founders in south carolina
south carolina founders work around auto and aircraft manufacturing, the port of charleston, coastal tourism, and several military bases. reagent matter and reagent logistics fit the plants and the port, and reagent defense fits the bases.
talk to reagentsouth carolina at a glance
- new business applications
- 102,343
- filed in the twelve months to september 2026, up 12.1% on the twelve months before.
- likely employers
- 25,492
- applications the Census Bureau flags as likely to hire, over the same twelve months.
- economy
- $378.4 billion
- gross domestic product in 2025, up 6.1% on the year before in current dollars.
- population
- 5.6 million
- residents in 2025, about $67,929 of output per person.
- manufacturing jobs
- 266,200
- people employed in manufacturing, september 2026.
our companies
- reagent matter materials and physical products.
- reagent logistics moving what we make.
- reagent defense technology that protects.
- reagent capital funding the earliest stage.
- reagent research open science and new architectures.
- reagent creative the community and the craft.
also serving
all areas servedsources
- business applications, U.S. Census Bureau Business Formation Statistics
- high-propensity business applications, U.S. Census Bureau
- gross domestic product, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- resident population, U.S. Census Bureau
- manufacturing employees, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
figures retrieved 2026-11-07.