Black-Owned Businesses in Greenville, SC to Support in 2026

A barbecue shop that bottles its own seasoning, a market garden on Sullivan Street at the West End, a psychiatry practice built around culturally safe care, two doula practices, a roadside assistance company run by veterans, and an all-star cheer gym. Greenville's record on this directory is 28 listings deep, and it covers more of ordinary life than a restaurant roundup would suggest.

Every business named here links to its profile, where the ownership tag shows the source it came from. For the whole set, filter the Greenville hub.

Quick answer

1. Eat at Bobby's BBQ and Catering or Wholy Smoke Family Restuarant for smoked meat.
2. Have breakfast at Flying Biscuit Cafe, or dinner at OJs Diner.
3. Finish with Better Than Sex, the adults-only dessert room off Main Street.
4. Buy vegetables from Mr. Oliver Earle, whose garden is at the West End of downtown.
5. Book care with Briggs Psychiatry or Grace Internal Medicine.
6. Hire a doula from Radiant Births or SunFlower Births.
7. Plan the wedding with Signature of Elegance and the desserts with Bake Your Mark.
8. The Greenville hub carries all 28 listings across 10 categories.

Where should I eat?

Bobby's BBQ and Catering sells its seasoning by the bottle alongside the barbecue, and Wholy Smoke Family Restuarant smokes over wood and caters. OJs Diner is the plate lunch. Flying Biscuit Cafe does Southern breakfast, brunch and lunch. Nana's Kitchen and Catering takes orders by phone rather than online, so call ahead.

For sweet things, Better Than Sex is an adults-only dessert restaurant just off Main Street, Jeremiah's Italian Ice is on Ketron Court, and Bake Your Mark builds desserts for businesses and events. YiaYia Creations does event planning, charcuterie and catering together.

Two food businesses here sell what you take home rather than what you sit down to: The Pickled Pepper People makes a spicy vegetable slaw from locally sourced produce, and Mr. Oliver Earle grows and sells from a garden on Sullivan Street at the West End of downtown, changing with the season.

Health, birth and care

Briggs Psychiatry practices patient-centered, culturally safe psychiatry and behavioral health. Grace Internal Medicine covers primary care for individuals and families. A Traveler's Hand provides in-home care.

Around birth there are two practices: Radiant Births offers birth and postpartum doula support, and SunFlower Births works the same ground. For after the baby arrives, Nannies4u places childcare.

Sport, sound and pictures

EGP AllStar Cheer coaches competitive cheer. Tiffany Lasha' hosts a weekly half-hour program giving local and national artists a platform. Greenville Boudoir is a boudoir studio just outside the metro, and Smithalee is a production company working across the Upstate and into Charlotte and Atlanta.

Services, property and the road

Veterans Roadside Solutions answers roadside calls around the clock. JC-Associates works in construction and sits on a school district task force advising on minority business enterprise participation. Spurgeon Group has written insurance since 2013.

In real estate, Akers and Associates Signature Realtors carries Black-owned, LGBTQ-owned and minority-owned tags, and Joanna Reese is a REALTOR® listing under women-owned, LGBTQ-owned and disability-owned tags who works with buyers across the Carolinas. Bow Tie Events plans weddings, elopements, DJ and lighting for Greenville and the Carolinas, and is tagged as a welcoming business rather than by ownership.

What the record does not cover yet

There are 28 published listings, and all 28 are filed in Greenville itself. Greer, Simpsonville, Mauldin, Taylors, Easley, Travelers Rest, Fountain Inn, Berea, Piedmont, Duncan and Williamston have none yet.

By type the thin ends are construction, finance, arts and beauty, each with one listing. There is no barber, no salon and no auto shop in the Upstate record. That is a gap in the record rather than a description of Greenville. If you run one, a free listing puts you on the map, and in most of these towns you would be the first.

Common mistakes

• Assuming everything takes online orders. At least one kitchen here deliberately does not, and a phone call is the way in.
• Reading the tags as one thing. Most listings here carry a Black-owned tag, and a few carry LGBTQ-owned, women-owned or disability-owned tags instead or as well. Each listing shows exactly what its source claimed.
• Missing the growers and makers. A market garden and a small-batch food producer are on this list next to the restaurants, and they sell different things at different times.
• Looking only in the city. Several of these businesses serve the whole Upstate even though the record files them in Greenville.

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