State profile
South Carolina
United States · GDP 2025
#23 of 51 US states by GDPtop-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$378.8B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
2,067,143
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
122,958
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,142,750
Census PEP · 2022
South Carolina · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Charleston$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
See all counties in South Carolina →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sonoco Products CompanyConsumer Cyclical$7.5B78B+2ScanSource, Inc.Technology$3.0B71B3Sunbelt Rentals Holdings IncIndustrials$2.5B53D4Ingevity CorporationBasic Materials$1.2B52D5Shoe Carnival, Inc. Common StockConsumer Cyclical$1.1B57C6Blackbaud, Inc.Technology$1.1B80B+7Regional Management Corp.Financial Services$645.6M72B8World Acceptance CorporationFinancial Services$585.2M74B93D Systems CorporationTechnology$386.9M64C10Royal Energy Resources, Inc.Energy$247.9M——11South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$102.3M51D12First Capital Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$68.2M49D13Coastal Carolina Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$65.0M51D14Citizens Bancshares Corp.Financial Services$61.5M51D15CNB Corp.Financial Services$36.5M——16HireQuest, Inc.Industrials$29.0M68B171st Federal Savings Bank of SC, Inc.Financial Services$8.1M43D18Southern First Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$6.3M53D19Cmark International, Inc.Industrials$4.5M——20Palmetto Real Estate TrustReal Estate$3.2M——21Integrated Business Systems & Services, Inc.Technology$2.0M——22CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$2.0M48D23PCT LtdIndustrials$1.3M——24First Community CorporationFinancial Services$922.0k50D25Catheter Precision, Inc.Healthcare$819.0k39DHQ-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
$272.5B2021
$305.1B2022
$332.9B2023
$357.1B2024
$378.8B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR29 filings from 12 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of South Carolina?
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.