Newberry SC Business News
The county economy was a $1.2 billion engine (2023 estimate). Unemployment ran at 5.2% through 2025 estimates, against a state rate of 4.1%. South Carolina is a right-to-work state.
What anchors the Newberry economy
- Kraft Heinz (Newberry).
- Samsung Electronics America (Newberry).
- School District of Newberry County.
- Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Beyond the headlines
Newberry is corporate home to Sea Pro Boats. The single largest taxpayer in the county is BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina (I-20 at Alpine Rd campus, plus multiple facilities).
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of Newberry College and Midlands Technical College (satellite/outreach) — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Newberry employers fill every year.
How HERE Newberry covers it
We track every layer of the Newberry economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Newberry County, it's HERE.
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Komatsu Marks 25 Years in Newberry, Plans Its Biggest Loader Yet
Newberry SC Business News NEWBERRY, S.C. — Komatsu is celebrating a quarter century of building heavy equipment in Newberry, and the plant’s general manager says its biggest machine yet is on the way. Workers, dealers, elected officials and neighbors gathered at the Newberry Manufacturing Operation to mark its 25th anniversary with live demonstrations of machines […]
Newberry SC Business News NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry College has a new corporate classroom partner. The college and the Ritedose…
Via HERE Lexington: LEXINGTON, S.C. — An unnamed manufacturer known only as Project Vision is lining up a plant in…
Via HERE Lexington: LEXINGTON, S.C. — Whataburger is lining up a spot at Victory Village, the new shopping center taking…
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Newberry is in Newberry County, South Carolina. Major employers in the Newberry area include Kraft Heinz (Newberry), Samsung Electronics America (Newberry), Newberry County Memorial Hospital and Newberry College.
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Komatsu Marks 25 Years in Newberry, Plans Its Biggest Loader Yet
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Komatsu is celebrating a quarter century of building heavy equipment in Newberry, and the plant's general manager says its biggest machine yet is on the…
Newberry College Launches Leadership Certificate for Ritedose
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry College has a new corporate classroom partner. The college and the Ritedose Corporation, a Columbia-based maker of sterile medications, are launching a graduate certificate…
First Solar Opens First Phase of $330 Million Gaffney Plant
GAFFNEY, S.C. — Upstate South Carolina now has a working solar module factory. First Solar opened the first phase of its Cherokee County plant on Oct. 28, with…
SC Restaurants Must Now Flag Imported Shrimp Under New Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Diners across South Carolina should start seeing notices about where their shrimp came from. The Truth in Shrimp Labeling Act, House Bill 4248, took effect…
Santee Cooper Board Votes Friday on Two-Year Rate Increase
CONWAY, S.C. — The board that runs Santee Cooper, the state-owned electric utility, meets Friday morning to decide whether customers will pay more for power over the next…
Brose Sitech Picks Blythewood Near Columbia for First Plant
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A European maker of car seats will open its first factory in the United States inside the Scout Motors supplier park in Blythewood, just north…
Data Center Rules Set to Headline SC Legislative Session
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when…
SC Unemployment Falls to 4% as Employment Hits Record
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's unemployment rate edged down to 4.0% in September, the seventh monthly decline in a row, and the number of residents with jobs climbed…
USDA Sends $85 Million in Farm and Conservation Aid to SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina growers and landowners are in line for roughly $84.8 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Service Agency announced Tuesday, as…
New Orleans Biotech Obatala Opens First East Coast Site
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A New Orleans biotechnology company has picked Charleston County for its first operation on the East Coast, a $656,000 investment the state Commerce Department says…
Seven Upstate Suppliers Add 200 Manufacturing Jobs for Scout
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Seven automotive parts makers in the Upstate will expand to supply Scout Motors, putting more than $82 million into new work and adding about 200…
Farm & Home Supply plans 3 SC stores, Sumter distribution center
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An Illinois farm-and-home chain is planting its first roots outside the Midwest, with three South Carolina stores and a Sumter warehouse set for spring 2027.…
