Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Grocery and convenience stores in Allegany County, MD
How Allegany County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,233 of 2,402 scored counties
#16 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 45
- 27 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $151.3M
- On groceries · $5,527 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,848
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Allegany County comes to about $151.3M a year: $5,527 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Allegany County as of September 2026. 27 of them (60%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That is 16.4 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Allegany County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 1,711 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $60K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Allegany County.
Population estimates put the population change in Allegany County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Allegany County is 49 (lower middle), #1,233 of 2,402 scored counties and #16 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Allegany 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 grocery and 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 | Allegany County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,711 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,527 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $59,603 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 640
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4527 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $60K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Allegany 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 Allegany County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,848−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 27,382
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 422 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,712
- Median home value
- $154,900
- Jobs located here
- 25,839
- Daytime population
- 68,730Residents 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 | 86 | 168 | 16.1 | $4.4M | +11.0% | #92 of 2,402 |
| 2Queen Anne’s County, MD | 83 | 42 | 21.1 | $3.3M | +8.8% | #141 of 2,402 |
| 3Howard County, MD | 77 | 159 | 13.1 | $5.8M | +1.9% | #235 of 2,402 |
| 4St. Mary’s County, MD | 77 | 78 | 18.4 | $3.8M | +2.4% | #249 of 2,402 |
| 5Carroll County, MD | 74 | 96 | 14.9 | $4.7M | +2.2% | #313 of 2,402 |
| 6Charles County, MD | 74 | 111 | 18.2 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #321 of 2,402 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 73 | 166 | 16.3 | $4.2M | +2.0% | #350 of 2,402 |
| 8Montgomery County, MD | 72 | 449 | 11.5 | $6.3M | +1.3% | #375 of 2,402 |
| 9Calvert County, MD | 72 | 56 | 16.7 | $4.4M | +1.7% | #382 of 2,402 |
| 10Anne Arundel County, MD | 71 | 313 | 13.9 | $5.1M | +1.7% | #403 of 2,402 |
| 16Allegany County, MD | 49 | 45 | 16.4 | $3.4M | −1.6% | #1,233 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Allegany County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores49
- Grocery stores48
- Convenience stores51
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Allegany County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 45 grocery and convenience stores in Allegany County. 27 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on groceries?
About $151.3M a year, or $5,527 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Allegany County has 16.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,711 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Allegany County scores 49 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,233 of 2,402 scored counties.
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