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

Charleston County had the highest business revenue: accommodation and food services (Economic Census) of 43 counties in 2017, at $2.47 billion. Calhoun County had the lowest, at $2.75 million. The median was $92.27 million and the figure for South Carolina was $13.38 billion. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest2,471.9Charleston County

Lowest2.8Calhoun County

Median92.343 counties

South Carolina13,385History

Map of counties, 2017

Under 20
20 to 40
40 to 90
90 to 200
200 to 490
490 and over
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USD million, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 USD million
1	Charleston County	2,471.9
2	Horry County	2,296.6
3	Greenville County	1,409.4
4	Richland County	1,104.5
5	Beaufort County	984.4
6	Lexington County	594.2
7	Spartanburg County	592.3
8	York County	492.3
9	Anderson County	360.9
10	Florence County	336.7
11	Berkeley County	289
12	Aiken County	271
13	Pickens County	240.2
14	Dorchester County	197.2
15	Georgetown County	196.7
16	Orangeburg County	175
17	Sumter County	164.7
18	Greenwood County	130.5
19	Lancaster County	118.6
20	Colleton County	94.6
21	Oconee County	92.7
22	Cherokee County	92.3
23	Kershaw County	78.4
24	Darlington County	74.7
25	Laurens County	60.6
26	Jasper County	53.2
27	Newberry County	48
28	Chesterfield County	46.3
29	Dillon County	39.9
30	Clarendon County	37.8
31	Marion County	37.5
32	Chester County	33.1
33	Union County	24.7
34	Barnwell County	22
35	Marlboro County	18.1
36	Abbeville County	16.3
37	Hampton County	16.1
38	Williamsburg County	14.5
39	Fairfield County	10.4
40	Bamberg County	10.1
41	Edgefield County	9.5
42	Saluda County	6.4
43	Calhoun County	2.8

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. 1 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2021). 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), 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip

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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), 2017. U.S. Census Bureau, 27 May 2021, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties?period=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau. 2021. 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), 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties?period=2017.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2021) 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), 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/economic-census/data/2017/sector00/EC1700BASIC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/business-revenue-accommodation-food-services/south-carolina-counties?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  year = {2021},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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Questions

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

Charleston County, with $2.47 billion in 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

Calhoun County, with $2.75 million in 2017.

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. 1 counties have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.