Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Convenience stores in Newberry County, SC
How Newberry 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,726 of 2,261 scored counties
#25 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 24
- 10 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $85.3M
- On groceries · $5,565 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 55% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.7
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,561
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
For convenience stores, Newberry County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,726 of 2,261 scored counties and #25 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Newberry County spend about $85.3M a year on groceries, or $5,565 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per store, 55% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores.
There are 24 convenience stores on map listings in Newberry County as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 42%, against 60% across the U.S. That comes to 15.7 for every 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Newberry County in 2023. That is one for every 2,189 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $369K has gone to businesses classed as convenience stores in Newberry County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Newberry County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Newberry 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 | Newberry County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.7 | 11.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $5.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,189 | 3,110 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,565 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $61,780 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 29
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $542K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $369K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as convenience stores in Newberry 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 Newberry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,561+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 15,325
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,240
- Median home value
- $173,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,662
- Daytime population
- 36,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 25Newberry County, SC | 33 | 24 | 15.7 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #1,726 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Newberry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores52
- Convenience stores33
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 Newberry County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 convenience stores in Newberry County. 10 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in Newberry County, SC spend on groceries?
About $85.3M a year, or $5,565 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,325 households in Newberry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newberry County, SC compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Newberry County has 15.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $3.6M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the U.S. ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Newberry County would have about 11, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,189 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is Newberry County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Newberry County at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. The median household income in Newberry County is $61,780 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Newberry County scores 33 for convenience stores (lower middle), #1,726 of 2,261 scored counties.
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