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What sets Greenville's economy apart

The industry that stands out most in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro, measured against the national mix, is plastics and rubber products. Its 62 establishments are 2.0 times the share you would expect from the country as a whole. Next come chemical manufacturing (69 establishments, 1.7 times) and transportation equipment manufacturing (47 establishments, 1.5 times). No other metro on these pages has a higher concentration of plastics and rubber products, out of 59 with published figures.

Plastics manufacturers selling or refinancing share customer concentration data, tooling records and supply contracts.

Chemical deals bring environmental reports, permits and product formulations that need tightly limited access. In chemical manufacturing, Greenville places 4th of 61 metros here; Charleston, WV leads.

How Greenville compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro's population at 996,680 in July 2024, up 68,472 or 7.4 percent on the April 2020 base of 928,208.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 979,608, the same year as the business count, Greenville has 44.8 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 45th of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Louisville, KY at 44.9 and Manchester, NH at 45.4.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Omaha, NE, with 427; the metro closest in population, Honolulu, HI at 998,747 residents, has 422 law offices and 466 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Greenville's nearest match is Little Rock, AR, with 356.

• Residents, July 2024: 996,680
• Residents, April 2020 base: 928,208
• Change since 2020: +68,472 (7.4 percent), 11th of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 44.8, 45th of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 36.3, 47th of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 30.8, 47th of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 11.9, 46th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 61.4, 25th of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 2,700
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 2,600

The courts and regulators behind Greenville paperwork

When a Greenville dispute reaches federal court, it goes to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

CPAs practicing in South Carolina are licensed by the South Carolina Board of Accountancy.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in South Carolina answer to the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, Securities Division, so a Greenville fund raising money or an adviser facing an exam has documents to produce on request.

If personal information in a Greenville deal, audit or case file is exposed, South Carolina's data breach notification law sets who has to be told and when.