Groceries and convenience · Metro area · Maryland
Grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park, MD metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park, MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #53 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 134
- 59 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 46
- +4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $542.8M
- On groceries · $7,151 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 211,176
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $7,151 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the Lexington Park metro area spend about $542.8M a year on groceries. Spread across 134 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4.1M per store, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 134 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Lexington Park metro area as of September 2026. 59 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 17.7 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park metro area was 46 in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,650 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $60K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lexington Park metro area grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lexington Park metro area scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #53 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Lexington Park metro area 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 | Lexington Park metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.7 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,650 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.6% | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,151 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $126,256 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 46+4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $60.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13459 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 160The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $60K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park metro area, 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 the Lexington Park metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 211,176+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 75,901
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 366
- Median household income
- $126,256
- Average household income
- $149,864
- Median home value
- $434,100
- Jobs located here
- 57,104
- Daytime population
- 183,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lexington Park metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 3,408 | 14.4 | $5M | +3.3% | #45 of 387 |
| 1Lexington Park, MD | 71 | 134 | 17.7 | $4.1M | +2.1% | #53 of 387 |
| 2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 60 | 208 | 17.6 | $3.5M | +7.1% | #129 of 387 |
| 3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 57 | 1,769 | 15.8 | $4.2M | +0.4% | #146 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 55 | 4,559 | 18.5 | $3.8M | +1.4% | #167 of 387 |
| 4Salisbury, MD | 32 | 120 | 24.6 | $2.4M | +2.9% | #314 of 387 |
Other business types in the Lexington Park metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores75
- Convenience stores66
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Lexington Park, MD metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 134 grocery and convenience stores in the Lexington Park metro area. 59 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 46 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 4.6% from 2019. Official counts list 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Lexington Park, MD metro area spend on groceries?
About $542.8M a year, or $7,151 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 75,901 households in the Lexington Park metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington Park, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Lexington Park metro area has 17.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Lexington Park metro area would have about 160, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,650 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 the Lexington Park, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington Park metro area at 211,176 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 75,901 households. The median household income in the Lexington Park metro area is $126,256 a year, 56% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Lexington Park metro area scores 71 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #53 of 387 scored metro areas.
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