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Restaurants and cafes in Somerset County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Somerset County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,293 of 2,405 scored counties
#18 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 85
- 19 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On food away from home · $3,304 a household
- Spending per listing
- $325K
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 101.8
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,973
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Somerset County comes to about $27.6M a year: $3,304 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $325K per restaurant, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 85 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Somerset County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 101.8 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Somerset County in 2023. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Somerset County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Somerset County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,293 of 2,405 scored counties and #18 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
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 food away from home by the restaurants and cafes 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 | 101.8 | 95.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $325K | $481K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 439 | 226 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.8% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,304 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,943 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 191
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 74The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charles County, MD | 82 | 463 | 76.1 | $654K | +5.9% | #105 of 2,405 |
| 2Harford County, MD | 78 | 710 | 69.7 | $677K | +2.0% | #168 of 2,405 |
| 3Frederick County, MD | 77 | 1,010 | 96.5 | $522K | +11.0% | #204 of 2,405 |
| 4Caroline County, MD | 76 | 77 | 61.6 | $576K | +2.5% | #219 of 2,405 |
| 5Cecil County, MD | 76 | 353 | 87.0 | $483K | +3.2% | #223 of 2,405 |
| 6Queen Anne’s County, MD | 76 | 206 | 103.5 | $463K | +8.8% | #227 of 2,405 |
| 7Calvert County, MD | 75 | 278 | 83.1 | $632K | +1.7% | #230 of 2,405 |
| 8St. Mary’s County, MD | 75 | 345 | 81.3 | $606K | +2.4% | #234 of 2,405 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 73 | 528 | 82.1 | $598K | +2.2% | #295 of 2,405 |
| 10Prince George’s County, MD | 72 | 2,724 | 78.3 | $576K | +0.5% | #334 of 2,405 |
| 18Somerset County, MD | 48 | 85 | 101.8 | $325K | +1.7% | #1,293 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Somerset County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops24
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Somerset County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 restaurants and cafes in Somerset County. 19 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Somerset County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $27.6M a year, or $3,304 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $325K per restaurant. 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 restaurants and cafes?
Somerset County has 101.8 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $325K, 12% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Somerset County would have about 74, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 209 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 48 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,293 of 2,405 scored counties.
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