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Pizza places in Pickens County, SC
How Pickens County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,518 of 2,090 scored counties
#31 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 53
- 38 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 117
- All limited-service restaurants · +9.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $177.7M
- On food away from home · $3,391 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,198
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 53 pizza places in Pickens County. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 72%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.1 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Pickens County comes to about $177.7M a year: $3,391 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 34% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pickens County was 117 in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That is one for every 448 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. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $830K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pickens County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pickens County grew 5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Pickens County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,518 of 2,090 scored counties and #31 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Pickens 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 | Pickens County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 448 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.4% | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,391 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,064 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 107 → 117All limited-service restaurants · +9.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,414
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $38.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5338 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $830K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pickens 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 Pickens County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,198+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 52,414
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 271
- Median household income
- $61,064+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,979
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 40,063
- Daytime population
- 119,682Residents 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 Pickens 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 |
| 31Pickens County, SC | 38 | 53 | 10.1 | $3.4M | +5.7% | #1,518 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Pickens County, SC?
Pickens County has 53 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 38 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 117 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pickens County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $177.7M a year, or $3,391 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,414 households in Pickens County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pickens County, SC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Pickens County has 10.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pickens County would have about 35, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 448 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Pickens County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Pickens County at 139,198 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,414 households. The median household income in Pickens County is $61,064 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% 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. Pickens County scores 38 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,518 of 2,090 scored counties.
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