Food and drink · County · South Carolina
Sit-down restaurants in Greenwood County, SC
The sit-down restaurants in Greenwood County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,922 of 2,405 scored counties
#37 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 143
- 61 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $87.8M
- On food away from home · $3,148 a household
- Spending per listing
- $614K
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 51.3
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,379
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Greenwood County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #1,922 of 2,405 scored counties and #37 of 44 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Greenwood County comes to about $87.8M a year: $3,148 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 143 sit-down restaurants, that is $614K per restaurant, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Greenwood County has 143 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 61 are chain locations, or 43%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 51.3, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in Greenwood County classed as full-service restaurants, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 558 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Greenwood County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Greenwood 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Greenwood County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 51.3 | 59.9 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $614K | $611K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 558 | 462 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,148 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,830 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 50−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,229
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14361 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 132The 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 full-service restaurants in Greenwood 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 Greenwood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,379+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 27,884
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 456 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 153
- Median household income
- $52,830+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,042
- Median home value
- $180,500
- Jobs located here
- 29,140
- Daytime population
- 68,312Residents 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 sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Greenwood County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, SC | 80 | 402 | 42.9 | $918K | +18.7% | #131 of 2,405 |
| 2Lancaster County, SC | 79 | 168 | 41.9 | $940K | +18.3% | #152 of 2,405 |
| 3Edgefield County, SC | 77 | 40 | 41.0 | $873K | +16.1% | #201 of 2,405 |
| 4Kershaw County, SC | 76 | 90 | 33.5 | $1.1M | +11.6% | #222 of 2,405 |
| 5York County, SC | 76 | 497 | 43.7 | $966K | +8.1% | #225 of 2,405 |
| 6Dorchester County, SC | 73 | 301 | 47.6 | $817K | +10.1% | #308 of 2,405 |
| 7Calhoun County, SC | 69 | 14 | 22.7 | $1.5M | +0.6% | #391 of 2,405 |
| 8Laurens County, SC | 68 | 92 | 34.1 | $929K | +6.2% | #432 of 2,405 |
| 9Saluda County, SC | 62 | 31 | 40.4 | $785K | +4.1% | #678 of 2,405 |
| 10Oconee County, SC | 61 | 142 | 41.1 | $850K | +6.3% | #706 of 2,405 |
| 37Greenwood County, SC | 33 | 143 | 51.3 | $614K | +1.5% | #1,922 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Greenwood County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops20
- Pizza30
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Greenwood County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 143 sit-down restaurants in Greenwood County. 61 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Greenwood County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $87.8M a year, or $3,148 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 143 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $614K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,884 households in Greenwood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Greenwood County, SC compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Greenwood County has 51.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $614K, 7% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Greenwood County would have about 132, against 143 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Greenwood County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Greenwood County at 70,379 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,884 households. Median household income in Greenwood County is $52,830, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Greenwood County scores 33 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,922 of 2,405 scored counties.
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