County banking markets / SC / 45015
BerkeleySouth Carolina
FIPS 45015. Branch offices reported to the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30 of each survey year, 1994–2025. One of 46 counties in South Carolina’s 2025 survey.
Concentration, 1994–2025
Branch-count HHI squares each institution’s share of the county’s branch offices; deposit HHI squares its share of county deposits. The bands are the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines classification, the dashed line the 1,800 level above which the Federal Reserve reviews a merger centrally. In 2025 this market is unconcentrated on branches (816) and unconcentrated on deposits (1,190).
Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits | DOJ & FTC, Horizontal Merger Guidelines (2010), section 5.3 | Federal Reserve, Competitive Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions FAQs Both indices computed from the SOD branch rows for this county, June 30 of each survey year. Neither is the Fed's screen HHI: no thrift weighting, no exclusion of specialty and internet banks, no central-booking adjustment. Methodology
Branches and institutions
14 branch offices and 9 institutions in 1994; 28 and 15 in 2025. Deposits booked in the county went from $244.0M to $2.21B, nominal.
Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30 of each survey year, 1994-2025. Methodology
Who holds the deposits, 2025
Every institution with a branch in the county, ranked by deposits booked here. Both shares are shown because they are the two indices above: squaring and summing the deposit column gives the deposit HHI, the branch column the branch-count HHI.
| # | Institution | Deposits | Deposit share | Branches | Branch share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SouthState Bank, National Association cert 33555 | $474.3M | 21.42% | 3 | 10.71% |
| 2 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company cert 11063 | $365.1M | 16.48% | 4 | 14.29% |
| 3 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association cert 3511 | $238.7M | 10.78% | 2 | 7.14% |
| 4 | Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina cert 1660 | $222.4M | 10.04% | 3 | 10.71% |
| 5 | Synovus Bank cert 873 | $212.3M | 9.59% | 2 | 7.14% |
| 6 | Truist Bank cert 9846 | $150.4M | 6.79% | 2 | 7.14% |
| 7 | Bank of America, National Association cert 3510 | $132.9M | 6.00% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 8 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association cert 628 | $132.1M | 5.96% | 2 | 7.14% |
| 9 | Southern First Bank cert 35295 | $77.9M | 3.52% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 10 | FineMark National Bank & Trust cert 58486 | $66.9M | 3.02% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 11 | Beacon Community Bank cert 59106 | $52.0M | 2.35% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 12 | First National Bank of South Carolina cert 2107 | $45.1M | 2.04% | 2 | 7.14% |
| 13 | Pinnacle Bank cert 35583 | $27.1M | 1.22% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 14 | Anderson Brothers Bank cert 9923 | $11.8M | 0.53% | 1 | 3.57% |
| 15 | Woodforest National Bank cert 23220 | $5.6M | 0.25% | 2 | 7.14% |
Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits June 30, 2025. Branch rows grouped by FDIC certificate; names as reported to the survey. Deposit share is n/a where the county's total SOD deposits are zero. Methodology
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