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Grocery and convenience stores in Cecil County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Cecil County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #540 of 2,402 scored counties
#11 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 87
- 38 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $260.2M
- On groceries · $6,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.4
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,131
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 87 grocery and convenience stores in Cecil County. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 21.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Households in Cecil County spend about $260.2M a year on groceries, or $6,410 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Cecil County in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,765 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Cecil County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Cecil County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #540 of 2,402 scored counties and #11 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cecil 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 | Cecil County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.4 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,765 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,410 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $92,007 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22 → 23+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 818
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8738 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Cecil 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 Cecil County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,131+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,595
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 303
- Median household income
- $92,007+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,022
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 32,838
- Daytime population
- 90,110Residents 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 |
| 11Cecil County, MD | 67 | 87 | 21.4 | $3M | +3.2% | #540 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Cecil County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores67
- Grocery stores76
- Convenience stores66
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 Cecil County, MD?
Cecil County has 87 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Cecil County, MD spend on groceries?
About $260.2M a year, or $6,410 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 87 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,595 households in Cecil County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cecil County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Cecil County has 21.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Cecil County would have about 77, against 87 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,765 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Cecil County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Cecil County at 107,131 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,595 households. Median household income in Cecil County is $92,007, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Cecil County scores 67 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #540 of 2,402 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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