# Counties in South Carolina by establishment exit rate, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `establishment_exit_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Establishments that closed during the year (employees a year earlier and none in March of the year), as a percentage of the average number of establishments in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (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: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: establishment exit rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/establishment-exit-rate/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Beaufort County | 10.446 |
| 2 | Berkeley County | 10.341 |
| 3 | Lancaster County | 10.18 |
| 4 | Marlboro County | 10.169 |
| 5 | Abbeville County | 10.081 |
| 6 | Williamsburg County | 9.817 |
| 7 | Marion County | 9.338 |
| 8 | Dorchester County | 9.252 |
| 9 | York County | 9.238 |
| 10 | Hampton County | 9.141 |
| 11 | Richland County | 9.134 |
| 12 | Lee County | 9.114 |
| 13 | Georgetown County | 8.798 |
| 14 | Charleston County | 8.766 |
| 15 | Jasper County | 8.764 |
| 16 | Kershaw County | 8.762 |
| 17 | Horry County | 8.759 |
| 18 | Greenville County | 8.417 |
| 19 | Laurens County | 8.412 |
| 20 | Fairfield County | 8.347 |
| 21 | Aiken County | 8.311 |
| 22 | Pickens County | 8.196 |
| 23 | Lexington County | 8.173 |
| 24 | Greenwood County | 8.158 |
| 25 | Colleton County | 8.123 |
| 26 | Edgefield County | 8.104 |
| 27 | Oconee County | 8.102 |
| 28 | Chester County | 8.063 |
| 29 | Anderson County | 7.973 |
| 30 | Orangeburg County | 7.872 |
| 31 | Union County | 7.713 |
| 32 | Clarendon County | 7.667 |
| 33 | Dillon County | 7.53 |
| 34 | Spartanburg County | 7.495 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 7.445 |
| 36 | Sumter County | 7.425 |
| 37 | Chesterfield County | 7.419 |
| 38 | Bamberg County | 7.173 |
| 39 | Newberry County | 7.069 |
| 40 | Florence County | 6.963 |
| 41 | Calhoun County | 6.438 |
| 42 | Darlington County | 6.066 |
| 43 | Saluda County | 5.804 |
| 44 | McCormick County | 5.714 |
| 45 | Barnwell County | 5.68 |
| 46 | Allendale County | 5.085 |