Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Grocery stores in Baltimore County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Baltimore County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #701 of 2,070 scored counties
#14 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 180
- 82 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 174
- +8.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.2B
- On groceries · $6,490 a household
- Spending per listing
- $12M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 847,650
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on groceries in Baltimore County comes to about $2.2B a year: $6,490 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That is about $12M of household spending for each store on map listings, 29% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 180 grocery stores on map listings in Baltimore County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Official counts show 174 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Baltimore County in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,913 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $729K have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Baltimore County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baltimore County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Baltimore County is 59 (upper middle), #701 of 2,070 scored counties and #14 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Baltimore 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 | Baltimore County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $12M | $10.6M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,913 | 1,881 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.8% | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,490 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $91,768 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 160 → 174+8.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,314
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $260.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18082 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 232The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $729K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Baltimore 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 Baltimore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 847,650−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 332,801
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,422
- Median household income
- $91,768+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,863
- Median home value
- $349,300
- Jobs located here
- 385,518
- Daytime population
- 833,745Residents 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 |
| 14Baltimore County, MD | 59 | 180 | 5.4 | $12M | −0.7% | #701 of 2,070 |
Other business types in Baltimore County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores59
- Convenience stores66
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Health care
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Home services
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in Baltimore County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 180 grocery stores in Baltimore County. 82 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 174 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 8.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Baltimore County, MD spend on groceries?
About $2.2B a year, or $6,490 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 180 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 332,801 households in Baltimore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Baltimore County has 5.4 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $12M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Baltimore County would have about 232, against 180 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,913 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore County at 847,650 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 332,801 households. The median household income in Baltimore County is $91,768 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% 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. Baltimore County scores 59 for grocery stores (upper middle), #701 of 2,070 scored counties.
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