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Pizza places in Saluda County, SC
The pizza places in Saluda County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #762 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $24.3M
- On food away from home · $3,174 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,680
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Saluda County spend about $24.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,174 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per pizza place, 20% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Saluda County has 6 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 67% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Saluda County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,096 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Saluda County grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Saluda County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #762 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 41 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Saluda 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 | Saluda County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,096 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,174 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,009 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Saluda 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 Saluda County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,680+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 7,670
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 453 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $51,009+11.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,200
- Median home value
- $146,500
- Jobs located here
- 5,321
- Daytime population
- 16,117Residents 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 |
| 17Saluda County, SC | 57 | 6 | 7.8 | $4.1M | +4.1% | #762 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Saluda County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Saluda County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pizza places in Saluda County. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 7 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.
How much do households in Saluda County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $24.3M a year, or $3,174 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 7,670 households in Saluda County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Saluda County, SC compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Saluda County has 7.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.1M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Saluda County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,096 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Saluda County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Saluda County at 19,680 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,670 households. Median household income in Saluda County is $51,009, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.6%, 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. Saluda County scores 57 for pizza places (upper middle), #762 of 2,090 scored counties.
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