Groceries and convenience · Small-town market · South Carolina
Grocery stores in the Gaffney, SC area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in the Gaffney, SC area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 506 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 11
- 5 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $117.3M
- On groceries · $5,318 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.7M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 58,275
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Gaffney area spend about $117.3M a year on groceries, or $5,318 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $10.7M of household spending for each store on map listings, 15% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores.
There are 11 grocery stores on map listings in the Gaffney area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 37% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in the Gaffney area classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 2,758 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Gaffney area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery stores in the Gaffney area is 62 (upper middle), #131 of 506 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina.
How the Gaffney 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 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 | Gaffney area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.7M | $8.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,758 | 2,325 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,318 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $50,288 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 347
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 115 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in the Gaffney 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 Gaffney area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 58,275+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 22,063
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 144
- Median household income
- $50,288+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,479
- Median home value
- $142,000
- Jobs located here
- 18,680
- Daytime population
- 47,816Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 68 | 21 | 6.1 | $9.4M | +6.3% | #89 of 506 |
| 2Gaffney, SC | 62 | 11 | 5.0 | $10.7M | +3.7% | #131 of 506 |
| 3Newberry, SC | 56 | 12 | 7.8 | $7.1M | +4.8% | #212 of 506 |
| 4Murrells Inlet, SC | 55 | 21 | 7.7 | $7.7M | +3.8% | #224 of 506 |
| 5Greenwood, SC | 29 | 37 | 9.8 | $5.6M | +1.7% | #433 of 506 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 19 | 31 | 9.4 | $5.6M | −0.9% | #475 of 506 |
Other business types in the Gaffney area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores35
- Grocery stores62
- Convenience stores26
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Questions
How many grocery stores are in the Gaffney, SC area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 grocery stores in the Gaffney area. 5 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in the Gaffney, SC area spend on groceries?
About $117.3M a year, or $5,318 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $10.7M per store. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,063 households in the Gaffney area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Gaffney, SC area compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
The Gaffney area has 5.0 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $10.7M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the U.S. ratio of grocery stores to household spending, the Gaffney area would have about 13, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,758 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is the Gaffney, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Gaffney area at 58,275 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,063 households. The median household income in the Gaffney area is $50,288 a year, 38% below 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. 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 Gaffney area scores 62 for grocery stores (upper middle), #131 of 506 scored small-town markets.
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