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Restaurant health inspection grades in South Carolina

Coverage: all 46 counties

GradeLocal lists 28,617 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.

28,617restaurants listed
94.8 · Aaverage score
46counties covered
Oct 27, 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
AA28,297
BB225
CC95

How South Carolina restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 28,617 listings.

A
28,297
98.9% · grade A
B
225
0.8% · grade B
C
95
0.3% · grade C
D
0
0.0% · grade D

Inspection dates in our South Carolina data run from Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 2026. 23,160 of the 28,617 listings (80.9%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 27, 2026, our latest record. 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
    3 Brothers PizzaElloreeGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  2. A
    AD Sushi MexLadsonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  3. A
    Afc Sushi @ Publix #829ColumbiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  4. A
    ANDERSON DISTRICT 5 FOOD TRUCKAndersonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  5. A
    Antai Asian GourmetLexingtonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  6. A
    Anthony's Dairy BarColumbiaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  7. A
    Arby'sMyrtle BeachGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  8. A
    ATA CAFETERIAConwayGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  9. A
    ATA CULINARY KITCHENConwayGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 2026
  10. A
    B&B Restaurant 2DarlingtonGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 27, 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 County10895.0 · A
Aiken County77394.8 · A
Allendale County2895.0 · A
Anderson County93094.7 · A
Bamberg County7795.0 · A
Barnwell County10694.6 · A
Beaufort County1,38994.9 · A
Berkeley County1,09594.9 · A
Calhoun County7894.9 · A
Charleston County3,31994.9 · A
Cherokee County24694.8 · A
Chester County15994.9 · A
Chesterfield County20694.9 · A
Clarendon County18294.5 · A
Colleton County28095.0 · A
Darlington County29094.8 · A
Dillon County15494.8 · A
Dorchester County61495.0 · A
Edgefield County8094.7 · A
Fairfield County9695.0 · A
Florence County79994.9 · A
Georgetown County49994.8 · A
Greenville County3,20094.9 · A
Greenwood County37494.6 · A
Hampton County10295.0 · A
Horry County2,88794.8 · A
Jasper County25095.0 · A
Kershaw County27294.8 · A
Lancaster County39494.8 · A
Laurens County22794.6 · A
Lee County7894.6 · A
Lexington County1,42694.7 · A
Marion County10394.8 · A
Marlboro County6195.0 · A
McCormick County12594.7 · A
Newberry County19094.9 · A
Oconee County35394.7 · A
Orangeburg County51594.9 · A
Pickens County59494.9 · A
Richland County2,27794.8 · A
Saluda County9094.3 · A
Spartanburg County1,53694.9 · A
Sumter County46494.9 · A
Union County10594.7 · A
Williamsburg County12794.6 · A
York County1,35994.9 · 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?

28,617 restaurants in 46 counties. The average score is 94.8, an A. 98.9% have an A.

How current are the South Carolina grades?

Inspection dates in our South Carolina data run from Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 27, 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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