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South Carolina

United States · GDP 2025
#23 of 51 US states by GDPtop-decile growth
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$378.8B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
2,067,143
Employers
122,958
Avg. wage
$57.9k
Population
5,142,750

South Carolina · GDP by county

BEA 2025 · hover or tap
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higher · USD

Counties

top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024
Charleston$50.5BGreenville$48.7BRichland$37.4BSpartanburg$23.0BHorry$22.8BLexington$19.8BYork$19.2BBerkeley$14.3BBeaufort$12.9BAnderson$10.6BAiken$10.4BFlorence$10.0BDorchester$6.7BSumter$6.3BPickens$6.0BLancaster$5.3BOconee$5.2BGreenwood$4.9BGeorgetown$4.0BOrangeburg$4.0BKershaw$3.4BDarlington$3.4BLaurens$2.9BCherokee$2.3B

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sonoco Products CompanyConsumer Cyclical$7.5B77B+2ScanSource, Inc.Technology$3.0B71B3Sunbelt Rentals Holdings IncFinancial Services$2.5B54D4Ingevity CorporationBasic Materials$1.2B52D5Shoe Carnival, Inc. Common StockConsumer Cyclical$1.1B56C6Blackbaud, Inc.Technology$1.1B80B+7Regional Management Corp.Financial Services$645.6M72B8World Acceptance CorporationFinancial Services$585.2M74B93D Systems CorporationTechnology$386.9M63C10Royal Energy Resources, Inc.Basic Materials$247.9M——11South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$102.3M51D12First Capital Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$68.2M50D13Coastal Carolina Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$65.0M52D14Citizens Bancshares Corp.Financial Services$61.5M52D15CNB Corp.Financial Services$36.5M——16HireQuest, Inc.Industrials$29.0M67B171st Federal Savings Bank of SC, Inc.Financial Services$8.1M43D18Southern First Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$6.3M53D19Cmark International, Inc.Industrials$4.5M——20Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.Technology$2.0M——21CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$2.0M47D22PCT LtdIndustrials$1.3M——23First Community CorporationFinancial Services$922.0k50D24Catheter Precision, Inc.Healthcare$819.0k40D25Aventura Equities, Inc.Communication Services$338.8k——

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade21%
Health care21%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Admin & support11%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023

GDP trend

2021–2025 · nominal
$272.5B
2021
$305.1B
2022
$332.9B
2023
$357.1B
2024
$378.8B
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

66 filings from 15 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KSunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc07-08
8-KWorld Acceptance Corporation07-01
8-KSunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc06-30
8-KIngevity Corporation06-24
10-KSunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc06-23
8-KSunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc06-23
8-KHireQuest, Inc.06-22
10-QVynleads, Inc.06-16
8-KShoe Carnival, Inc. Common Stock06-11
8-KBlackbaud, Inc.06-11
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US states
nearest by GDP
Connecticut$376.5BOregon$342.9BAlabama$341.2BLouisiana$340.1BUtah$316.0BKentucky$306.9B
The read

South Carolina's economy produced $378.8B in 2025, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than 94% of US states. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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