# Counties in South Carolina by employer firms, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-firms/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston County | 11,893 |
| 2 | Greenville County | 11,539 |
| 3 | Horry County | 7,809 |
| 4 | Richland County | 6,926 |
| 5 | Lexington County | 5,625 |
| 6 | Spartanburg County | 5,526 |
| 7 | York County | 4,933 |
| 8 | Beaufort County | 4,702 |
| 9 | Anderson County | 3,350 |
| 10 | Berkeley County | 3,179 |
| 11 | Florence County | 2,613 |
| 12 | Dorchester County | 2,355 |
| 13 | Aiken County | 2,316 |
| 14 | Pickens County | 1,844 |
| 15 | Georgetown County | 1,528 |
| 16 | Sumter County | 1,481 |
| 17 | Oconee County | 1,479 |
| 18 | Lancaster County | 1,354 |
| 19 | Orangeburg County | 1,265 |
| 20 | Greenwood County | 1,137 |
| 21 | Kershaw County | 1,027 |
| 22 | Darlington County | 911 |
| 23 | Laurens County | 820 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 808 |
| 25 | Jasper County | 707 |
| 26 | Newberry County | 674 |
| 27 | Colleton County | 660 |
| 28 | Chesterfield County | 529 |
| 29 | Chester County | 473 |
| 30 | Clarendon County | 427 |
| 31 | Marion County | 402 |
| 32 | Williamsburg County | 394 |
| 33 | Dillon County | 388 |
| 34 | Union County | 349 |
| 35 | Barnwell County | 309 |
| 36 | Edgefield County | 298 |
| 37 | Abbeville County | 288 |
| 38 | Marlboro County | 265 |
| 39 | Fairfield County | 262 |
| 40 | Hampton County | 254 |
| 41 | Saluda County | 220 |
| 42 | Calhoun County | 219 |
| 43 | Bamberg County | 210 |
| 44 | Lee County | 187 |
| 45 | Allendale County | 113 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 91 |