Manufacturing in Dorchester County, South Carolina

The register lists 105 facilities in Dorchester, South Carolina. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 124 establishments were counted in Dorchester in 2025. Transportation Equipment Manufacturing is an industry with 3,101 employees in Dorchester, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Summerville64 Ridgeville12 North Charleston7 Harleyville6 Saint George4 Saint George3 Charleston3 Dorchester2 Ravenel1 Lincolnville1 N Charleston1 Ladson1

Federal labor statistics counted at least 124 manufacturing establishments in Dorchester County in 2025, employing about 4,875 people, counting only the industry subsectors the Bureau of Labor Statistics discloses at this level. This registry lists 105, about 85% of that figure.

What Dorchester County makes20 INDUSTRIES

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing22 Transportation Equipment Manufacturing16 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing13 Wood Product Manufacturing8 Primary Metal Manufacturing7 Miscellaneous Manufacturing6 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing6 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing3 Food Manufacturing3 Chemical Manufacturing3 Machinery Manufacturing3 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing3 Textile Product Mills3 Electrical Equipment, Appliance & Component Manufacturing2 Paper Manufacturing1 Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing1 Textile Mills1 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing1 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing1 Printing and Related Support Activities1

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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