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Grocery and convenience stores in Edgefield County, SC

How Edgefield 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #244 of 2,402 scored counties
#1 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
14
4 chain locations (29%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$56.8M
On groceries · $5,811 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.3
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,808
+16.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in Edgefield County spend about $56.8M a year on groceries, or $5,811 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per store, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

Edgefield County has 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 29%, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Edgefield County in 2023. That is one for every 1,954 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Edgefield County grew 16.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Edgefield County is 77 (high), #244 of 2,402 scored counties and #1 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Edgefield 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.

Grocery and convenience stores in Edgefield County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureEdgefield CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.321.518.7
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.7M$3.4M
Households per official establishment1,9541,3301,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.2%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$5,811$5,910$6,319
Median household income$73,029$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7740

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5
Employees, 2023
69
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
6Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
144 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 Edgefield 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 Edgefield County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,808+16.1% since 2020
Households
9,768
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
501 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$73,029+48.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,544
Median home value
$202,700
Jobs located here
5,910
Daytime population
21,597Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Edgefield County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Edgefield County, SC771414.3$4.1M+16.1%#244 of 2,402
2Berkeley County, SC7517018.1$3.4M+18.7%#301 of 2,402
3York County, SC7419517.1$3.8M+8.1%#325 of 2,402
4Greenville County, SC7338017.2$3.6M+10.6%#362 of 2,402
5Dorchester County, SC7311918.8$3.3M+10.1%#370 of 2,402
6Beaufort County, SC7317921.7$3M+8.9%#373 of 2,402
7Aiken County, SC6813819.7$3M+7.3%#514 of 2,402
8Kershaw County, SC664617.1$3.4M+11.6%#564 of 2,402
9Richland County, SC6427816.6$3.5M+4.6%#630 of 2,402
10Pickens County, SC629618.3$3.1M+5.7%#718 of 2,402

Other business types in Edgefield County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Edgefield County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 grocery and convenience stores in Edgefield County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Edgefield County, SC spend on groceries?

About $56.8M a year, or $5,811 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,768 households in Edgefield County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Edgefield County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Edgefield County has 14.3 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Edgefield County would have about 17, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,954 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Edgefield County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Edgefield County at 29,808 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,768 households. The median household income in Edgefield County is $73,029 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 48.7% 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. Edgefield County scores 77 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #244 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for grocery and convenience stores · All 56 business types in Edgefield County

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