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Convenience stores in Greenwood County, SC

How Greenwood 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,648 of 2,261 scored counties
#23 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
34
18 chain locations (53%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$151.3M
On groceries · $5,425 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
53% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
70,379
+1.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 convenience stores in Greenwood County. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.2, 53% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on groceries in Greenwood County comes to about $151.3M a year: $5,425 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, 44% 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 Greenwood County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,098 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Greenwood County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Greenwood County is 35 (lower middle), #1,648 of 2,261 scored counties and #23 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina.

How Greenwood 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.

Convenience stores in Greenwood County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreenwood CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.211.28.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$5.3M$7.9M
Households per official establishment3,0983,1103,493
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+45.2%+22.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,425$5,910$6,319
Median household income$52,830$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score3536

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 9
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$558K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3418 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood County

Population, 2025 estimate
70,379+1.5% since 2020
Households
27,884
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
456 sq. mi.
People per square mile
153
Median household income
$52,830+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,042
Median home value
$180,500
Jobs located here
29,140
Daytime population
68,312Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Convenience stores across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Greenwood County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Beaufort County, SC87647.8$8.3M+8.9%#76 of 2,261
2Greenville County, SC791707.7$8M+10.6%#201 of 2,261
3Dorchester County, SC73599.3$6.6M+10.1%#358 of 2,261
4York County, SC721049.1$7M+8.1%#381 of 2,261
5Berkeley County, SC719510.1$6.1M+18.7%#416 of 2,261
6Charleston County, SC6818610.4$6.2M+6.4%#503 of 2,261
7Aiken County, SC618111.6$5.1M+7.3%#737 of 2,261
8Horry County, SC6018711.8$4.9M+20.9%#778 of 2,261
9Kershaw County, SC592910.8$5.4M+11.6%#809 of 2,261
10Lexington County, SC5812210.0$6.1M+7.7%#834 of 2,261
23Greenwood County, SC353412.2$4.4M+1.5%#1,648 of 2,261

Other business types in Greenwood County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many convenience stores are in Greenwood County, SC?

There are 34 convenience stores on map listings in Greenwood County as of September 2026. 18 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.

How much do households in Greenwood County, SC spend on groceries?

About $151.3M a year, or $5,425 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.4M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,884 households in Greenwood County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Greenwood County, SC compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?

Greenwood County has 12.2 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Greenwood County would have about 19, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,098 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.

How fast is Greenwood County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Greenwood County at 70,379 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,884 households. Median household income in Greenwood County is $52,830, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Greenwood County scores 35 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,648 of 2,261 scored counties.

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