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Van Wert County, OH

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

Van Wert County, Ohio, a core county of the Lima-Van Wert-Celina, OH market, holds $773M in deposits across 8 insured institutions and 8 branches. GreenWay Bank is the largest deposit holder at 21.5% share. The top three institutions hold 59.4% of deposits, which places the county in the moderately concentrated band. Deposits have grown 29.9% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 20.0%. It produces $1.3B of output, ranking #1,101 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$1.3B
#1,101 of 1,523
Population
29,013
#1,168 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$44,993
#736 of 1,523
Deposit market
Total Deposits
$773M
#1,051 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$26,651
#523 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$97M
#641 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
8
#918 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
27.6
#584 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$95M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #941 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
82.3%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #461 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
59.4%
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+29.9% over 5 years
$595M
2020
$647M
2021
$714M
2022
$670M
2023
$704M
2024
$773M
2025

Branches: 10 in 2020 to 8 in 2025. Institutions: 8 to 8. Top-three share: 55.1% to 59.4%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
GreenWay Bank$166M21.5%1+75%
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Van Wert$158M20.4%1+66%
The Citizens National Bank of Bluffton$136M17.5%1+10%
First Financial Bank$119M15.4%1+9%
U.S. Bank$70M9.1%1+4%
Flagstar Bank$66M8.6%1+31%
First Bank of Berne$55M7.1%1+8%
Woodforest National Bank$3M0.4%1+17%

The 8 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 Lima-Van Wert-Celina market

Van Wert County is one of 4 counties that make up the Lima-Van Wert-Celina, OH market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #150 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 8.1% of the market’s output and holds 12.1% of its deposits.

MeasureVan Wert CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$1.3B8.1%
Deposits$773M12.1%
Population29,01313.3%

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