SC Business Recruitment tops $5B

South Carolina posted another solid business recruitment year in 2014, with capital investment recruited to the state topping $5 billion for the second year in a row and for the third time in four years. From January to December 2014, the state won 146 economic development projects, totaling $5.088 billion in capital investment and 19,020 jobs by new and expanding businesses. Last year’s committed investments represent the third-highest recruitment sum in state history, only behind recruitment totals in 2013 and 2011.