# Counties in South Carolina by employer firm births, 2023

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employer_firm_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New employer firms: firms of age zero in March of the year, meaning that every establishment of the firm had its first employees during the previous twelve months. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics, which calls these firms startups.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-22
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics by firm age: employer firms of age zero, all covered industries, nation, states and counties from 1978. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty_fac.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firm-births/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 1,093 |
| 2 | Greenville County | 994 |
| 3 | Horry County | 693 |
| 4 | York County | 501 |
| 5 | Richland County | 498 |
| 6 | Spartanburg County | 453 |
| 7 | Lexington County | 439 |
| 8 | Beaufort County | 396 |
| 9 | Berkeley County | 332 |
| 10 | Anderson County | 279 |
| 11 | Dorchester County | 246 |
| 12 | Aiken County | 165 |
| 13 | Florence County | 157 |
| 14 | Pickens County | 147 |
| 15 | Lancaster County | 133 |
| 16 | Oconee County | 125 |
| 17 | Georgetown County | 121 |
| 18 | Sumter County | 85 |
| 19 | Kershaw County | 83 |
| 20 | Orangeburg County | 75 |
| 21 | Greenwood County | 65 |
| 22 | Laurens County | 60 |
| 23 | Jasper County | 51 |
| 24 | Colleton County | 45 |
| 24 | Darlington County | 45 |
| 26 | Cherokee County | 36 |
| 27 | Newberry County | 29 |
| 28 | Chester County | 28 |
| 29 | Marion County | 26 |
| 30 | Clarendon County | 25 |
| 31 | Edgefield County | 23 |
| 32 | Chesterfield County | 21 |
| 32 | Dillon County | 21 |
| 32 | Williamsburg County | 21 |
| 35 | Lee County | 19 |
| 36 | Fairfield County | 18 |
| 37 | Union County | 17 |
| 38 | Hampton County | 16 |
| 38 | Marlboro County | 16 |
| 40 | Abbeville County | 15 |
| 41 | Barnwell County | 14 |
| 42 | Bamberg County | 11 |
| 43 | McCormick County | 10 |
| 43 | Saluda County | 10 |
| 45 | Calhoun County | 8 |
| 46 | Allendale County | 5 |