Rankings › Cities for Business › South Carolina
South Carolina #18
54.7 composite of 100 Based on 61% of intended metrics
HM
Henry McMaster R
Mayor · since 2017-01-24
Source: Wikidata (P6 head of government), retrieved 2026-06-18
Establishment entry rate (new business formation)11.263% · Census BDS 2022 ·
46.2
Job creation rate15.913% · Census BDS 2022 ·
36.5
Nonfarm job growth (YoY)0.89% · April 2026 ·
85.5
Not yet sourced: Metro GDP growth (BEA metro GDP key blocked by signup CAPTCHA); Business survival rate (BLS BED ingest pending); Cost of doing business (C2ER + Tax Foundation feed pending).