Groceries and convenience · Metro area · South Carolina
Convenience stores in the Sumter, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for convenience stores in the Sumter, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 12 out of 100: Low
Ranked #382 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 48
- 29 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $227.1M
- On groceries · $5,527 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.7
- 46% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Sumter metro area scores 12 (low) on the Groundwork market score for convenience stores, ranking #382 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 convenience stores in the Sumter metro area. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 60% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.7, 46% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on groceries in the Sumter metro area comes to about $227.1M a year: $5,527 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. That spending covers all groceries, which convenience stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 21 businesses with payroll in the Sumter metro area classed as convenience stores. That is one for every 1,956 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Sumter metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sumter metro area 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 | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.7 | 11.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $5.3M | $7.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,956 | 3,110 | 3,493 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.2% | +22.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,527 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 59
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4829 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Sumter metro area, 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 the Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sumter metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 73 | 86 | 9.0 | $7M | +12.0% | #48 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 68 | 882 | 8.2 | $7.7M | +10.1% | #73 of 387 |
| 2Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 58 | 340 | 10.1 | $6.2M | +10.7% | #153 of 387 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 54 | 337 | 8.8 | $6.8M | +9.0% | #176 of 387 |
| 4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 44 | 187 | 11.8 | $4.9M | +20.9% | #242 of 387 |
| 5Columbia, SC | 40 | 335 | 9.9 | $6M | +6.0% | #259 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 39 | 257 | 11.1 | $5.3M | +4.7% | #269 of 387 |
| 6Spartanburg, SC | 34 | 180 | 12.6 | $4.6M | +14.3% | #302 of 387 |
| 7Sumter, SC | 12 | 48 | 11.7 | $4.7M | −0.3% | #382 of 387 |
| 8Florence, SC | 9 | 127 | 16.2 | $3.4M | +0.9% | #386 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sumter metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores13
- Grocery stores25
- Convenience stores12
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 the Sumter, SC metro area?
There are 48 convenience stores on map listings in the Sumter metro area as of September 2026. 29 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count convenience stores without fuel. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as convenience stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on groceries?
About $227.1M a year, or $5,527 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only convenience stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for convenience stores?
The Sumter metro area has 11.7 convenience stores per 10,000 households, 46% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per store is $4.7M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $7.9M. At the national ratio of convenience stores to household spending, the Sumter metro area would have about 29, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,956 households, against one for every 3,493 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Sumter metro area scores 12 for convenience stores (low), #382 of 387 scored metro areas.
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