Groceries and convenience · County · South Carolina
Grocery stores in Union County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery stores in Union County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $59.4M
- On groceries · $5,114 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.8M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.6
- 62% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,799
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 grocery stores in Union County. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 6.8.
Households in Union County spend about $59.4M a year on groceries, or $5,114 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $19.8M per store, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $9.3M. That spending covers all groceries, which grocery stores share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Union County classed as supermarkets and grocery stores. That is one for every 3,870 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Union County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 grocery stores on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Union 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 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 | Union County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Spending per listing | $19.8M | $8.7M | $9.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,870 | 2,325 | 2,053 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.4% | 0.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,114 | $5,910 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $41,621 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,799−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 11,611
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 514 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 52
- Median household income
- $41,621+1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $60,230
- Median home value
- $103,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,601
- Daytime population
- 22,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, SC | 79 | 51 | 5.4 | $11.4M | +18.7% | #221 of 2,070 |
| 2York County, SC | 77 | 59 | 5.2 | $12.4M | +8.1% | #250 of 2,070 |
| 3Aiken County, SC | 77 | 37 | 5.3 | $11.2M | +7.3% | #256 of 2,070 |
| 4Dorchester County, SC | 76 | 37 | 5.9 | $10.5M | +10.1% | #279 of 2,070 |
| 5Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 12 | 4.5 | $13.1M | +11.6% | #315 of 2,070 |
| 6Spartanburg County, SC | 72 | 67 | 5.1 | $11.4M | +15.6% | #356 of 2,070 |
| 7Pickens County, SC | 72 | 27 | 5.2 | $11M | +5.7% | #357 of 2,070 |
| 8Anderson County, SC | 70 | 48 | 5.7 | $10.1M | +7.7% | #415 of 2,070 |
| 9Richland County, SC | 67 | 94 | 5.6 | $10.4M | +4.6% | #484 of 2,070 |
| 10Edgefield County, SC | 66 | 7 | 7.2 | $8.1M | +16.1% | #532 of 2,070 |
| Union County, SC | Not scored | 3 | 2.6 | $19.8M | −1.4% |
Other business types in Union County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores19
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores11
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 stores are in Union County, SC?
There are 3 grocery stores on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count grocery stores and supermarkets. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as supermarkets and grocery stores in 2023.
How much do households in Union County, SC spend on groceries?
About $59.4M a year, or $5,114 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 grocery stores on map listings, it comes to $19.8M per store. The spending figure covers all groceries, not only grocery stores. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,611 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, SC compare with the U.S. for grocery stores?
Union County has 2.6 grocery stores per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 6.8. Spending per store is $19.8M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $9.3M. At the national ratio of grocery stores to household spending, Union County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,870 households, against one for every 2,053 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 26,799 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,611 households. Median household income in Union County is $41,621, 48% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 1.1%, 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. Union County has no market score for grocery stores: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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