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Coffee shops and cafes in Prince George’s County, MD

The coffee shops and cafes in Prince George’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 83 out of 100: High

Ranked #61 of 2,063 scored counties
#4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
180
107 chain locations (59%)
Official establishments
88
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +2.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.6B
On food away from home · $4,509 a household
Spending per listing
$8.7M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
970,374
+0.5% since 2020

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What this means

For coffee shops and cafes, Prince George’s County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #61 of 2,063 scored counties and #4 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for coffee shops and cafes.

Household spending on food away from home in Prince George’s County comes to about $1.6B a year: $4,509 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That works out to $8.7M per cafe, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 180 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Prince George’s County as of September 2026. Of those, 107 are chain locations, or 59%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.2 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 88 businesses with payroll in Prince George’s County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 3,952 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.1M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Prince George’s County. Population estimates put the population change in Prince George’s County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Prince George’s County 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Prince George’s County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasurePrince George’s CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.27.611.0
Spending per listing$8.7M$6.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)3,9522,1921,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.3%+5.7%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,509$4,604$4,070
Median household income$101,798$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score8382

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
86 → 88All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +2.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,302
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
45All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
180107 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
423The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
9
Amount
$4.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Prince George’s County, 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 Prince George’s County

Population, 2025 estimate
970,374+0.5% since 2020
Households
347,744
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
483 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,989
Median household income
$101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,138
Median home value
$426,000
Jobs located here
318,010
Daytime population
849,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Prince George’s County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charles County, MD92315.1$9.8M+5.9%#13 of 2,063
2Frederick County, MD87716.8$7.4M+11.0%#40 of 2,063
3Calvert County, MD85236.9$7.6M+1.7%#48 of 2,063
4Prince George’s County, MD831805.2$8.7M+0.5%#61 of 2,063
5St. Mary’s County, MD81214.9$10M+2.4%#85 of 2,063
6Harford County, MD79474.6$10.2M+2.0%#113 of 2,063
7Carroll County, MD79416.4$7.7M+2.2%#114 of 2,063
8Cecil County, MD78348.4$5M+3.2%#145 of 2,063
9Howard County, MD74988.1$6.9M+1.9%#198 of 2,063
10Queen Anne’s County, MD742110.5$4.5M+8.8%#217 of 2,063

Other business types in Prince George’s County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Prince George’s County, MD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 180 coffee shops and cafes in Prince George’s County. 107 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 2.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on food away from home?

About $1.6B a year, or $4,509 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 180 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $8.7M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Prince George’s County has 5.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 53% 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 U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 423, against 180 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,952 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, before inflation.

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. Prince George’s County scores 83 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #61 of 2,063 scored counties.

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