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Gas stations in Carroll County, MD
How Carroll County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #46 of 2,358 scored counties
#3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 43
- 35 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −20.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $220.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,425 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #46 of 2,358 scored counties and #3 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for gas stations.
Household spending on gasoline and other fuels in Carroll County comes to about $220.2M a year: $3,425 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each station on map listings, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
Carroll County has 43 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 81% of them, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in Carroll County in 2023, down 20.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,837 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $614K has gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Carroll County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Maryland and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 7.6 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $3.6M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,837 | 1,702 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −20.4% | −5.5% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,425 | $2,770 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 44 → 35−20.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 451
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $614K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charles County, MD | 94 | 35 | 5.7 | $5.9M | +5.9% | #6 of 2,358 |
| 2Frederick County, MD | 93 | 71 | 6.8 | $4.7M | +11.0% | #10 of 2,358 |
| 3Carroll County, MD | 88 | 43 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +2.2% | #46 of 2,358 |
| 4Calvert County, MD | 87 | 21 | 6.3 | $5.9M | +1.7% | #51 of 2,358 |
| 5St. Mary’s County, MD | 84 | 31 | 7.3 | $4.5M | +2.4% | #83 of 2,358 |
| 6Howard County, MD | 82 | 78 | 6.4 | $4.7M | +1.9% | #106 of 2,358 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 82 | 69 | 6.8 | $4.6M | +2.0% | #107 of 2,358 |
| 8Anne Arundel County, MD | 80 | 185 | 8.2 | $3.7M | +1.7% | #147 of 2,358 |
| 9Cecil County, MD | 80 | 43 | 10.6 | $3M | +3.2% | #152 of 2,358 |
| 10Queen Anne’s County, MD | 78 | 23 | 11.6 | $3M | +8.8% | #196 of 2,358 |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
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 gas stations are in Carroll County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 gas stations in Carroll County. 35 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 20.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Carroll County, MD spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $220.2M a year, or $3,425 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
Carroll County has 6.7 gas stations per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $5.1M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, Carroll County would have about 92, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,837 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 20.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 88 for gas stations (high), #46 of 2,358 scored counties.
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