Counties in Maryland by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022

Baltimore County had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 24 counties in 2022, at $19.65 billion. Somerset County had the lowest, at $170.65 million. The median was $2.19 billion and the figure for Maryland was $115.21 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19,645Baltimore County

Lowest170.7Somerset County

Median2,185.424 counties

Maryland115,211.9History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 800
800 to 1,500
1,500 to 3,100
3,100 to 8,000
8,000 and over

USD million, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD million
1	Baltimore County	19,645
2	Montgomery County	19,333.5
3	Prince George's County	13,308.7
4	Anne Arundel County	11,711.2
5	Baltimore city	8,058
6	Frederick County	7,947.3
7	Howard County	6,154
8	Harford County	5,497.1
9	Washington County	3,342.4
10	Carroll County	3,173.4
11	Charles County	2,842.9
12	Wicomico County	2,413.9
13	Cecil County	1,957
14	St. Mary's County	1,774.7
15	Allegany County	1,457.3
16	Worcester County	1,248.6
17	Calvert County	1,147.9
18	Talbot County	955.9
19	Queen Anne's County	862.6
20	Garrett County	780.7
21	Caroline County	670.8
22	Dorchester County	484.4
23	Kent County	274.1
24	Somerset County	170.7

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in retail trade (NAICS 44-45), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments (Counties in Maryland by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip

MLA 9

Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in Maryland by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Counties in Maryland by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments, Counties in Maryland by business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which county has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Baltimore County, with $19.65 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Somerset County, with $170.65 million in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of retail trade (NAICS 44-45), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.