Food and drink · Metro area · Maryland
Coffee shops and cafes in the Lexington Park, MD metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Lexington Park, MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #3 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 44
- 20 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $384.8M
- On food away from home · $5,070 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.7M
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.8
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 211,176
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, the Lexington Park metro area has a Groundwork market score of 85 (high): #3 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for coffee shops and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 coffee shops and cafes in the Lexington Park metro area. Of those, 20 are chain locations, or 45%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.8, 47% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Lexington Park metro area spend about $384.8M a year on food away from home, or $5,070 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 44 coffee shops and cafes, that is $8.7M per cafe, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Lexington Park metro area was 29 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 2,617 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $500K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Lexington Park metro area. Population estimates show the Lexington Park metro area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lexington Park metro area compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Lexington Park metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.8 | 7.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.7M | $6.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,617 | 2,192 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +5.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,070 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $126,256 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 82 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 375
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Lexington Park metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Lexington Park metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 211,176+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 75,901
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 366
- Median household income
- $126,256
- Average household income
- $149,864
- Median home value
- $434,100
- Jobs located here
- 57,104
- Daytime population
- 183,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lexington Park, MD | 85 | 44 | 5.8 | $8.7M | +2.1% | #3 of 387 |
| 2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 84 | 78 | 6.6 | $5.8M | +7.1% | #4 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 77 | 2,320 | 9.8 | $5.3M | +3.3% | #19 of 387 |
| 3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 75 | 869 | 7.8 | $5.8M | +0.4% | #25 of 387 |
| 4Salisbury, MD | 65 | 41 | 8.4 | $4.4M | +2.9% | #79 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 60 | 2,335 | 9.5 | $4.6M | +1.4% | #111 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lexington Park metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes84
- Sit-down restaurants83
- Fast food and sandwich shops73
- Pizza72
- Coffee shops and cafes85
- Bakeries and dessert shops84
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Lexington Park, MD metro area?
The Lexington Park metro area has 44 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
How much do households in the Lexington Park, MD metro area spend on food away from home?
About $384.8M a year, or $5,070 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $8.7M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,901 households in the Lexington Park metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington Park, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Lexington Park metro area has 5.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $8.7M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Lexington Park metro area would have about 104, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,617 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington Park, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington Park metro area at 211,176 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,901 households. The median household income in the Lexington Park metro area is $126,256 a year, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Lexington Park metro area scores 85 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #3 of 387 scored metro areas.
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