Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Convenience stores in Chesterfield County, SC
How Chesterfield County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,688 of 2,261 scored counties
#24 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 27
- 11 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $92.8M
- On groceries · $5,294 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.4
- 93% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,740
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 convenience stores in Chesterfield County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 60% across the U.S. That is 15.4 per 10,000 households, 93% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Chesterfield County comes to about $92.8M a year: $5,294 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per store, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Chesterfield County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,507 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For convenience stores, Chesterfield County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,688 of 2,261 scored counties and #24 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Chesterfield County compares
The same measures for South Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the convenience 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 | Chesterfield County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.4 | 11.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $5.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,507 | 3,110 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,294 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $49,235 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 9
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $179K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 convenience stores in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,740+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 17,534
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 799 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $49,235+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,908
- Median home value
- $116,200
- Jobs located here
- 14,899
- Daytime population
- 38,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Chesterfield County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beaufort County, SC | 87 | 64 | 7.8 | $8.3M | +8.9% | #76 of 2,261 |
| 2Greenville County, SC | 79 | 170 | 7.7 | $8M | +10.6% | #201 of 2,261 |
| 3Dorchester County, SC | 73 | 59 | 9.3 | $6.6M | +10.1% | #358 of 2,261 |
| 4York County, SC | 72 | 104 | 9.1 | $7M | +8.1% | #381 of 2,261 |
| 5Berkeley County, SC | 71 | 95 | 10.1 | $6.1M | +18.7% | #416 of 2,261 |
| 6Charleston County, SC | 68 | 186 | 10.4 | $6.2M | +6.4% | #503 of 2,261 |
| 7Aiken County, SC | 61 | 81 | 11.6 | $5.1M | +7.3% | #737 of 2,261 |
| 8Horry County, SC | 60 | 187 | 11.8 | $4.9M | +20.9% | #778 of 2,261 |
| 9Kershaw County, SC | 59 | 29 | 10.8 | $5.4M | +11.6% | #809 of 2,261 |
| 10Lexington County, SC | 58 | 122 | 10.0 | $6.1M | +7.7% | #834 of 2,261 |
| 24Chesterfield County, SC | 34 | 27 | 15.4 | $3.4M | +3.4% | #1,688 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Chesterfield County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores37
- Grocery stores44
- Convenience stores34
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many convenience stores are in Chesterfield County, SC?
There are 27 convenience stores on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. 11 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Chesterfield County, SC spend on groceries?
About $92.8M a year, or $5,294 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,534 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chesterfield County, SC compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Chesterfield County has 15.4 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 93% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.4M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 12, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,507 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Chesterfield County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 44,740 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,534 households. Median household income in Chesterfield County is $49,235, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Chesterfield County scores 34 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,688 of 2,261 scored counties.
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