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Restaurants and cafes in Allendale County, SC
The restaurants and cafes in Allendale County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 17
- 6 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.7M
- On food away from home · $2,675 a household
- Spending per listing
- $509K
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 52.5
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,355
- −7.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Allendale County comes to about $8.7M a year: $2,675 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That is about $509K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 17 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Allendale County as of September 2026. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 52.5 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Allendale County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 360 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Allendale County declined 7.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Allendale 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Allendale County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 52.5 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $509K | $353K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 360 | 218 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,675 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $32,328 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $748K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 176 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Allendale 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.
Population and households in Allendale County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,355−7.4% since 2020
- Households
- 3,238
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $32,328
- Average household income
- $58,513
- Median home value
- $76,200
- Jobs located here
- 2,248
- Daytime population
- 6,843Residents 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 | 88 | 52 | 53.2 | $671K | +16.1% | #35 of 2,405 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 83 | 731 | 78.0 | $505K | +18.7% | #97 of 2,405 |
| 3Lancaster County, SC | 82 | 289 | 72.0 | $546K | +18.3% | #110 of 2,405 |
| 4Kershaw County, SC | 79 | 170 | 63.2 | $561K | +11.6% | #150 of 2,405 |
| 5York County, SC | 76 | 947 | 83.2 | $507K | +8.1% | #221 of 2,405 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 76 | 520 | 82.3 | $473K | +10.1% | #225 of 2,405 |
| 7Oconee County, SC | 73 | 234 | 67.8 | $516K | +6.3% | #305 of 2,405 |
| 8Calhoun County, SC | 72 | 27 | 43.7 | $757K | +0.6% | #327 of 2,405 |
| 9Laurens County, SC | 71 | 162 | 60.1 | $528K | +6.2% | #366 of 2,405 |
| 10Saluda County, SC | 71 | 47 | 61.3 | $518K | +4.1% | #368 of 2,405 |
| Allendale County, SC | Not scored | 17 | 52.5 | $509K | −7.4% |
Other business types in Allendale County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Allendale County, SC?
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 restaurants and cafes in Allendale County. 6 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Allendale County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $8.7M a year, or $2,675 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $509K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,238 households in Allendale County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Allendale County, SC compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Allendale County has 52.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $509K, 37% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Allendale County would have about 23, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 360 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Allendale County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Allendale County at 7,355 people in 2025, down 7.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,238 households. Median household income in Allendale County is $32,328, 60% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
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