Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in Lexington County, SC
How Lexington 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #834 of 2,402 scored counties
#15 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 241
- 119 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 106
- +24.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $739.2M
- On groceries · $6,061 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.8
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 317,588
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 241 grocery and convenience stores in Lexington County. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 19.8 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
At $6,061 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Lexington County spend about $739.2M a year on groceries. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each store on map listings, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lexington County was 106 in 2023, up 24.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lexington County.
Population estimates show Lexington County grew 7.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lexington County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #834 of 2,402 scored counties and #15 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Lexington 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 | Lexington County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.8 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,151 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.7% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,061 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $77,408 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 85 → 106+24.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,494
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $77.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 218The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Lexington 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 Lexington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 317,588+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 121,964
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 699 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 436
- Median household income
- $77,408+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,803
- Median home value
- $234,500
- Jobs located here
- 142,688
- Daytime population
- 310,908Residents 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 Lexington 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 |
| 15Lexington County, SC | 59 | 241 | 19.8 | $3.1M | +7.7% | #834 of 2,402 |
Other business types in Lexington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores59
- Grocery stores65
- Convenience stores58
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 Lexington County, SC?
There are 241 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in Lexington County as of September 2026. 119 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 24.7% from 2019. Another 67 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Lexington County, SC spend on groceries?
About $739.2M a year, or $6,061 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 121,964 households in Lexington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lexington County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
Lexington County has 19.8 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $3.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Lexington County would have about 218, against 241 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,151 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lexington County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lexington County at 317,588 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,964 households. Median household income in Lexington County is $77,408, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Lexington County scores 59 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #834 of 2,402 scored counties.
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