Wake County, North Carolina, a core county of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC market, holds $106.4B in deposits across 36 insured institutions and 242 branches. First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company is the largest deposit holder at 65.8% share. The top three banks hold 79% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 196.1% since 2021 while the branch count rose by 0.8%. It produced $104.1B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #43 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.
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Deposit trend
Branches: 240 in 2021 to 242 in 2026. Institutions: 37 to 36. Top-three share: 56% to 79%.
Institutions by deposits
The 36 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. 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 2021 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 Raleigh-Durham-Cary market
Wake County is one of 10 counties that make up the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #29 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 57.4% of the market’s output and holds 80.5% of its deposits.
| Measure | Wake County | Share of parent market |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 GDP | $104.1B | 57.4% |
| Deposits | $106.4B | 80.5% |
| Population | 1,257,235 | 50.6% |
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Recruiting in Wake County
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