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Deposit market structure / MT

Montana

Branch-office deposits reported to the FDIC Summary of Deposits survey by institutions operating in Montana, June 30 of each survey year, 19942025. Dollar figures are the survey’s thousands-of-USD unit displayed as $B/$T.

$37.34B
Deposits
June 30, 2025
369
Branch offices
June 30, 2025
49
Institutions
with in-state branches
1154
Statewide deposit HHI
unconcentrated (2010 HMG bands)

Deposits, 19942025

Office-assigned deposits at branches in Montana went from $7.79B in 1994 to $37.34B in 2025, nominal.

Deposits
$0K$10B$20B$30B$40B19942000201020202025

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30 of each survey year, 1994-2025. State-level aggregate of branch rows. Methodology

Branches and institutions

The branch network in Montana peaked at 399 offices in 2014; the 2025 survey counts 369. The institution count moved from 127 (1994) to 49 (2025).

Branch officesInstitutions with in-state branches
010020030040019942000201020202025

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30 of each survey year, 1994-2025. Methodology

Deposit concentration (HHI)

Statewide institution-share HHI: the sum of squared percent shares of each institution’s in-state deposits, 0–10,000. The shaded bands are the agencies’ 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines classification (section 5.3): unconcentrated below 1,500, moderately concentrated 1,500–2,500, highly concentrated above 2,500. The dashed line marks the 2023 Merger Guidelines threshold, under which markets with an HHI above 1,800 are highly concentrated (Guideline 1). Montana’s HHI is 1154 in 2025 (unconcentrated on the 2010 bands), against 362 in 1994 and a span peak of 1154 in 2025. A statewide HHI is descriptive: merger review defines banking markets locally, not by state.

Statewide deposit HHI
01,0002,0003,0001,800 (2023 MG)19942000201020202025

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits | DOJ & FTC, Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2010), section 5.3 | DOJ & FTC, Merger Guidelines (2023), Guideline 1 HHI computed from FDIC Summary of Deposits branch rows, June 30 of each survey year, 1994-2025. Methodology

Largest institutions by in-state deposits, 2025

Branch rows grouped by FDIC certificate; names as reported to the survey. Share is of all SOD deposits booked in Montana that year, the same shares the statewide HHI squares and sums.

#InstitutionDepositsShareBranches
1Glacier Bank cert 30788$7.97B21.36%63
2First Interstate Bank cert 1105$6.18B16.55%43
3Stockman Bank of Montana cert 16191$5.60B14.99%45
4Wells Fargo Bank, National Association cert 3511$3.25B8.71%21
5U.S. Bank National Association cert 6548$3.02B8.09%17
6Opportunity Bank of Montana cert 30182$1.75B4.69%30
7Independence Bank cert 20989$1.18B3.17%10
8The Yellowstone Bank cert 1978$1.06B2.84%10
9TrailWest Bank cert 23806$771.2M2.07%15
10Farmers State Bank cert 342$633.8M1.70%10

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Deposits are office-assigned; an institution's internal allocation practices shape where its balances appear. Methodology

County concentration extremes, 2025

The most and least concentrated of Montana’s 54 counties in the survey, by county-level deposit HHI. A county served by a single institution sits at the 10,000 ceiling by construction; thin county markets are the norm outside metros.

Most concentrated

CountyHHIInst.Branches
Broadwater1000011
Carter1000011
Daniels1000011
Fallon1000011
Garfield1000011

Least concentrated

CountyHHIInst.Branches
Missoula14921132
Lewis and Clark15231324
Silver Bow1682810
Yellowstone17181245
Cascade18481121

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. County HHIs use institution shares of summed branch deposits within the county. Methodology

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