Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in the Greenwood, SC area
How the Greenwood, SC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #432 of 538 scored small-town markets
#5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 97
- 41 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- +40.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $205.6M
- On groceries · $5,461 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.8
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 95,215
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Greenwood area is 33 (lower middle), #432 of 538 scored small-town markets and #5 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 97 grocery and convenience stores in the Greenwood area. 41 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 25.8 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Greenwood area comes to about $205.6M a year: $5,461 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per store, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Greenwood area was 35 in 2023, up 40.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greenwood area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Greenwood 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 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 | Greenwood area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.8 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,076 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +40.0% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,461 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $52,860 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35+40.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 923
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9741 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 61The 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 the Greenwood 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 Greenwood area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 95,215+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 37,646
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 947 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $52,860
- Average household income
- $75,646
- Median home value
- $180,100
- Jobs located here
- 34,735
- Daytime population
- 87,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 56 | 77 | 22.3 | $2.6M | +6.3% | #231 of 538 |
| 2Murrells Inlet, SC | 46 | 79 | 29.1 | $2M | +3.8% | #325 of 538 |
| 3Newberry, SC | 36 | 46 | 30.0 | $1.9M | +4.8% | #413 of 538 |
| 4Gaffney, SC | 35 | 54 | 24.5 | $2.2M | +3.7% | #417 of 538 |
| 5Greenwood, SC | 33 | 97 | 25.8 | $2.1M | +1.7% | #432 of 538 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 14 | 108 | 32.7 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #519 of 538 |
Other business types in the Greenwood area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores33
- Grocery stores29
- Convenience stores40
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 the Greenwood, SC area?
There are 97 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Greenwood area as of September 2026. 41 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 40.0% from 2019. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Greenwood, SC area spend on groceries?
About $205.6M a year, or $5,461 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 37,646 households in the Greenwood area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greenwood, SC area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Greenwood area has 25.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.1M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Greenwood area would have about 61, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,076 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greenwood, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Greenwood area at 95,215 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,646 households. Median household income in the Greenwood area is $52,860, 35% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Greenwood area scores 33 for grocery and convenience stores (lower middle), #432 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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