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Pizza places in Kershaw County, SC

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #195 of 2,090 scored counties
#5 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
17
12 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
39
All limited-service restaurants · +11.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$95.4M
On food away from home · $3,547 a household
Spending per listing
$5.6M
10% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
73,166
+11.6% since 2020

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What this means

For pizza places, Kershaw County has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #195 of 2,090 scored counties and #5 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 pizza places in Kershaw County. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Kershaw County comes to about $95.4M a year: $3,547 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 10% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 39 businesses with payroll in Kershaw County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 690 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $472K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kershaw County. Population estimates show Kershaw County grew 11.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Kershaw 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 Kershaw County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureKershaw CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.37.68.0
Spending per listing$5.6M$4.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)690501478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.4%+10.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,547$3,660$4,070
Median household income$68,231$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7449

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 39All limited-service restaurants · +11.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
936
Annual payroll, 2023
$16.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1712 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$472K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kershaw 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 Kershaw County

Population, 2025 estimate
73,166+11.6% since 2020
Households
26,897
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
727 sq. mi.
People per square mile
94
Median household income
$68,231+32.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,069
Median home value
$217,100
Jobs located here
17,419
Daytime population
54,356Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across South Carolina

Every South Carolina market ranked →

The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Kershaw 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

Other business types in Kershaw County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Kershaw County, SC?

Kershaw County has 17 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $95.4M a year, or $3,547 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,897 households in Kershaw County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kershaw County has 6.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Kershaw County would have about 19, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 690 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Kershaw County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Kershaw County at 73,166 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,897 households. The median household income in Kershaw County is $68,231 a year, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.5% 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. 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. Kershaw County scores 74 for pizza places (upper middle), #195 of 2,090 scored counties.

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