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Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina

Author.Name IBISWorld United States Last Updated: April 2025 NAICS SC42441

Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina industry analysis

The Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion over the five years to 2025, while the national industry will likely grow at x.x% during the same period. Industry establishments increased an annualized x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment has decreased an annualized -x.x% to x,xxx workers, while industry wages have increased an annualized x% to $x.x million.

Over the five years to 2030, the industry is expected to grow an annualized x.x% to $x.x billion, while the national industry is expected to grow x.x%. Industry establishments are forecast to decline -x.x% to xx locations. Industry employment is expected to increase an annualized x.x% to x,xxx workers, while industry wages are forecast to increase x% to $x.x million.

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About the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina Market Research Report

What’s Included in the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina Market Research Report

Definition of the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina?

Grocery wholesalers act as the middlemen between food producers and retailers. They do little to transform products and are intermediaries in merchandise distribution. Wholesalers sell and distribute all general-line grocery products, and industry establishments generally are not specialized. Distributed products usually include dry groceries, perishable food and nonfood products found in grocery stores.

What’s included in the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina?

The Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina includes canned food, fresh meat and meat products, frozen food, dairy products, specialty food, fresh fruits and vegtables, paper and plastic products and non-food products. Related terms covered in the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina industry report includes the transmission of electronic documents between businesses from one computer system to another, a technology that tracks products from the time they leave the assembly line to the time they leave the store by releasing continuous signals from a chip, a popular trend within retail and manufacturing industries where producers supply goods directly to stores, eliminating the middleman, a wholesaling divisions of large manufacturers, facilitating sales directly to retailers and bypass of third-party wholesalers, a superstore that combines a supermarket and a department store, a jointly owned, vertically integrated organization, also referred to as a co-op, that produces and distributes goods for the benefit of the owners and a network of entities, including primary producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers and other agents, engaged in delivering products to the consumer or customer.

Industry Performance of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina

Benchmark the Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina industry performance with all SC county and national performance.

Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina

#30 in Highest Revenue 1.2% of state's GDP
Revenue (2025)
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Grocery Wholesaling in the US


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Key Drivers of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina

See how key industry drivers, such as population, new business formation, per capita disposable income, consumer spending, number of households and agricultural price index are impacting Grocery Wholesaling in South Carolina

South Carolina Economic Indicators

Population
New Business Formation
Per Capita Disposable Income

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US Key External Drivers

Consumer spending
Number of households
Agricultural price index

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County Data of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina

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Key Statistics of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina

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What is the market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina in 2025?

The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina is $3.5bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina in 2025?

There are 38 businesses in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina, which has been growing at an average annual rate of 2.2% from 2020 to 2025.

Has the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina has been growing at an average annual rate of 0.3% from 2020 to 2025.

How many employees in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina in 2025?

There are 2,495 employees in the Grocery Wholesaling industry in South Carolina, which has been declining at an average annual rate of -1.1% from 2020 to 2025.