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Pizza places in Greenville County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Greenville County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #547 of 2,090 scored counties
#13 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 157
- 94 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 512
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $860.3M
- On food away from home · $3,901 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.5M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 583,125
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,901 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Greenville County spend about $860.3M a year on food away from home. That works out to $5.5M per pizza place, 8% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Greenville County has 157 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 512 businesses with payroll in Greenville County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 15.3% from 2019. That is one for every 431 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 also show 104 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $13M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Greenville County.
Population estimates show Greenville County grew 10.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Greenville County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #547 of 2,090 scored counties and #13 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Greenville 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 | Greenville County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.5M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 431 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.3% | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,901 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,932 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 444 → 512All limited-service restaurants · +15.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,930
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $182.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 104All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15794 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 169The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $13M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Greenville 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 Greenville County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 583,125+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 220,565
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 786 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 697
- Median household income
- $76,932+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,098
- Median home value
- $299,000
- Jobs located here
- 308,999
- Daytime population
- 615,764Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 13Greenville County, SC | 63 | 157 | 7.1 | $5.5M | +10.6% | #547 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Greenville County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 157 pizza places in Greenville County. 94 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 512 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 104 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Greenville County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $860.3M a year, or $3,901 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 157 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 220,565 households in Greenville County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greenville County, SC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Greenville County has 7.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.5M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Greenville County would have about 169, against 157 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Greenville County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Greenville County at 583,125 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 220,565 households. Median household income in Greenville County is $76,932, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Greenville County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #547 of 2,090 scored counties.
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