Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in Kershaw County, SC
The grocery and convenience stores in Kershaw County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #564 of 2,402 scored counties
#8 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 46
- 25 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $156.8M
- On groceries · $5,830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 73,166
- +11.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,830 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Kershaw County spend about $156.8M a year on groceries. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each store on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
Kershaw County has 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (54%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.1, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Kershaw County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 1,416 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kershaw County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kershaw County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, Kershaw County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #564 of 2,402 scored counties and #8 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kershaw 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 | Kershaw County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,416 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,830 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $68,231 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 465
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4625 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Kershaw 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 Kershaw County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 73,166+11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 26,897
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 727 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 94
- Median household income
- $68,231+32.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,069
- Median home value
- $217,100
- Jobs located here
- 17,419
- Daytime population
- 54,356Residents 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 Kershaw 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 |
Other business types in Kershaw County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores66
- Grocery stores74
- Convenience stores59
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 Kershaw County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 grocery and convenience stores in Kershaw County. 25 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kershaw County, SC spend on groceries?
About $156.8M a year, or $5,830 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,897 households in Kershaw County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kershaw County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Kershaw County has 17.1 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,416 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.
How fast is Kershaw County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Kershaw County at 73,166 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,897 households. The median household income in Kershaw County is $68,231 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.5% 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. Kershaw County scores 66 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #564 of 2,402 scored counties.
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