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Deposit market structure / VI

US Virgin Islands

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

$3.65B
Deposits
June 30, 2025
20
Branch offices
June 30, 2025
5
Institutions
with in-state branches
2847
Statewide deposit HHI
highly concentrated (2010 HMG bands)

Deposits, 19942025

Office-assigned deposits at branches in US Virgin Islands went from $969.3M in 1994 to $3.65B in 2025, nominal.

Deposits
$0K$2B$4B$6B19942000201020202025

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 US Virgin Islands peaked at 25 offices in 2008; the 2025 survey counts 20. The institution count moved from 6 (1994) to 5 (2025).

Branch officesInstitutions with in-state branches
010203019942000201020202025

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). US Virgin Islands’s HHI is 2847 in 2025 (highly concentrated on the 2010 bands), against 2869 in 1994 and a span peak of 4398 in 2008. 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 US Virgin Islands that year, the same shares the statewide HHI squares and sums.

#InstitutionDepositsShareBranches
1Banco Popular de Puerto Rico cert 34968$1.37B37.45%7
2FirstBank Puerto Rico cert 30387$1.25B34.30%7
3Merchants Commercial Bank cert 58184$384.7M10.53%2
4Oriental Bank cert 31469$329.2M9.01%2
5United Fidelity Bank, fsb cert 29566$317.9M8.70%2

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

US Virgin Islands has 3 county-level geographies in the survey, shown 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.

All counties

CountyHHIInst.Branches
Saint John500222
Saint Thomas340949
Saint Croix268849

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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