Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in the Orangeburg, SC area
How the Orangeburg, 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #519 of 538 scored small-town markets
#6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 108
- 52 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- −8.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $172.5M
- On groceries · $5,215 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 32.7
- 75% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,177
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Orangeburg area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores, ranking #519 of 538 scored small-town markets and #6 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $5,215 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Orangeburg area spend about $172.5M a year on groceries. Spread across 108 grocery and convenience stores, that is $1.6M per store, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
There are 108 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Orangeburg area as of September 2026. Of those, 52 are chain locations, or 48%, against 42% across the U.S. That is 32.7 per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 18.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Orangeburg area was 31 in 2023, down 8.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,067 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Orangeburg area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Orangeburg area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Orangeburg 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 | Orangeburg area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 32.7 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,067 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.8% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,215 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $45,675 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31−8.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 884
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10852 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,177−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,077
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,106 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $45,675+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,628
- Median home value
- $115,800
- Jobs located here
- 28,236
- Daytime population
- 72,707Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Carolina for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Orangeburg area marked.
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 Orangeburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores14
- Grocery stores19
- Convenience stores16
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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 Orangeburg, SC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 108 grocery and convenience stores in the Orangeburg area. 52 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, down 8.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Orangeburg, SC area spend on groceries?
About $172.5M a year, or $5,215 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 108 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 33,077 households in the Orangeburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Orangeburg, SC area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Orangeburg area has 32.7 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 75% above the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $1.6M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Orangeburg area would have about 51, against 108 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,067 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Orangeburg, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Orangeburg area at 83,177 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,077 households. The median household income in the Orangeburg area is $45,675 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.3% 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. 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 Orangeburg area scores 14 for grocery and convenience stores (low), #519 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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