Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Convenience stores in Prince George’s County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in Prince George’s County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #637 of 2,261 scored counties
#13 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 208
- 154 chain locations (74%)
- Official establishments
- 181
- +25.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.3B
- On groceries · $6,676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.2M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,374
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 208 convenience stores in Prince George’s County. Chain locations make up 74% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Prince George’s County comes to about $2.3B a year: $6,676 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $11.2M of household spending for each store on map listings, 42% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 181 businesses with payroll in Prince George’s County classed as convenience stores, up 25.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,921 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $453K have gone to businesses classed as convenience stores 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%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Prince George’s County is 63 (upper middle), #637 of 2,261 scored counties and #13 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
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 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.
| Measure | Prince George’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $11.2M | $10.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,921 | 2,823 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.7% | +12.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,676 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $101,798 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 144 → 181+25.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 208154 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 295The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $453K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores 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.
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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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for convenience stores, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Prince George’s County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, MD | 91 | 71 | 6.8 | $10.5M | +11.0% | #30 of 2,261 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 80 | 44 | 3.6 | $20.8M | +1.9% | #157 of 2,261 |
| 3Montgomery County, MD | 79 | 129 | 3.3 | $22M | +1.3% | #180 of 2,261 |
| 4Carroll County, MD | 79 | 42 | 6.5 | $10.7M | +2.2% | #191 of 2,261 |
| 5Queen Anne’s County, MD | 79 | 22 | 11.1 | $6.3M | +8.8% | #207 of 2,261 |
| 6St. Mary’s County, MD | 78 | 33 | 7.8 | $9M | +2.4% | #226 of 2,261 |
| 7Charles County, MD | 77 | 54 | 8.9 | $8M | +5.9% | #258 of 2,261 |
| 8Anne Arundel County, MD | 72 | 144 | 6.4 | $11.2M | +1.7% | #359 of 2,261 |
| 9Harford County, MD | 72 | 82 | 8.1 | $8.5M | +2.0% | #369 of 2,261 |
| 10Calvert County, MD | 72 | 29 | 8.7 | $8.4M | +1.7% | #370 of 2,261 |
| 13Prince George’s County, MD | 63 | 208 | 6.0 | $11.2M | +0.5% | #637 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Prince George’s County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores61
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores63
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Prince George’s County, MD?
There are 208 convenience stores on map listings in Prince George’s County as of September 2026. 154 of them (74%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 181 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023, up 25.7% from 2019.
How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on groceries?
About $2.3B a year, or $6,676 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 208 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $11.2M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. 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 convenience stores?
Prince George’s County has 6.0 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $11.2M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 295, against 208 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,921 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +22.0% 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 63 for convenience stores (upper middle), #637 of 2,261 scored counties.
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