Metro by metro
The leading discount store chains in every South Carolina metro area
Tracked discount store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Dollar General leads in all 10 metro areas. Against their share in South Carolina as a whole, Dollar General stands out in 3 metro areas, Dollar Tree in 3 metro areas, and Family Dollar in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Dollar General
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Spartanburg, SC 1.2× · Augusta, GA (SC part) 1.3× · Sumter, SC 1.2×
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Dollar Tree
Relative #1 in 3 metro areas
Myrtle Beach, SC 1× · Charlotte, NC (SC part) 1.6× · Hilton Head Island, SC 1.7×
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Family Dollar
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Columbia, SC 1.3× · Charleston, SC 1.6×
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Relative #1 in Greenville, SC, 1.4× its share in South Carolina
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Roses Discount Store
Relative #1 in Florence, SC, 5× its share in South Carolina
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Dollar General
#1 in all 10 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked discount store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to South Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in South Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in South Carolina and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of South Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in South Carolina. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked discount store chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Dollar General and Roses sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Dollar General | - | +3.5% |
| 2 | Roses | - | +3.4% |
| 3 | Dollar Tree | - | +3.0% |
| 4 | pOpshelf | - | +2.3% |
| 5 | Ollie's Bargain Outlet | - | -0.1% |
| 6 | Family Dollar | - | -10.3% |
| 7 | Roses Discount Store | ▲1 | -13.9% |
| 8 | Big Lots | ▼1 | -41.0% |
| 9 | Maxway | - | -59.7% |
| 10 | Bargain Hunt | - | -100.0% |
- Dollar General
- Dollar Tree
- Family Dollar
- Five Below
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet
- Roses Discount Store
- Big Lots
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,384 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,265 of the 1,384 stores (91%); 32 of the 47 tracked chains have a single store here. 19% of the tracked retail stores here are discount stores, against 14% across the United States.
- Dollar General (737)
- Dollar Tree (193)
- Family Dollar (266)
- Five Below (29)
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet (19)
- Roses Discount Store (21)
- Big Lots (40)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dollar General 737
- 2 Family Dollar 266
- 3 Dollar Tree 193
- 4 Big Lots 40
- 5 Five Below 29
- 6 Roses Discount Store 21
- 7 Ollie's Bargain Outlet 19
- 8 Maxway 17
- 9 pOpshelf 9
- 10 Roses 9
- 11 Bargain Hunt 3
- 12 Black Friday Deals 3
- 13 Roses Express 2
- 14 Bin Depot 2
- 15 Carolina Bin Store 2
- 16 R&H Liquidation 1
- 17 Outlet Shoppe LLC 1
- 18 Extreme Auctions 1
- 19 Southern Home Liquidators 1
- 20 Bin Empire 1
- 21 Beach Liquidation 1
- 22 Dixiana Wholesale 1
- 23 I-deal Auction and Thrift Store 1
- 24 Redeemer Restored Thrift Shop 1
- 25 Cherokee Overstock 1
- 26 Southern Cactus 1
- 27 Adventist Community Thrift Shop 1
- 28 Dollar Deals 1
- 29 Binbuster Liquidation 1
- 30 Wilson's 5 Cents - 1.00 Store 1
- 31 CostLess Outlet 1
- 32 Where Ya Bin Columbia 1
- 33 APC Liquidators 1
- 34 The Fishin' Duck 1
- 35 Walterboro Discount Lumber & Feed 1
- 36 Megan’s Deals On Main 1
- 37 Johnny's Discount Fireworks and Grocery 1
- 38 Coastal Bin Store 1
- 39 Super Deals Discount Store 1
- 40 Savemore Superstore 1
- 41 North Myrtle Beach Wholesale 1
- 42 Bargain City 1
- 43 CLM Resale Store 1
- 44 Bargain World 1
- 45 The Bin Store Grovetown 1
- 46 Bintime 1
- 47 Wise Buys Discount Groceries 1
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