Announced Employment and Capital Investment in New and Existing Facilities in South Carolina by Calendar Year: 1993 - 1997

 NEW/EXISTING FACILITIES            1993*        1994*       1995**       1996**       1997**

 NEW

    Firms                               66           92           79           94           77
    Employment                       4,776        5,954        7,863        7,442        8,695
    Investment (In Thousands)     $642,454     $883,300     $894,788     $782,328   $1,391,252

 EXISTING  2/

    Firms                              693          683          953        1,144        1,260
    Employment                       7,806       10,761       16,075       18,555       20,608
    Investment (In Thousands)   $1,991,205   $1,998,053   $4,464,240   $4,915,256   $4,110,669

 TOTAL

    Firms                              759          775        1,032        1,238        1,337
    Employment                      12,582       16,715       23,938       25,997       29,303
    Investment (In Thousands)   $2,553,659   $2,881,353   $5,359,028   $5,697,585   $5,501,921

**: Denotes the years that types of firms tracked was further expanded to include additional management related services, i.e. large scale accounting services.

Source: S.C. Department of Commerce, Research and Communications, Feburary 1998.

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