Location
Clarendon County is ideally located midway between Maine and Miami along the Interstate 95 corridor. The County’s industrial sites and buildings are also within a 30 minute drive of Interstate 20 (east—west) and Interstate 26 (north-south). Our locations are also within a single day drive to most Southeastern U.S. metropolitan areas.

Railway access is also available at many sites and Clarendon County is only 1 hour from the Port of Charleston – the second busiest container port on the East Coast, 1 hour from the Port of Georgetown, and 2 hours from the Port of Savannah. Commercial airports servicing residents of Clarendon County include Charleston International Airport (1 hour), Columbia Metropolitan Airport (1.5 hours), and Florence Regional Airport (30 minutes).

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Clarendon County is located in a Right-To-Work State and can provide your business or industry with a large number of available skilled workers. Located 30 miles south of the Florence metropolitan area, 1 hour northeast of Charleston, and 1.5 hours southeast of Columbia, Clarendon County is ideally situated to provide you with a large pool of available workers, underemployed workers, and workers who are out-commuting.

Business and industry locating in Clarendon County also have access to one of the nation’s best workforce training programs – The Center for Accelerated Technology Training (CATT). CATT works with our new and existing industry to customize workforce training programs to fit each company’s direct needs – at no cost to the company. To learn more, go to our Site Consultant section and review our demographic and labor data.

Clarendon County’s location along the I-95 corridor makes it ideally suited for companies seeking locations for manufacturing and distribution. The County has several Class A industrial sites and industrial parks with all infrastructure amenities in place. The area also has several industrial buildings available for immediate occupancy if your company is on a fast-track to locate its new operation. Go to our Site Consultant section of the web site to review our available sites and buildings.

Not only is Clarendon County an excellent choice for your next business or industrial facility, the area is blessed with an outstanding quality of life. With a cost of living among the lowest in the Southeastern U.S., residents have access to an array of housing opportunities from farms and subdivisions to gated golf course communities. With a climate that allows for year-round recreation, the Clarendon County area is also home to Lake Santee – one of the nation’s top fishing and recreational lakes, several state parks, and hunting preserves and natural areas. The County is within 1 hour of the Myrtle Beach Grand Strand tourism area and historic Charleston. Less than 2 hours away are Savannah, Hilton Head, Charlotte, and Columbia. To learn more about our quality of life, visit our Site Consultant page.

The State of South Carolina and Clarendon County team together to provide both new and existing industry with an array of impressive incentives. Our team of local and state leaders will work with your company to provide the best business environment available anywhere in the U.S. Our low cost of doing business, state and local incentives, right-to-work state status, and pro-business environment makes Clarendon County an ideal location for your next facility location. To learn more, go to our Site Consultant section and review our state and local incentives and cost of doing business information.