Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Convenience stores in Saluda County, SC
How Saluda 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,124 of 2,261 scored counties
#16 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $41.8M
- On groceries · $5,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 convenience stores in Saluda County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in Saluda County comes to about $41.8M a year: $5,448 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 convenience stores, that is $6M per store, 24% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in Saluda County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saluda County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for convenience stores in Saluda County is 50 (upper middle), #1,124 of 2,261 scored counties and #16 of 42 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Saluda 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 | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 11.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $5.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 3,110 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,448 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Saluda 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 Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents 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 |
| 16Saluda County, SC | 50 | 7 | 9.1 | $6M | +4.1% | #1,124 of 2,261 |
Other business types in Saluda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores48
- Grocery stores46
- Convenience stores50
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 Saluda County, SC?
Saluda County has 7 convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. No official count is published for convenience stores in Saluda County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Saluda County, SC spend on groceries?
About $41.8M a year, or $5,448 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
Saluda County has 9.1 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $6M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, Saluda County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, 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. Saluda County scores 50 for convenience stores (upper middle), #1,124 of 2,261 scored counties.
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