$414M2.1%3+5%

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 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 Santa Rosa-Petaluma market
2024 GDP$30.9B100.0%
Deposits$19.4B100.0%
Population486,444100.0%

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Recruiting in Sonoma 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 Sonoma County, on a retained basis.

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