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

Montgomery County had the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census) of 24 counties in 2017, at $14.66 billion. Somerset County had the lowest, at $121.89 million. The median was $1.58 billion and the figure for Maryland was $84.97 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest14,659.2Montgomery County

Lowest121.9Somerset County

Median1,582.324 counties

Maryland84,966.2History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 600
600 to 1,100
1,100 to 2,400
2,400 to 5,700
5,700 and over

USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 USD million
1	Montgomery County	14,659.2
2	Baltimore County	13,216.5
3	Prince George's County	10,485.3
4	Anne Arundel County	9,441.6
5	Baltimore city	7,175.3
6	Howard County	4,643.6
7	Frederick County	3,906.5
8	Harford County	3,897.3
9	Washington County	2,618.6
10	Carroll County	2,387.9
11	Charles County	2,318.6
12	Wicomico County	1,794.3
13	St. Mary's County	1,370.3
14	Cecil County	1,179.9
15	Allegany County	1,018.1
16	Calvert County	938.1
17	Worcester County	897.9
18	Talbot County	716.7
19	Queen Anne's County	623.9
20	Garrett County	491.8
21	Dorchester County	489.6
22	Caroline County	377.2
23	Kent County	196
24	Somerset County	121.9

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/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 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), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.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), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. 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), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) 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), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-retail-trade/maryland-counties?period=2017. Publisher attribution: 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/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest business revenue: retail trade (Economic Census)?

Montgomery County, with $14.66 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Somerset County, with $121.89 million in 2017.

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.