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Pizza places in Clarendon County, SC

The pizza places in Clarendon County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,601 of 2,090 scored counties
#33 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
12
10 chain locations (83%)
Official establishments
19
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$37.8M
On food away from home · $3,059 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
31,043
+0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pizza places, Clarendon County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,601 of 2,090 scored counties and #33 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Clarendon County comes to about $37.8M a year: $3,059 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per pizza place, 38% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Clarendon County has 12 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 83%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.7, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Clarendon County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 650 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. Population estimates show Clarendon County grew 0.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Clarendon 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.

Pizza in Clarendon County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureClarendon CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.77.68.0
Spending per listing$3.1M$4.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)650501478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,059$3,660$4,070
Median household income$52,401$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score3649

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 19All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
439
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 limited-service restaurants in Clarendon 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 Clarendon County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,043+0.7% since 2020
Households
12,356
Median age
46.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
607 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$52,401+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,670
Median home value
$158,000
Jobs located here
6,942
Daytime population
25,933Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Clarendon County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Edgefield County, SC8655.1$7M+16.1%#33 of 2,090
2Berkeley County, SC83596.3$6.3M+18.7%#53 of 2,090
3York County, SC77756.6$6.4M+8.1%#138 of 2,090
4Lancaster County, SC77266.5$6.1M+18.3%#141 of 2,090
5Kershaw County, SC74176.3$5.6M+11.6%#195 of 2,090
6Beaufort County, SC73668.0$5.3M+8.9%#228 of 2,090
7Dorchester County, SC71467.3$5.3M+10.1%#281 of 2,090
8Oconee County, SC69247.0$5M+6.3%#352 of 2,090
9Aiken County, SC66436.2$6M+7.3%#441 of 2,090
10Spartanburg County, SC65826.2$5.6M+15.6%#478 of 2,090
33Clarendon County, SC36129.7$3.1M+0.7%#1,601 of 2,090

Other business types in Clarendon County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Clarendon County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pizza places in Clarendon County. 10 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Clarendon County, SC spend on food away from home?

About $37.8M a year, or $3,059 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 12,356 households in Clarendon County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clarendon County, SC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Clarendon County has 9.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.1M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Clarendon County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 650 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Clarendon County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Clarendon County at 31,043 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,356 households. Median household income in Clarendon County is $52,401, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Clarendon County scores 36 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,601 of 2,090 scored counties.

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