Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Grocery and convenience stores in Somerset County, MD
How Somerset 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,986 of 2,402 scored counties
#24 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 26
- 7 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.5M
- On groceries · $5,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 31.1
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,973
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Somerset County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #1,986 of 2,402 scored counties and #24 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 grocery and convenience stores in Somerset County. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 31.1, 66% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,574 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Somerset County spend about $46.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 26 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.8M per store, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Somerset County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,193 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $65K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Somerset County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Somerset County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Somerset 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 | Somerset County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 31.1 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $4.2M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,193 | 1,129 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,574 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 152
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 267 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $65K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Somerset 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 Somerset County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,973+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,348
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 320 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 78
- Median household income
- $64,943+71.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,802
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,954
- Daytime population
- 21,976Residents 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 |
| 24Somerset County, MD | 29 | 26 | 31.1 | $1.8M | +1.7% | #1,986 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores29
- Grocery stores28
- Convenience stores44
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 Somerset County, MD?
There are 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Somerset County as of September 2026. 7 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Somerset County, MD spend on groceries?
About $46.5M a year, or $5,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,348 households in Somerset County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Somerset County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Somerset County has 31.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.8M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Somerset County would have about 14, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,193 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Somerset County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Somerset County at 24,973 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,348 households. Median household income in Somerset County is $64,943, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 71.8%, 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. Somerset County scores 29 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #1,986 of 2,402 scored counties.
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