Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Grocery stores in Anne Arundel County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Anne Arundel County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #367 of 2,070 scored counties
#8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 119
- 53 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 102
- +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On groceries · $7,165 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.5M
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 603,380
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Anne Arundel County spend about $1.6B a year on groceries, or $7,165 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $13.5M of household spending for each store on map listings, 46% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Anne Arundel County has 119 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. 53 of them (45%) are chain locations, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anne Arundel County was 102 in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 2,203 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $995K has gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anne Arundel County.
Population estimates show Anne Arundel County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Anne Arundel County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery stores, ranking #367 of 2,070 scored counties and #8 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Anne Arundel 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 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 | Anne Arundel County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $13.5M | $10.6M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,203 | 1,881 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,165 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $124,911 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 98 → 102+4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,141
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $162.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11953 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 173The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $995K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 603,380+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 224,748
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 415 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,442
- Median household income
- $124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $156,835
- Median home value
- $467,900
- Jobs located here
- 269,614
- Daytime population
- 605,412Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 92 | 9 | 4.5 | $15.3M | +8.8% | #38 of 2,070 |
| 2Frederick County, MD | 80 | 63 | 6.0 | $11.8M | +11.0% | #200 of 2,070 |
| 3St. Mary’s County, MD | 78 | 26 | 6.1 | $11.5M | +2.4% | #234 of 2,070 |
| 4Howard County, MD | 76 | 67 | 5.5 | $13.7M | +1.9% | #265 of 2,070 |
| 5Cecil County, MD | 76 | 20 | 4.9 | $13M | +3.2% | #269 of 2,070 |
| 6Calvert County, MD | 75 | 13 | 3.9 | $18.8M | +1.7% | #284 of 2,070 |
| 7Harford County, MD | 75 | 51 | 5.0 | $13.7M | +2.0% | #292 of 2,070 |
| 8Anne Arundel County, MD | 71 | 119 | 5.3 | $13.5M | +1.7% | #367 of 2,070 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 70 | 35 | 5.4 | $12.9M | +2.2% | #404 of 2,070 |
| 10Charles County, MD | 70 | 42 | 6.9 | $10.3M | +5.9% | #413 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Anne Arundel County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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- Grocery and convenience stores71
- Grocery stores71
- Convenience stores72
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in Anne Arundel County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 119 grocery stores in Anne Arundel County. 53 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 102 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on groceries?
About $1.6B a year, or $7,165 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 119 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $13.5M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Anne Arundel County has 5.3 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $13.5M, 46% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 173, against 119 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,203 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 71 for grocery stores (upper middle), #367 of 2,070 scored counties.
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