Counties in South Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022

Charleston County had the highest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census) of 42 counties in 2022, at $3.29 billion. Lee County had the lowest, at $12.07 million. The median was $103.34 million and the figure for South Carolina was $17.88 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest3,295Charleston County

Lowest12.1Lee County

Median103.342 counties

South Carolina17,879.7History

Map of counties, 2022

Under 20
20 to 60
60 to 100
100 to 300
300 to 740
740 and over
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USD million, 2022. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 USD million
1	Charleston County	3,295
2	Horry County	2,671
3	Greenville County	2,027.1
4	Richland County	1,359.5
5	Beaufort County	1,315.5
6	Lexington County	824.1
7	Spartanburg County	815.6
8	York County	718.9
9	Florence County	540.8
10	Berkeley County	497.7
11	Anderson County	474.1
12	Aiken County	378.4
13	Dorchester County	333
14	Pickens County	308.8
15	Georgetown County	296.9
16	Sumter County	222
17	Orangeburg County	207.9
18	Greenwood County	173.8
19	Lancaster County	173.7
20	Oconee County	141.7
21	Colleton County	104.2
22	Darlington County	102.5
23	Cherokee County	101.9
24	Kershaw County	98.4
25	Laurens County	92.7
26	Jasper County	83.4
27	Newberry County	65.3
28	Chesterfield County	58
29	Dillon County	50.4
30	Clarendon County	49.2
31	Chester County	44.1
32	Marion County	36.5
33	Union County	33.5
34	Marlboro County	22.7
35	Barnwell County	22.2
36	Abbeville County	18.7
37	Williamsburg County	18.5
38	Hampton County	18.4
39	Edgefield County	16.3
40	Bamberg County	15.3
41	Fairfield County	14.6
42	Lee County	12.1

Other periods

2022
2017

About this ranking

Sales, value of shipments or revenue of employer establishments in accommodation and food services (hotels, restaurants and bars) (NAICS 72), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Economic Census.

Economic Census, taken every five years: values exist for 2017 and 2022 only, and the 2027 census publishes about 2029. Revenue of employer establishments located in the place, in millions of current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; nonemployers (nonemployer_receipts_usd_*) are not included, and government owned establishments are generally out of scope. Manufacturing is the value of shipments and wholesale and retail trade are sales, so an establishment selling to another counts in both and sectors do not add up to output or GDP. Cells that would disclose individual companies (flag D) or that Census does not publish are missing here, not zero; counties are published for 14 of the 18 sectors. Sectors follow NAICS 2017 for 2017 and NAICS 2022 for 2022.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 2 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2022 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments (Counties in South Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip

MLA 9

Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments, Counties in South Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 12 Dec. 2024, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2024. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Counties in South Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2024) Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments, Counties in South Carolina by business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2022/sector00/EC2200BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census)?

Charleston County, with $3.29 billion in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census)?

Lee County, with $12.07 million in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Census basic statistics by geography (EC1700BASIC, EC2200BASIC): sales, value of shipments, or revenue (RCPTOT) of accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), all establishments. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 2 counties have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.