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Pizza places in Aiken County, SC
The pizza places in Aiken County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #441 of 2,090 scored counties
#9 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 43
- 35 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- 138
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $256.1M
- On food away from home · $3,663 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 181,515
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Aiken County comes to about $256.1M a year: $3,663 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6M per pizza place, 17% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 43 pizza places on map listings in Aiken County as of September 2026. 35 of them (81%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Aiken County was 138 in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 507 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Aiken County.
Population estimates put the population change in Aiken County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Aiken County is 66 (upper middle), #441 of 2,090 scored counties and #9 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Aiken County compares
The same measures for South Carolina and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places 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 | Aiken County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 507 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,663 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,609 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 131 → 138All limited-service restaurants · +5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,953
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4335 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Aiken 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in Aiken County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,515+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 69,916
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,071 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 163
- Median household income
- $70,609+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,371
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 65,453
- Daytime population
- 171,299Residents 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 pizza places, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Aiken County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Edgefield County, SC | 86 | 5 | 5.1 | $7M | +16.1% | #33 of 2,090 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 83 | 59 | 6.3 | $6.3M | +18.7% | #53 of 2,090 |
| 3York County, SC | 77 | 75 | 6.6 | $6.4M | +8.1% | #138 of 2,090 |
| 4Lancaster County, SC | 77 | 26 | 6.5 | $6.1M | +18.3% | #141 of 2,090 |
| 5Kershaw County, SC | 74 | 17 | 6.3 | $5.6M | +11.6% | #195 of 2,090 |
| 6Beaufort County, SC | 73 | 66 | 8.0 | $5.3M | +8.9% | #228 of 2,090 |
| 7Dorchester County, SC | 71 | 46 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +10.1% | #281 of 2,090 |
| 8Oconee County, SC | 69 | 24 | 7.0 | $5M | +6.3% | #352 of 2,090 |
| 9Aiken County, SC | 66 | 43 | 6.2 | $6M | +7.3% | #441 of 2,090 |
| 10Spartanburg County, SC | 65 | 82 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +15.6% | #478 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Aiken County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 pizza places in Aiken County. 35 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 138 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Aiken County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $256.1M a year, or $3,663 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 69,916 households in Aiken County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Aiken County, SC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Aiken County has 6.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Aiken County would have about 50, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 507 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Aiken County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Aiken County at 181,515 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,916 households. Median household income in Aiken County is $70,609, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.4%, 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. Aiken County scores 66 for pizza places (upper middle), #441 of 2,090 scored counties.
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