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Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025
Market Intelligence › Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA

Baton Rouge-Hammond, LA holds $29.3 billion in deposits across 40 insured institutions and 232 branches, ranking #63 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output. JPMorgan Chase Bank is the largest deposit holder at 26.8% share. The top three institutions hold 51.5% of deposits, which places the market in the moderate band. Deposits have grown 11% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 25.

$62.7B
2024 GDP
$29.3B
Deposits
40
Institutions
51.5%
Top-3 share

Deposit trend

Total market deposits, 2020 to 2025 +11.1% over 5 years
$26.4B
20
$29.5B
21
$31.2B
22
$29.3B
23
$28.3B
24
$29.3B
25

Branches: 257 in 2020 to 232 in 2025. Institutions: 36 to 40. Top-three share: 60.2% to 51.5%. Deposits per branch: $126M.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShare Branches5‑yr
JPMorgan Chase Bank7.9B26.8%20-1%
Hancock Whitney Bank4.3B14.6%28+13%
Capital One2.9B10.0%16-29%
First Guaranty Bank2.3B7.8%10+102%
Regions Bank2.1B7.3%23+1%
b1BANK1.8B6.1%9+124%
First Horizon Bank1.5B5.3%6new since 2020
Investar Bank1.1B3.8%10+12%
Red River Bank0.6B1.9%6+46%
Renasant Bank0.6B1.9%15new since 2020

The 10 largest of 40 insured institutions with a branch presence, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution's deposits in 2020 and 2025; an acquirer absorbs the balances of banks it bought.

Counties in this market

CountyStateGDP PopulationShare of GDP Share of deposits
East Baton Rouge ParishLouisiana$37,163M456,18059.3%66.3%
Ascension ParishLouisiana$9,996M135,10515.9%6.5%
Tangipahoa ParishLouisiana$4,846M141,3467.7%12.0%
Livingston ParishLouisiana$3,228M155,0365.1%5.3%
Iberville ParishLouisiana$2,670M29,5794.3%2.4%
West Baton Rouge ParishLouisiana$1,698M28,7562.7%1.9%
West Feliciana ParishLouisiana$974M15,1341.6%1.3%
Pointe Coupee ParishLouisiana$825M19,5201.3%2.3%
Assumption ParishLouisiana$562M19,7200.9%0.7%
East Feliciana ParishLouisiana$528M18,9110.8%1.1%
St. Helena ParishLouisiana$202M10,7580.3%0.3%

Recruiting in Baton Rouge

Deposits are neither closely held nor widely dispersed, which usually leaves room for a well-led team to take share without competing head-on with a dominant holder. 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 this one, on a retained basis.

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