Supermarkets & grocery in South Carolina 862 establishments · 43,888 employees · 2024
Firms (SC)
862
Employment
43,888
Avg Annual Pay
$27,678
State Rank
#23 of 52
How South Carolina compares to national
Metric
South Carolina
National
South Carolina vs. U.S.
Establishments
862
59,567
1.4% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$27,678
$33,182
-$5,504 (-16.6%)
Location quotient
0.93
1.00
7% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
50.9
44.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
+3.7%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.93 means supermarkets & grocery are 7% under-represented in South Carolina's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 445110. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json