Food and drink · Small-town market · South Carolina
Restaurants and cafes in the Newberry, SC area
How the Newberry, SC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #133 of 538 scored small-town markets
#2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 125
- 51 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 59
- +11.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50M
- On food away from home · $3,261 a household
- Spending per listing
- $400K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 81.6
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,561
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,261 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Newberry area spend about $50M a year on food away from home. That works out to $400K per restaurant, 8% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The Newberry area has 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 51 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 81.6 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 59 businesses with payroll in the Newberry area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 11.3% from 2019. That is one for every 260 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $534K have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Newberry area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Newberry area grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the Newberry area is 64 (upper middle), #133 of 538 scored small-town markets and #2 of 6 scored small-town markets based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Newberry area 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 | Newberry area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 81.6 | 103.7 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $400K | $353K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 260 | 218 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.3% | +9.1% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,261 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,780 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59+11.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,038
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12551 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 135The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $534K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the Newberry area, 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 the Newberry area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,561+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 15,325
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 630 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,780+39.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,240
- Median home value
- $173,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,662
- Daytime population
- 36,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in South Carolina for restaurants and cafes, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with the Newberry area marked.
Top small-town markets in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seneca, SC | 85 | 234 | 67.8 | $516K | +6.3% | #12 of 538 |
| 2Newberry, SC | 64 | 125 | 81.6 | $400K | +4.8% | #133 of 538 |
| 3Gaffney, SC | 62 | 179 | 81.1 | $374K | +3.7% | #156 of 538 |
| 4Greenwood, SC | 51 | 329 | 87.4 | $365K | +1.7% | #252 of 538 |
| 5Murrells Inlet, SC | 37 | 368 | 135.6 | $271K | +3.8% | #402 of 538 |
| 6Orangeburg, SC | 24 | 328 | 99.2 | $300K | −0.9% | #489 of 538 |
Other business types in the Newberry area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops76
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the Newberry, SC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 125 restaurants and cafes in the Newberry area. 51 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 59 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Newberry, SC area spend on food away from home?
About $50M a year, or $3,261 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 125 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $400K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,325 households in the Newberry area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Newberry, SC area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The Newberry area has 81.6 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $400K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the Newberry area would have about 135, against 125 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 260 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Newberry, SC area growing?
Population estimates put the Newberry area at 39,561 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,325 households. Median household income in the Newberry area is $61,780, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Newberry area scores 64 for restaurants and cafes (upper middle), #133 of 538 scored small-town markets.
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