South Carolina Department of Commerce

South Carolina Achieves Second-highest Industry Recruitment in 2023

by SC Commerce Department on January 4, 2024

$9.22 billion announced capital investment on the heels of a record-setting 2022 The South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) today released its 2023 industry recruitment results which reflect sustained economic activity. From January to December 2023, the state announced total capital investment of $9.22 billion, the second largest amount in state history. That investment…

Gov. Henry McMaster Nominates Harry M. Lightsey III to be the Next Secretary of S.C. Department of Commerce

by Office of the Governor of South Carolina on June 17, 2021

Columbia, S.C., June 17, 2021 – Governor Henry McMaster today announced that he has nominated longtime South Carolina business executive Harry M. Lightsey III to serve as the next secretary of the South Carolina Department of Commerce. Lightsey, a former top executive with Bellsouth, AT&T and General Motors, will succeed Bobby Hitt, who is retiring…