Manufacturing in Charleston County, South Carolina

The Charleston register lists 340 facilities as of 2026. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 719 establishments in Charleston in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 57 facilities listed in the register.

SUMMARIZED FROM THE FEDERAL FIGURES ON THIS PAGE

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North Charleston125 Charleston92 Ladson32 Mount Pleasant31 N Charleston17 Johns Island12 Mount Pleasant8 Wadmalaw Island4 Summerville3 Hollywood3 Yonges Island2 Awendaw2

Federal labor statistics counted at least 719 manufacturing establishments in Charleston County in 2025, employing about 16,927 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 340, about 47% of that figure.

What Charleston County makes21 INDUSTRIES

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing57 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing38 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing36 Chemical Manufacturing25 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing24 Miscellaneous Manufacturing20 Food Manufacturing20 Machinery Manufacturing19 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing15 Wood Product Manufacturing13 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing12 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing12 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing11 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing9 Textile Product Mills6 Apparel Manufacturing6 Paper Manufacturing6 Textile Mills3 Printing and Related Support Activities3 Primary Metal Manufacturing2 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing2

Bars are drawn against the largest subsector listed; the figure is the facility count in this county. Each row links to that industry across all of South Carolina — the register has no industry page scoped to a county.

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