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Convenience stores in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #184 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
107
62 chain locations (58%)
Official establishments
36
+61.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$720.3M
On groceries · $6,095 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
315,280
+7.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on groceries in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area comes to about $720.3M a year: $6,095 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 107 convenience stores, that is $6.7M per store, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 107 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 62 are chain locations, or 58%, against 60% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area in 2023, up 61.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,283 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #184 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area compares

The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Convenience stores in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHagerstown-Martinsburg metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.16.78.0
Spending per listing$6.7M$10.1M$7.9M
Households per official establishment3,2832,8233,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+61.9%+12.7%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,095$6,737$6,319
Median household income$78,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score5359

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36+61.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
236
Annual payroll, 2023
$5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
10762 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
91The 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 convenience stores in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg 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.

Population and households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
315,280+7.1% since 2020
Households
118,181
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
300
Median household income
$78,802+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,922
Median home value
$278,100
Jobs located here
107,689
Daytime population
269,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across Maryland

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV721,3155.5$13M+3.3%#51 of 387
1Lexington Park, MD66628.2$8.8M+2.1%#84 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD591,7617.1$9.8M+1.4%#137 of 387
2Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD567696.9$9.7M+0.4%#157 of 387
3Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV531079.1$6.7M+7.1%#184 of 387
4Salisbury, MD354910.0$6M+2.9%#291 of 387

Other business types in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

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

Questions

How many convenience stores are in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 107 convenience stores in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. 62 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 61.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area spend on groceries?

About $720.3M a year, or $6,095 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 107 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 118,181 households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 9.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6.7M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area would have about 91, against 107 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,283 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 61.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area at 315,280 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,181 households. The median household income in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area is $78,802 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area scores 53 for convenience stores (upper middle), #184 of 387 scored metro areas.

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