Groceries and convenience · County · Maryland
Grocery stores in Frederick County, MD
How Frederick County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #200 of 2,070 scored counties
#2 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 63
- 31 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 43
- +7.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $746.2M
- On groceries · $7,132 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.8M
- 27% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 302,883
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in Frederick County is 80 (high), #200 of 2,070 scored counties and #2 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery stores.
At $7,132 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Frederick County spend about $746.2M a year on groceries. That is about $11.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 27% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
Frederick County has 63 grocery stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Frederick County was 43 in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,433 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Frederick County. Population estimates put the population change in Frederick County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Frederick 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 | Frederick County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $11.8M | $10.6M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,433 | 1,881 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.5% | +2.9% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $7,132 | $6,737 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $122,002 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 43+7.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,643
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $75.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6331 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in Frederick 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 Frederick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 302,883+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,635
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 661 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 434
- Median household income
- $122,002+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $148,311
- Median home value
- $464,600
- Jobs located here
- 108,637
- Daytime population
- 254,360Residents 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 Frederick County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores86
- Grocery stores80
- Convenience stores91
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 stores are in Frederick County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 grocery stores in Frederick County. 31 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Frederick County, MD spend on groceries?
About $746.2M a year, or $7,132 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $11.8M 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 104,635 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frederick County, MD compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Frederick County has 6.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $11.8M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Frederick County would have about 80, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,433 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against 0.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Frederick County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Frederick County at 302,883 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,635 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $122,002 a year, 51% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Frederick County scores 80 for grocery stores (high), #200 of 2,070 scored counties.
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