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Announced Employment and Capital Investment in New and Existing Facilities in South Carolina by Calendar Year: 1993 - 1997

 NEW/EXISTING FACILITIES            1993*        1994*       1995**       1996**       1997**

NEW Firms 66 92 79 94 77 Employment 4,776 5,954 7,863 7,442 8,695 Investment (In Thousands) $642,454 $883,300 $894,788 $782,328 $1,391,252 EXISTING 2/ Firms 693 683 953 1,144 1,260 Employment 7,806 10,761 16,075 18,555 20,608 Investment (In Thousands) $1,991,205 $1,998,053 $4,464,240 $4,915,256 $4,110,669 TOTAL Firms 759 775 1,032 1,238 1,337 Employment 12,582 16,715 23,938 25,997 29,303 Investment (In Thousands) $2,553,659 $2,881,353 $5,359,028 $5,697,585 $5,501,921
*: Denotes the years in which the capital investment tracking was expanded to include computer-related services.

**: Denotes the years that types of firms tracked was further expanded to include additional management related services, i.e. large scale accounting services.

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, Feburary 1998.

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