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Convenience stores in Worcester County, MD
The convenience stores in Worcester County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,566 of 2,261 scored counties
#21 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 43
- 21 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $151.9M
- On groceries · $6,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.8
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,459
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Worcester County spend about $151.9M a year on groceries, or $6,294 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per store, 55% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
Worcester County has 43 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.8, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Worcester County in 2023. That is one for every 1,420 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Worcester County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Worcester County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,566 of 2,261 scored counties and #21 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Worcester 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 | Worcester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.8 | 6.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $10.1M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,420 | 2,823 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.7% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,294 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $81,745 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 67
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Worcester 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 Worcester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,459+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 24,136
- Median age
- 50.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $81,745+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,610
- Median home value
- $374,700
- Jobs located here
- 22,476
- Daytime population
- 52,245Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 21Worcester County, MD | 38 | 43 | 17.8 | $3.5M | +3.7% | #1,566 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Worcester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores40
- Grocery stores61
- Convenience stores38
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 Worcester County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 convenience stores in Worcester County. 21 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Worcester County, MD spend on groceries?
About $151.9M a year, or $6,294 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 24,136 households in Worcester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Worcester County, MD compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Worcester County has 17.8 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.5M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Worcester County would have about 19, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,420 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Worcester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Worcester County at 54,459 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,136 households. The median household income in Worcester County is $81,745 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. Worcester County scores 38 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,566 of 2,261 scored counties.
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