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Restaurants and cafes in Edgefield County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for restaurants and cafes in Edgefield County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #35 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 52
- 15 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.9M
- On food away from home · $3,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $671K
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 53.2
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,808
- +16.1% since 2020
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What this means
Edgefield County scores 88 (high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #35 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 restaurants and cafes in Edgefield County. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 53.2 for every 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $3,574 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Edgefield County spend about $34.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $671K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 81% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Edgefield County classed as restaurants and other eating places. That is one for every 543 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Edgefield County. Population estimates put the population change in Edgefield County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Edgefield 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 | Edgefield County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 53.2 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $671K | $353K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 543 | 218 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.1% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,574 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,029 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 239
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Edgefield 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 Edgefield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,808+16.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,768
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $73,029+48.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,544
- Median home value
- $202,700
- Jobs located here
- 5,910
- Daytime population
- 21,597Residents 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 restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Edgefield County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Edgefield County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes88
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops89
- Pizza86
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Edgefield County, SC?
Edgefield County has 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Edgefield County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $34.9M a year, or $3,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $671K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,768 households in Edgefield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Edgefield County, SC compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Edgefield County has 53.2 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $671K, 81% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Edgefield County would have about 94, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 543 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S.
How fast is Edgefield County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Edgefield County at 29,808 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,768 households. The median household income in Edgefield County is $73,029 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 48.7% 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. Edgefield County scores 88 for restaurants and cafes (high), #35 of 2,405 scored counties.
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