S.C. Ranks 18th In CNBC’s Best States For Business Rankings

South Carolina improved its ranking in the 2025 version of CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business Rankings by one spot to 18th overall, which were released this week. Since being ranked 39th overall in 2021, South Carolina has improved its ranking by 21 spots with a 36th overall ranking in 2022, a 27th overall ranking in 2023, a 19th overall ranking in 2024, and this year’s 18th overall ranking. The rankings measure each state on 135 metrics in 10 key categories of competitiveness like infrastructure, workforce, economy, cost of doing business, quality of life, etc.