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Restaurant health inspection grades in South Carolina

GradeLocal lists 24,762 South Carolina restaurants. Their average score is 94.8, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

24,762restaurants listed
94.8 · Aaverage score
46counties covered
Oct 8, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in South Carolina

South Carolina Department of Environmental Services posted letter grades.

Coverage: Statewide, all 46 counties. All sources

What South Carolina publishes

The agencies behind our South Carolina listings publish the agency’s own letter grades. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every South Carolina score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades South Carolina restaurants

When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our South Carolina data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
AA24,436
BB225
CC101

How South Carolina restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 24,762 listings.

A
24,436
98.7% · grade A
B
225
0.9% · grade B
C
101
0.4% · grade C
D
0
0.0% · grade D

Inspection dates in our South Carolina data run from Jan 2, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. 19,096 of the 24,762 listings (77.1%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in South Carolina

Every A-grade place in our South Carolina data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

  1. A
    Acme Bar & GrillMurrells InletGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  2. A
    Adam's MartFort MillGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  3. A
    Arby's #453GaffneyGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  4. A
    Backyard BBQ of LorisLorisGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  5. A
    Bacon DinerBlufftonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  6. A
    Bellacino's Pizza & GrindersSummervilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  7. A
    Big Apple Donuts & CafeMauldinGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  8. A
    Big Papas PizzeriaCloverGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  9. A
    Black Lotus Cuisine LLCNorth AugustaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026
  10. A
    BloomHausBeltonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 8, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in South Carolina

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Abbeville County8894.9 · A
Aiken County67294.7 · A
Allendale County2495.0 · A
Anderson County81694.7 · A
Bamberg County6595.0 · A
Barnwell County8894.6 · A
Beaufort County1,24094.9 · A
Berkeley County94094.8 · A
Calhoun County6694.8 · A
Charleston County2,91394.9 · A
Cherokee County20994.9 · A
Chester County13494.8 · A
Chesterfield County17494.9 · A
Clarendon County16294.5 · A
Colleton County24495.0 · A
Darlington County24294.8 · A
Dillon County12394.8 · A
Dorchester County48894.9 · A
Edgefield County6594.7 · A
Fairfield County7395.0 · A
Florence County66794.9 · A
Georgetown County43094.8 · A
Greenville County2,84494.9 · A
Greenwood County31194.6 · A
Hampton County7695.0 · A
Horry County2,59694.8 · A
Jasper County21594.9 · A
Kershaw County23394.7 · A
Lancaster County33294.7 · A
Laurens County18994.7 · A
Lee County6094.5 · A
Lexington County1,22894.7 · A
Marion County6994.9 · A
Marlboro County4294.5 · A
McCormick County11994.7 · A
Newberry County16194.5 · A
Oconee County30394.7 · A
Orangeburg County45094.9 · A
Pickens County51994.8 · A
Richland County1,93694.7 · A
Saluda County7294.2 · A
Spartanburg County1,31094.8 · A
Sumter County39694.8 · A
Union County9194.5 · A
Williamsburg County10294.5 · A
York County1,18595.0 · A

Questions about South Carolina grades

Who inspects restaurants in South Carolina?

South Carolina Department of Environmental Services posted letter grades.

What does South Carolina publish: a score, a letter or something else?

The agencies behind our South Carolina listings publish the agency’s own letter grades. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every South Carolina score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in South Carolina?

When the agency publishes its own letter, we use that letter. When an agency publishes an F, we show it as a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many South Carolina restaurants are on GradeLocal?

24,762 restaurants in 46 counties. The average score is 94.8, an A. 98.7% have an A.

How current are the South Carolina grades?

Inspection dates in our South Carolina data run from Jan 2, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.

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