Food and drink · Metro area · South Carolina
Fast food and sandwich shops in the Florence, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Florence, 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 #381 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 147
- 129 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 182
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $256.3M
- On food away from home · $3,268 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 201,392
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For fast food and sandwich shops, the Florence metro area has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #381 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Florence metro area spend about $256.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,268 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per shop, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
The Florence metro area has 147 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 88% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 18.7 for every 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Florence metro area was 182 in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019. That is one for every 431 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Florence metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Florence metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Florence 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 food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Florence metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 14.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 431 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.2% | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,268 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,443 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 12 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 182All limited-service restaurants · +15.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $68.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 147129 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Florence 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Florence metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 201,392+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 78,417
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $54,443+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,289
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 90,742
- Daytime population
- 204,808Residents 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 fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Florence 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 | 81 | 118 | 12.4 | $3.3M | +12.0% | #25 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 70 | 1,416 | 13.2 | $3.1M | +10.1% | #71 of 387 |
| 2Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 69 | 454 | 13.5 | $3M | +10.7% | #80 of 387 |
| 3Spartanburg, SC | 46 | 219 | 15.3 | $2.3M | +14.3% | #224 of 387 |
| 4Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 45 | 569 | 14.8 | $2.5M | +9.0% | #230 of 387 |
| 5Columbia, SC | 41 | 556 | 16.4 | $2.2M | +6.0% | #257 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 34 | 384 | 16.6 | $2.2M | +4.7% | #291 of 387 |
| 6Sumter, SC | 33 | 57 | 13.9 | $2.4M | −0.3% | #297 of 387 |
| 7Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 29 | 287 | 18.1 | $1.9M | +20.9% | #322 of 387 |
| 8Florence, SC | 12 | 147 | 18.7 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #381 of 387 |
Other business types in the Florence metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops12
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Florence, SC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 147 fast food and sandwich shops in the Florence metro area. 129 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 182 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Florence, SC metro area spend on food away from home?
About $256.3M a year, or $3,268 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 147 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 78,417 households in the Florence metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Florence, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Florence metro area has 18.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Florence metro area would have about 84, against 147 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Florence, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Florence metro area at 201,392 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,417 households. Median household income in the Florence metro area is $54,443, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. The Florence metro area scores 12 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #381 of 387 scored metro areas.
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