Food and drink · County · Maryland
Coffee shops and cafes in Somerset County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Somerset County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,676 of 2,063 scored counties
#23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On food away from home · $3,304 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,973
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Somerset County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,676 of 2,063 scored counties and #23 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Somerset County spend about $27.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,304 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Somerset County has 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Somerset County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Somerset County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Somerset 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.
| Measure | Somerset County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 7.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $6.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,192 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,304 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 82 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,973+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,348
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $64,943+71.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,802
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,954
- Daytime population
- 21,976Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Somerset County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charles County, MD | 92 | 31 | 5.1 | $9.8M | +5.9% | #13 of 2,063 |
| 2Frederick County, MD | 87 | 71 | 6.8 | $7.4M | +11.0% | #40 of 2,063 |
| 3Calvert County, MD | 85 | 23 | 6.9 | $7.6M | +1.7% | #48 of 2,063 |
| 4Prince George’s County, MD | 83 | 180 | 5.2 | $8.7M | +0.5% | #61 of 2,063 |
| 5St. Mary’s County, MD | 81 | 21 | 4.9 | $10M | +2.4% | #85 of 2,063 |
| 6Harford County, MD | 79 | 47 | 4.6 | $10.2M | +2.0% | #113 of 2,063 |
| 7Carroll County, MD | 79 | 41 | 6.4 | $7.7M | +2.2% | #114 of 2,063 |
| 8Cecil County, MD | 78 | 34 | 8.4 | $5M | +3.2% | #145 of 2,063 |
| 9Howard County, MD | 74 | 98 | 8.1 | $6.9M | +1.9% | #198 of 2,063 |
| 10Queen Anne’s County, MD | 74 | 21 | 10.5 | $4.5M | +8.8% | #217 of 2,063 |
| 23Somerset County, MD | 32 | 9 | 10.8 | $3.1M | +1.7% | #1,676 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops24
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Somerset County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 coffee shops and cafes in Somerset County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Somerset County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Somerset County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $27.6M a year, or $3,304 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 8,348 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, MD compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Somerset County has 10.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Somerset County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is Somerset County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 24,973 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,348 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $64,943, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 71.8%, 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. Somerset County scores 32 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,676 of 2,063 scored counties.
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