Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in Horry County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Horry County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #994 of 2,402 scored counties
#17 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 366
- 198 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 113
- +25.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $919.3M
- On groceries · $5,790 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.1
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Horry County spend about $919.3M a year on groceries, or $5,790 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 366 grocery and convenience stores, that is $2.5M per store, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Horry County has 366 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 23.1 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Horry County was 113 in 2023, up 25.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,405 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 92 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $150K have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Horry County.
Population estimates put the population change in Horry County from 2020 to 2025 at +20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in Horry County is 55 (upper middle), #994 of 2,402 scored counties and #17 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Horry 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 | Horry County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,405 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.6% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,790 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90 → 113+25.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,844
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $128.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 366198 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 271The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Horry 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 Horry County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Horry County marked.
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 |
| 17Horry County, SC | 55 | 366 | 23.1 | $2.5M | +20.9% | #994 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Horry County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores55
- Grocery stores55
- Convenience stores60
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 Horry County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 366 grocery and convenience stores in Horry County. 198 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 25.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 92 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Horry County, SC spend on groceries?
About $919.3M a year, or $5,790 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 366 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 158,779 households in Horry County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Horry County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Horry County has 23.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $2.5M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Horry County would have about 271, against 366 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,405 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Horry County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Horry County at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. The median household income in Horry County is $66,880 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Horry County scores 55 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #994 of 2,402 scored counties.
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