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Deposit market structure / PR

Puerto Rico

Branch-office deposits reported to the FDIC Summary of Deposits survey by institutions operating in Puerto Rico, June 30 of each survey year, 19942025. Dollar figures are the survey’s thousands-of-USD unit displayed as $B/$T. Puerto Rico is not one of the 50 states; small jurisdictions with few reporting institutions carry structurally high HHIs.

$83.79B
Deposits
June 30, 2025
262
Branch offices
June 30, 2025
6
Institutions
with in-state branches
4606
Statewide deposit HHI
highly concentrated (2010 HMG bands)

Deposits, 19942025

Office-assigned deposits at branches in Puerto Rico went from $21.30B in 1994 to $83.79B in 2025, nominal.

Deposits
$0K$50B$100B$150B19942000201020202025

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 Puerto Rico peaked at 571 offices in 2006; the 2025 survey counts 262. The institution count moved from 21 (1994) to 6 (2025).

Branch officesInstitutions with in-state branches
020040060019942000201020202025

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). Puerto Rico’s HHI is 4606 in 2025 (highly concentrated on the 2010 bands), against 1589 in 1994 and a span peak of 4717 in 2024. A statewide HHI is descriptive: merger review defines banking markets locally, not by state.

Statewide deposit HHI
02,0004,0006,0001,800 (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 Puerto Rico that year, the same shares the statewide HHI squares and sums.

#InstitutionDepositsShareBranches
1Banco Popular de Puerto Rico cert 34968$54.14B64.62%158
2FirstBank Puerto Rico cert 30387$13.27B15.84%57
3Oriental Bank cert 31469$9.82B11.72%43
4Citibank, National Association cert 7213$5.36B6.40%2
5Banesco USA cert 57815$1.02B1.22%1
6Nave Bank cert 59324$173.5M0.21%1

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 Puerto Rico’s 76 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
Adjuntas1000011
Aguas Buenas1000011
Anasco1000011
Arroyo1000011
Barceloneta1000012

Least concentrated

CountyHHIInst.Branches
Manati344735
Guaynabo3610312
Fajardo362434
Vega Baja376733
Ponce3769315

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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