Stafford County, Virginia, a core county of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA market, holds $1.5B in deposits across 9 insured institutions and 15 branches. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the largest deposit holder at 22.2% share. The top three institutions hold 61.5% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 4.7% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 8. It produces $6.6B of output, ranking #495 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.
Deposit trend
Branches: 23 in 2020 to 15 in 2025. Institutions: 10 to 9. Top-three share: 62.5% to 61.5%.
Leading institutions by deposits
| Institution | Deposits | Share | 5‑yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $325M | 22.2% | +21% |
| Truist Bank | $307M | 21.0% | -26% |
| PNC Bank, National Association | $266M | 18.2% | +40% |
| Bank of America, National Association | $204M | 13.9% | +30% |
| Carter Bank & Trust | $176M | 12.1% | +46% |
| Atlantic Union Bank | $76M | 5.2% | -19% |
| United Bank | $49M | 3.3% | +16% |
| Citizens and Farmers Bank | $35M | 2.4% | +20% |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $24M | 1.6% | no 2020 presence |
The 9 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 organic growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.
Part of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington market
Stafford County is one of 42 counties that make up the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #4 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 0.8% of the market’s output and holds 0.3% of its deposits.
| Measure | Stafford County | Share of Washington-Baltimore-Arlington market |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 GDP | $6.6B | 0.8% |
| Deposits | $1.5B | 0.3% |
| Population | 170,803 | 1.7% |
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Recruiting in Stafford County
Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small 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 Stafford County, on a retained basis.
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