Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County, SC
The grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #723 of 2,402 scored counties
#11 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 163
- 88 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- +12.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $485.7M
- On groceries · $5,789 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 219,930
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 163 grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 19.4 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $5,789 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Anderson County spend about $485.7M a year on groceries. Spread across 163 grocery and convenience stores, that is $3M per store, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County was 53 in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,583 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 45 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anderson County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Anderson County is 62 (upper middle), #723 of 2,402 scored counties and #11 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Anderson 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 grocery and 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 | Anderson County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,583 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.8% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,789 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,651 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 47 → 53+12.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,397
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 45Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16388 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 143The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Anderson 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 Anderson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 219,930+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 83,904
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 295
- Median household income
- $66,651+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,043
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 74,539
- Daytime population
- 189,213Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 77 | 14 | 14.3 | $4.1M | +16.1% | #244 of 2,402 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 75 | 170 | 18.1 | $3.4M | +18.7% | #301 of 2,402 |
| 3York County, SC | 74 | 195 | 17.1 | $3.8M | +8.1% | #325 of 2,402 |
| 4Greenville County, SC | 73 | 380 | 17.2 | $3.6M | +10.6% | #362 of 2,402 |
| 5Dorchester County, SC | 73 | 119 | 18.8 | $3.3M | +10.1% | #370 of 2,402 |
| 6Beaufort County, SC | 73 | 179 | 21.7 | $3M | +8.9% | #373 of 2,402 |
| 7Aiken County, SC | 68 | 138 | 19.7 | $3M | +7.3% | #514 of 2,402 |
| 8Kershaw County, SC | 66 | 46 | 17.1 | $3.4M | +11.6% | #564 of 2,402 |
| 9Richland County, SC | 64 | 278 | 16.6 | $3.5M | +4.6% | #630 of 2,402 |
| 10Pickens County, SC | 62 | 96 | 18.3 | $3.1M | +5.7% | #718 of 2,402 |
| 11Anderson County, SC | 62 | 163 | 19.4 | $3M | +7.7% | #723 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Anderson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores62
- Grocery stores70
- Convenience stores55
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in Anderson County, SC?
Anderson County has 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 88 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 12.8% from 2019. Official counts list 45 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Anderson County, SC spend on groceries?
About $485.7M a year, or $5,789 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 163 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,904 households in Anderson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anderson County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Anderson County has 19.4 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Anderson County would have about 143, against 163 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,583 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Anderson County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Anderson County at 219,930 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,904 households. Median household income in Anderson County is $66,651, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Anderson County scores 62 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #723 of 2,402 scored counties.
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