When you work in Horry County, your company can enjoy the many benefits of having a business in not only one of the business-friendly states in the country, but you will see why so many businesses thrive here. Reasonable wages, competitive utililty rates and governmental collaboration come together to support your growing business. Whether you are a company looking to expand here or looking to locate or relocate here, you will find that it is a pleasure to do business in Horry County.

South Carolina is free of many regulatory burdens that hamper business conditions. With one of the lowest corporate income taxes in the Southeast and no state property tax, South Carolina is committed to helping businesses compete and succeed and as a result the state has become home to numerous world-class companies. In Horry County, we are proud to have companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Metglas Inc., AVX, and Conbraco call us home.

As a right-to-work state, South Carolina's workforce has one of the lowest unionization rates and lowest work-stoppage rates in the nation. The state is also committed to furthering the skills of its expanding technical workforce. That is why South Carolina offers a customized worker training program through the state's technical college system. The worker training program has trained hundreds of thousands of employees in a variety of skill areas and was ranked #4 in the nation by Expansion Management magazine.