Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery and convenience stores in York County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in York County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #325 of 2,402 scored counties
#3 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 195
- 99 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 78
- +27.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $732.1M
- On groceries · $6,434 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.1
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 306,887
- +8.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in York County spend about $732.1M a year on groceries, or $6,434 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each store on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
York County has 195 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That is 17.1 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 78 businesses with payroll in York County classed as grocery and convenience stores, up 27.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,459 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts also show 76 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in York County.
Population estimates show York County grew 8.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For grocery and convenience stores, York County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #325 of 2,402 scored counties and #3 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How York 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 | York County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.1 | 21.5 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.7M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,459 | 1,330 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.9% | +20.2% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $6,434 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $89,095 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61 → 78+27.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,909
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $71.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 76Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19599 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 216The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in York 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 York County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 306,887+8.1% since 2020
- Households
- 113,785
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 681 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 431
- Median household income
- $89,095+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,529
- Median home value
- $361,300
- Jobs located here
- 111,939
- Daytime population
- 267,996Residents 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 York 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 York County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores74
- Grocery stores77
- Convenience stores72
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 York County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 195 grocery and convenience stores in York County. 99 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 78 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 27.9% from 2019. Another 76 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in York County, SC spend on groceries?
About $732.1M a year, or $6,434 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 195 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $3.8M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 113,785 households in York County and national spending patterns by income.
How does York County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
York 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 $3.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, York County would have about 216, against 195 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,459 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is York County, SC growing?
Population estimates put York County at 306,887 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 113,785 households. The median household income in York County is $89,095 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.3% 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. 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. York County scores 74 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #325 of 2,402 scored counties.
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