Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in Dillon County, SC
How Dillon County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 5 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,389 of 2,402 scored counties
#41 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 39
- 15 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.9M
- On groceries · $5,163 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 58% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 36.0
- 93% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 27,458
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
For grocery and convenience stores, Dillon County has a Groundwork market score of 5 (very low): #2,389 of 2,402 scored counties and #41 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Dillon County spend about $55.9M a year on groceries, or $5,163 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per store, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Dillon County has 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 38%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 36.0, 93% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Dillon County was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 516 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dillon County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dillon 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 | Dillon County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 36.0 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 516 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,163 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $46,605 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 5 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 235
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 grocery and convenience stores in Dillon 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 Dillon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 27,458−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 10,829
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 405 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 69
- Median household income
- $46,605+51.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,876
- Median home value
- $85,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,462
- Daytime population
- 25,715Residents 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 |
| 41Dillon County, SC | 5 | 39 | 36.0 | $1.4M | −2.9% | #2,389 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Dillon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores5
- Grocery stores15
- Convenience stores4
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 Dillon County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 grocery and convenience stores in Dillon County. 15 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Dillon County, SC spend on groceries?
About $55.9M a year, or $5,163 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,829 households in Dillon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dillon County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Dillon County has 36.0 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 93% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.4M, 58% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Dillon County would have about 17, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 516 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Dillon County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Dillon County at 27,458 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,829 households. The median household income in Dillon County is $46,605 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 51.3% 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. Dillon County scores 5 for grocery and convenience stores (very low), #2,389 of 2,402 scored counties.
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