Southern Shops is a census-designated place (CDP) in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.2 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 3,663 people, 949 households, and 663 families residing in the CDP.

As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 3,707 people, 1,164 households, and 735 families residing in the CDP.

30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.